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The official i-mate 9502 'Ask Paul' thread

#4 PaulOBrien

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 07:37 AM

awarner (MVP), on Apr 30 2008, 00:14, said:

How easy is the keyboard to use ie similar to the wizard or the Universal?
Not a bad looking device though.

A little small, but pretty usable!

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 07:38 AM

smeg36, on Apr 30 2008, 02:01, said:

Good looking device. I have a question about the TV out. I had a Toshiba E800 back in the day, and it had VGA out. However, it had a really slow frame rate, and wasn't any good for trying to watch video. How is the frame rate on this device? Can you watch videos with it?

Hmmm, haven't tried that, i'll give it a go!

Incidentally, it's WAY faster than the Kaiser I think, despite sharing the same proc and having to drive a VGA screen!

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 08:24 AM

Paul (MVP), on Apr 30 2008, 08:38, said:

Hmmm, haven't tried that, i'll give it a go!

Incidentally, it's WAY faster than the Kaiser I think, despite sharing the same proc and having to drive a VGA screen!

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As muhc as we (the royal we) like HTC, I think their software could definitely use some tweaking.

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Aesthetically, this device is like a hot poker in the eye.

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 11:25 AM

Paul, if isn't a big effort for you, can you post a TCMP or CorePlayer benchmark? to see if VGA display isn't a dead load for that MSM7200

Thanks, great job!

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 11:29 AM

never seen a so ugly phone

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 01:33 PM

It's an ugly beast, it has to be said. Looks better open I think, but at the same time, with the keyboard inset like that, it doesn't look particularly comfortable to use. I'm sure the spec is marvellous, but I suspect the looks will still put plenty off.

I don't think the Xperia X1 (or Raphael) has anything to worry about here.

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 01:39 PM

Boinng: Agreed...

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 01:44 PM

Interesting 2.5 INCH headphones there Paul

Pretty big jack compared to the 3.5mm you thought it was

The keyboard looks a LOT like the kaiser's to me...

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 02:11 PM

Keyboard is VERY different to Kaiser...

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 02:31 PM

I suppose it's smaller, but when I first saw a pic of this phone open i instantly thought "That's the kaiser keyboard"

But I doubt there's much else you can do with keyboards this small without having weird-shaped keys.

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 07:45 PM

It's really not the prettiest device on the market is it!

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Posted 30 April 2008 - 11:46 PM

Paul (MVP), on Apr 30 2008, 00:38, said:

Hmmm, haven't tried that, i'll give it a go!

Incidentally, it's WAY faster than the Kaiser I think, despite sharing the same proc and having to drive a VGA screen!

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well i hope it shares the same processor, and not the 7200A!
if it shares the same processor then theres more hope for drivers on our kaisers.

i really do like this phone, it seems slim AND it has a keyboard. i would have prefered that it slid out the other way, for a right handed person, but thats ok.

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 12:51 AM

Paul, could you check if the 9502 is compatible with MicroSDHC?

Thanks

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 12:58 AM

Paul (MVP), on Apr 30 2008, 07:11, said:

Keyboard is VERY different to Kaiser...

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Nice Video paul..

like your T.V

I think the 9502 keyboard More Comfortable for typing long emails

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 02:47 AM

Saw the specs via RSS and was excited to see the phone......then I saw it! eeesh!

c'mon....I need to come back to the fold! Gimme a nice looking, high spec'd, small device already!

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 04:54 AM

not as nice as the kaiser, but i'd rather get this one co'z of vga display and tv out.

paul, how bout the performance of the inbuilt gps? cheers mate.

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 07:04 AM

hunyango_uk, on Apr 30 2008, 21:54, said:

paul, how bout the performance of the inbuilt gps? cheers mate.

If it's either using the Qualcomm GPSone, or the SiRFIII GPS chip that iMate traditionally used, it should be pretty good.

Paul, got any benchmarks for us to compare to? From what I've been reading, it has some hardware acceleration in the video drivers in the same fashion as the KS20.

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 07:12 AM

mikeeey, on May 1 2008, 00:46, said:

7200A = same processor with minor tweaks to get round the broadcom patent issues. It's the 7201 which is the new, better one

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Posted 01 May 2008 - 07:12 AM

Skeese, on May 1 2008, 01:51, said:

Paul, could you check if the 9502 is compatible with MicroSDHC?

Thanks

Not out of the box, I think it's easily fixed tho!

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