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i-mate PDA2 review

8.3

Editors' Rating

Excellent

8.4

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 489

Verdict

Although its battery life could be better, i-mate's PDA2 is a well-specified SIM-free Pocket PC/phone that's VoIP-ready out of the box... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Plenty of accessible memory
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi built in
  • Skype VoIP client pre-installed on ROM

Cons

  • Expensive without operator subsidy
  • Disappointing battery life

Key Specs

Dimensions (W x H x D): 69x19x130 mm
Built-in devices: camera, phone
Operating system: Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Second Edition, Phone Edition
Software included: Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Outlook, Calculator, Solitaire, MSN Messenger, Pocket Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player 10 for Pocket PC, Jawbreaker, Inbox, Voice Recorder, Microsoft Reader 2.0 for Pocket PC, Terminal Services Client, Pictures, Bluetooth Manager, Wireless LAN Manager, Wireless Manager, Transcriber, Letter Recognizer, Block Recognizer, Pocket IE; KSE Truefax, JAVA application manager, backup and Zip management tools, Wireless Modem, Skype
Processor: Intel XScale PXA 272
Clock speed: 520 MHz
Memory expansion: SD/MMC (+SDIO)
Installed ROM: 128 MB
Installed RAM: 128 MB
Display size: 3.5 in
Wireless PAN: infrared, Bluetooth 1.1
Wireless LAN: 802.11b
Wireless WAN: GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, GPRS
Expansion slots: SD/MMC (SDIO-compatible)

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Member Opinion

8.4

Average Member Rating

Excellent

5 Members have reviewed this product

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Anil John

Anil John

PDA2 is not quite there. better wait for a year or two.

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5.5

Average


Anonymous

Anonymous

Excellent

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Finally a smal PDA/Mobile that has Wi-Fi, shame about the screen resolution

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7.3

Very Good


arbab khan

arbab khan

Amazing

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10

Perfect


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