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i-mate is not dead! I-mate to launch a new smartphone at Mobile World Congress [Windows Mobile]

To all those who though that i-mate is dead, you are all wrong. I-mate is all set to launch it’s revolutionary device powered by Windows Mobile at Mobile World Congress, 2009 that is going to be held next month.

i-mate will be unveiling its brand new product – one which sees them break new grounds with a revolutionary mobile device that’s like nothing else.

We have seen in the past too that i-mate often announces great devices, but fails to deliever them at right time. A couple of years back, when they announced their revolutionary “Ultimate series”, they promised to shake the whole mobile market, but they failed to deliver them on time. Nearly after an year, they came out with “ultimate range”. But, by then, they were already surpassed by the competition and the whole “ultimate range” utimately failed.

We hope that their so-called “revolutionary” device is made available in the market soon after it’s announcement.

via MSmobiles

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Pre-order iPAQ Data Messenger [Windows Mobile]

The iPAQ Data Messenger is now available for preorder. Although it’s specifications are not that impressive and it may be quite difficult for the folks at HP to justify the $600 tag that it carries.

  • Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  • 2.8-inch 320×240 touchscreen
  • Dimensions: 5.7 x 1.74 x 11.4 cm
  • 128 megs RAM, 256 megs ROM.
  • WiFi (b/g)
  • Standard slider keyboard
  • Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
  • Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), the European flavors of HSDPA (900/1900/2100 MHz)
  • aGPS
  • 3.1MP camera with 5x digital zoom and LED flash.
  • 1140 mAh battery.
  • Micro USB for sync and charge.
  • Micro SD card, up to 8 gigabytes.

You can now pre-order one from HP

[HP link] [via wmexperts]

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New Netbook from Mouse Computers – llyama KDU-G1 [Netbook]

Mouse Computer Japan have rolled out a new netbook in Japan, llyama KDU-G1. It will come with Windows XP (home) as operating system.

Specification

Atom N270 Processor (1.6GHz)
10.2″ WSVGA screen
Wi-Fi b/g
1GB RAM, 160GB HDD or 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD

New Netbook from Mouse Computers - llyama KDU-G1

Although, it is does not have a built-in DVD drive like the LB-F1500, but it does have the option of 320GB HDD, which should be more than enough who works on the go on netbooks.

[Mouse Computers]

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ASUS admits that EEE PCs are not selling like hot cakes [Netbook]

ASUS recently disclosed their inventory data a couple of days back and said that the ASUS is unlikely to profitable in quarter 1, 2009.  Infact, he said that the company is doing everything to clear the inventory. But, what caught our eye was the fact that ASUS EEE PCs are not selling at the rate the company wanted it to.

With the stiff competition from ACER, HP, Samsung and DELL, such a result was quite expected. On the other hand, netbooks are also getting a lot pricier than before, which would mean less buyers. Not everyone is going to spend $550 on a netbook like ASUS S101.

[digitimes]

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Would the Netbooks die in near future?

An year ago, it was quite easy to differentiate a netbook from a notebook. But now, the differences between a netbook and notebook are getting blurred every day. We are already able to observe changes that occured in the netbook field in the past year. People yearned for bigger devices with bigger displays and more horsepower, which forced the Netbook manufactures to give people what they want.

Now, we hear announcements every day of some XYZ company coming out with netbooks with built-in DVD drives and bigger displays. One of the most important points that makes a netbooks easily differentiable from the notebook is the size of it. Companies like DELL and ASUS have already rolled out (or going to roll out) devices that are of size of notebooks.

So, the question arises if the Netbooks die in the future. Well, if the manufactures continue to come out with bigger and heavier netbooks, it would ultimately kill the whole point of netbooks, which is: portability. A fully featured netbook, which has 12-inch+ screen and has DVD drive weighing around 2kg is no different from any laptop (notebook) in the market.

Conclusion: The whole netbook concept would become a gimmick and Netbooks would merge with the notebooks in near future.