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One iMate PDA2k with the lot, thanks.
$1399
www.imate.com
 Remember the first Palm Pilots and Pocket PCs? While they were electronic marvels of their time, they're now primitive by today's full colour, full multimedia, wireless, smartphone and camera enabled handheld computers.
One of the latest is the iMate PDA2k. It's got the lot and is one of the most powerful and feature packed smartphone PDAs currently on the market. Its list of features is extensive:
- Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC 2nd Edition
- GSM, GPRS with quad band support for true global roaming– 850/900,/1800/1900 Mhz
- VGA Camera for photos and video
- Intel PXA263 400 Mhz processor
- Inbuilt Wi-Fi 802.11b, Bluetooth 1.2 for voice and data, and Infrared
- 128mb RAM, 64mb ROM and SD/MMC for extra storage
- Windows Media Player 10 for audio and video
- Built-in, slide in/slide out 39 key QWERTY keyboard for easy email and SMS/MSN messaging
- 3.5 inch transflective LCD touch screen and stylus
- Handsfree speaker phone
- And more!
As a Pocket PC, it can runs tens of thousands of applications available for download and purchase online. When connected, you can surf the web, do your email and even type it on the built-in keyboard, which is also handy for SMS messaging or sending messages through MSN Messenger. When surfing you can rotate the image on screen so you get a horizontal view of your websites. If you purchase 3rd party universal remote control software, you can use it as a universal remote – indeed any existing Pocket PC can do this, which is a handy feature to acquire if you're a Pocket PC user already.
With GPRS and Wi-Fi access, you can connect when you need to, or stay connected for long periods of time to your email, your data and even your office and/or home PC with remote PC control software. Search the web through Google or some other search engine whenever you need to know information right on our PDA2k then and there, not when you get back to the office.
Being able to be connected to the Internet, your calendar, all your important files and all of your contacts through email, messaging and voice on a portable device was once the realm of Star Trek, or the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But it's here now, and it's affordable. Even GPRS pricing is starting to come down, especially as all the remaining networks start offering 3G in 2005, making Internet access affordable and useful. |
