Day: July 16, 2007

Reportedly, i-mate Ultimate 6150 communicator has been approved by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). I’d remind you that the Ultimate series was introduced at 3GSM Congress this year, it includes 5 communicators of almost all possible form-factors, from a candy bar type to a mini laptop. The Ultimate 6150 is a candy bar without a keyboard. According to the FCC documents, the device is manufactured by Arima.The specs of the Ultimate 6150:
Networks – GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 MHz or 850/1700/2100 MHz
Operating system – Windows Mobile 6 Professional
CPU – Intel Bulverde 520 MHz
Display – 2.8” 480×640 pixels, 262K colors
128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Slot for microSD cards
2-megapixel camera
Stereo FM-radio
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/e/i)
IrDA port
Battery – Li-Ion 1400 mAh
Dimensions – 118.5×60.5×15.7 mm” via mobile-review.com

“The Sidekick’s landscape orientation allows concealment of a wide thumb-pad. Its keypad is just right for my thumbs, not requiring too much reach. I recall that the original Sidekick’s overall width made typing a little more comfortable, at 4.5 inches from side-to-side, but the iD’s 5.1 inches don’t make it difficult. Although I won’t say it’s necessarily better than a Treo keyboard for its width, I’d be willing to bet it looks less intimidating to a novice.I was able to type comfortably with the Sidekick iD in a matter of minutes. I was somewhat slowed by having to invoke the alt key to access items like apostrophes and hyphens, but it was so much faster than trying to do the same with my bloody RAZR. I’ve seldom gone beyond five lines with that thing, but I managed many paragraphs before I knew it with the Sidekick iD.” Read more here:

“At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the joystick, but on a closer inspection you come to realize that it is placed not very accurately and somewhat displaced. Occasionally it also suffers from that false response issue, which is also a disappointment. The joystick is rimmed with white plastic which readily picks up smudge and dirt if you carry the 5700 in pocket. The numeric keys enjoy terraced layout and are quite comfortable to use, so we can’t fault them for any serious downsides. Some of the released handsets the key column on the right, which starts with “3”, has the problem of sticking out of the surroundings, while it is not meant to. Though this doesn’t affect experience in any crucial way, visually this lends the keypad somewhat awkward feel. ” Read more here: