First Shots: i-mate JAQ

By David Ciccone, posted Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006
Reader Comments: 5

Just recently we were fortunate enough to receive the newly announced I-Mate JAQ Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone edition. This device is different in many cases such as look and feel along with a newly designed keyboard..This is one of the first devices made for I-Mate by Inventec since HTC broke their relationship just recently. The i-mate JAQ is a quad-band device that operates on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. The device features a full QWERTY keyboard, 128 MB ROM/64MB RAM, 64k 2.8” color LCD screen, MiniSD memory card expansion, integrated antenna, Bluetooth compatibility.

Left to right: LG Chocolate, Treo 700wx, i-mate JAQ, hw6940 iPAQ, Motorola Q.

Top to bottom: hw6940 iPAQ, Palm Treo 700wx, i-mate JAQ, Motorola Q.

Top to Bottom: hw6940 iPAQ and i-mate JAQ (not a huge difference).

DualCor cPC and the i-mate JAQ.

Top to Bottom: i-mate JAQ, Sony UX-180p (extended battery) and the DualCor cPC.

Please post whatever questions you might have as we continue to put the i-mate JAQ through it's paces. Be sure to listen to the Mobility Today Podcast to hear what we think of the i-mate JAQ.

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This is quite ugly. I'd rather get the HTC Excalibur (minus touchscreen, plus WiFi).

Posted by sabesh, Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006

bulbous, I doubt they'll sell 100 of these....

Posted by jehlinger, Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006

They don't get much uglier than this beast. I can see it looking at itself in the mirror and screaming "Put me out of my misery..."

Posted by goestoeleven, Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006

I agree Jerry totally. I dont want to comment yet on usage as we just received it.

Posted by David Ciccone, Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006

Looks to be even wider than the 6500/6900. That's a bit too much for me. The bulbous lower back doesn't help with asthetics or holding comfort.

Dave, I know you have said that it's a full WM device, but still it looks even more awkward than many full devices out there. Again, this is a phone we are talking about.

Posted by JNGold, Friday, Sep. 22nd, 2006

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