MWC 2009: i-mate 'Project Centurion' set to become world's smallest Smartphone

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MWC 2009: i-mate 'Project Centurion' set to become world's smallest Smartphone

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 10:58 AM

Do they supply an i-stick for poking at the i-buttons with? Miniaturization has to stop *somewhere* - how are you supposed to operate that?

It's a bit silly if you ask me...

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 11:24 AM

Actually, it feels quite usable!

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 12:13 PM

I love them all - the silver/white, gold/black, steel/grey - if only I could afford them all!

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 01:57 PM

i like it. i'll finally get a new windows mobile standard to change my imate sp3i

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 07:15 PM

Get rid of that keyboard, turn that screen 90 degrees, and add a 12-Key pad and I'll take 2!

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 07:17 PM

Oh yeah.....lose the silver sides too!

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 11:53 PM

encece, on Feb 17 2009, 20:15, said:

Get rid of that keyboard, turn that screen 90 degrees, and add a 12-Key pad and I'll take 2!

I can only agree with you

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 01:09 AM

I will be getting one of these just because it's kinda cute and small

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 08:32 AM

What's this? Buzz and excitement over an i-mate device?

Who'd have thought

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 11:49 AM

Was thinking this earlier...

Paul I take it you had that meeting with i-Mate then?!

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 04:03 PM

I am a real sucker for this form factor of device - think I may have just found my next phone.... here's hoping it is not too pricey!

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 06:43 PM

Monolithix, on Feb 18 2009, 03:32, said:

What's this? Buzz and excitement over an i-mate device?

Who'd have thought

And a Smartphone (Standard) device as well!

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 11:25 PM

That's a peach of a handset and ticks all the right boxes: small, QWERTY keyboard and WinMob Std with no touch screen nonsense, this is a good contender for a next upgrade. Hope i-Mate manage to pull it all together after so many previous mediocre devices.

Oh, and classic matt black all the way

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 12:37 PM

Paul, did you get a chance to see the "Project Legionnaire" at the i-mate booth? This also looks quite interesting, even if it is a Pro phone. It is tinier even than my Touch Diamond, so they will have to have some significant finger optimizations (6.5?) if it is to be useable. ADVERT LINK REMOVED have a couple of pics:

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Hmm... Curiouser and curiouser. WMPoweruser is now reporting that the Legionnaire is

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a Windows Mobile 6.5 handset with modern specifications like WVGA screen, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, microSDHC slot etc and it is supposed to act also as a touchpad when you slide it in the Warrior.

So, what is the Warrior? Well they say it is

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actually a very innovative device, as is it is basically a dock with a 10-inch XVGA screen, a dedicated battery, SD Card reader instead of a Hard Disk and an array of several ports, including HDMI. As for the for the task of providing processing power, this is up to second device that i-Mate revealed, the Legionnaire.

So, something like the Redfly but even more integrated? The estimated price is Warrior $199, Legionnaire $500.

More info at PocketLint. Including this very professional diagram:

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:12 PM

That Legionnare looks pretty good too.

I like the size, however with a WVGA screen they really need to have some good inger-optimized menus like already mentioned or it will be too small to operate.

But i-mates new devices looks really good this time

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Posted 21 February 2009 - 11:02 AM

Hmm, is it just me, or do these devices have the look of TechFaithWireless about them?
Note the type of silver gray plastic on both models - reminiscent of the Ubiquio 501/503 (and iMate JAQ) and the Toshiba G series.

For quality's sake, I hope not - but as they were a previous i-Mate ODM, I woudn't be surprised.

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Posted 21 February 2009 - 04:16 PM

i-mate have ditched their previous ODM model and are designing all their models in house and getting them made by an engineering partner. They are not working with any of their previous ODMs as I understand it.

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