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Rocco Augusto
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 Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: Review of the i-mate SPL Smartphone |
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http://www.mobilitysite.com/article...link.php?id=395
"The phone itself is a beauty. It surely covers every little corner that makes a phone true piece of communication tool with WM5 you cannot go wrong on compatibility and expendability. Motorola or Nokia users may have difficulty adjusting to the operating system, but once you get the hang of it, is very handy. Price and limitation of thinness might be the only downsides of this phone. I would not pay more than I paid for my SDA, but I would have hard time deciding on which one to get if they were at same price."
This is one thin, sleek and sexy handset. I'm surprised at how much this phone actually looks like the Motorola SLVR. At first glance, I thought they are reviewing two i-mate SPL devices! The only downside is the camera appears to be on par, if not worse, than the standard HTC camera. 
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Mike Temporale
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wow - seeing the two beside each other and you're right, it's easy to get confused. I'm surprised that Moto hasn't said anything about this. If RIM is upset about the BlackJack, why wouldn't Moto be upset about this?
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modgnik
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:21 am Post subject: imate SPL |
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| Mike Temporale wrote: |
| wow - seeing the two beside each other and you're right, it's easy to get confused. I'm surprised that Moto hasn't said anything about this. If RIM is upset about the BlackJack, why wouldn't Moto be upset about this? |
Rim is not upset with the BackJack design, just the name me'thinks.
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Mike Temporale
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: Re: imate SPL |
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| modgnik wrote: |
| Rim is not upset with the BackJack design, just the name me'thinks. |
Possible. I'm no patent lawyer, so what do I know.
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subzerohf
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Mike Temporale wrote: |
| wow - seeing the two beside each other and you're right, it's easy to get confused. I'm surprised that Moto hasn't said anything about this. If RIM is upset about the BlackJack, why wouldn't Moto be upset about this? |
When two of my coworkers saw my BlackJack on my desk they both ask the same question - is that your new Blackberry? When I told them it was a Blackjack they both laughed out loud.
From this observation I think RIM has some ground on their complaint. Now why wouldn't Moto sue the hack out of HTC is beyond me. Everytime I look at the SPL I think of the SLVR. They are like identical twins separated at birth.
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Rocco Augusto
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if im not mistaken, the spl was made by a different company then htc.
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subzerohf
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Right, it was TechFaith Wireless.
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Mike Temporale
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| Right, it was TechFaith Wireless. |
It's my understanding that TFW is just a design firm - they don't actually manufacture anything. At least that's my understanding.
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Kris Kumar
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The power adapter had the Techfaith Wireless on it.
EDIT: And the name of Mitsumi Electric. 
http://www.mobilitysite.com/reviews...L/xDSC03029.jpg
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Blackberrys have just become a generic name! They have come to describe a whole generation of phone that it spawned...I just got my new Blackjack from http://www.1800mobiles.com/samsung-...one-review.html
Its damn neat! And I am a bit of a newcomer to the world of super advanced phones..so I keep discovering new little things about these gadgets and keep getting small bouts of joy!! hehe...
Cheers!
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