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i-mate PDAL Ready for the US

Snapshot by Brad Kellett on Wednesday January 10, 2007.

From CES in Las Vegas, i-mate has announced that it has made its interesting PDAL Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone available on US shores. Sure to please business customers, the PDAL comes stacked with features to create one of the more desirable Pocket PC phones on the market.

The quad-band capable device shuns high-speed 3G data in favor of EDGE, but does include 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity for when you are in range of an access point. Bluetooth is also present as a third connectivity option, and the device supports the A2DP stereo headset profile. The on board 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM can be augmented with microSD memory cards, and the device carries a large, 2.4" touchscreen that makes easy work of viewing photos taken with the 2.0 megapixel camera. Running Windows Mobile 5.0 with AKU3.2, the i-mate PDAL is primed and ready for push email.

i-mate has confirmed that the PDAL will be available to consumers by the end of January through authorized resellers and carriers throughout the US, but has so far not disclosed pricing information.

More photos of the i-mate PDAL are available on the following page.


Specifications for the i-mate PDAL
Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Data GPRS/EDGE
Size 112mm x 56mm x 17mm
(4.41" x 2.20" x 0.67")
Weight 116g (4.09oz)
Battery Life 150 hours standby time
4 hours talk time
Main Display 2.4" 65k color TFT LCD touchscreen, QVGA (240x320 pixel) resolution
Sub-Display N/A
Camera Yes, 2.0 megapixel resolution
Video Video playback
Messaging MMS/SMS
Email Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared No
Java Yes
Polyphonics Yes (64 voice)
Memory 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM , microSD memory expansion
Availability Now
Other WiFi 802.11b/g

 
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