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Actually i-mate Ultimate 8502 is much smaller than expected and it not only matches features of HTC Kaiser because it also has 3.5G and built-in GPS, but it even beats HTC Kaiser in one respect: it features VGA disp...

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[Pretorianmonkey]

You meant QVGA, 8502 has QVGA, same as HTC Kaiser/TyTN II.

Regarding scroll wheel, there is a wheel and it scrolls So, not sure what you really mean by scroll wheel and its function compared to the 8502 wheel

[EJR]

[SS]

You forgot XGA out! Doesn't the 8502 also have that feature? I would think that would be a major plus for some

[EJR]

[SS]

[JNGold]

They (Imate) would certainly have a winner in the 8502 if it weren't for that stupid off-center navigation nub. Why they chose that location instead of positioning it between the windows and ok button is beyond me.

Dumb move Imate.
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[ghl]

Please don't say "is" (present tense) in the article, but rather "will be" (future tense) !

This "successor" to the current models, while even these are not yet on the market, won't surely be available before well in 2008.

The TyTN II however is available.

Well, I own a pre-commercial model of the 8150 and it is really cool, especially the VGA resolution is. Also the bezel is really good.

However it is strange that i-mate "corrected" the size factor of this device only shortly before publicly showing the first working samples by replacing the features on the website and adding the new picture.

I was hoping to get a genuine replacement of my PHONE by size; also I hoped that it would come with WM6 Standard (= smartphone edition).

It is true the TyTN II also is no smartphone but a PDA.

But the TyTN II - despite the fact that it has no VGA (the only thing I cannot understand), no more IrDA (would be nice to be able to use it as a remote control), no LED flash (the 8150 has one !), no VGA connector (well, cute but you don't need that all the time) and I had hoped that they spend it a more powerful standard battery of a capacity of >1550mAh - is a super-cool device !!!

It looks fine, the flipping mechanism is absolutely useful and never before was a device so comfortable to take in your hand as this one.

Also the keyboard is betterto use in practice than that of the i-mate's, simply because it is bigger due to the landscape arrangement.

If HTC is clever they put on the market in 6 months from now just one more model: a TyTN III, which looks the same, but is somewhat only feature-enhanced.

But I agree with others who said here that basically i-mate MUST stay in business to give competition to HTC.

[holybear]

I can SEE the scrollwheel on the pictures you posted.

[EJR]