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masseur
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Following on from the i-mate JAM which has been my number 1 phone since late last year and also following the recent discussion in the World's First Windows Mobile 5.0 Device where Expansys have given information about the i-mate version of the HTC Universal called the JasJar, today expansys are showing what seems to be the JAM replacement "available in a few weeks"
its called the K-JAM and sports Quad-band, EDGE, WI-FI and sliding keyboard.
The new version of the popular JAM will be here in a few weeks - the i-mate K-JAM keeps it's small form factor and adds Quad-Band GSM/GPRS, WiFi, a sliding keyboard and much more
unlike the JasJar, this is very likely to be my JAM replacement 
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upper
Joined: Apr 17, 2004
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great pda phone, wish it had 3g too  (
there is more pictures here with a comparison, large ones i added a while back. http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=99410#post1358136
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numnums
Joined: Mar 05, 2004
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From: keeping it awesome
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another version:
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tindo196
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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more live pics at modaco.com and coolsmartphone.com
[ This Message was edited by: tindo196 on 2005-08-25 20:49 ] |
jeko.uk
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
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i really like the look of the sliding keyboard
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Evil Eye
Joined: Jun 23, 2004
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From: Pune, Maharashtra, India
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WOW! Looks cool...
For how much we can grab our hands on it???
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masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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i-mate now have product details on their home page
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: Doha, London, Tokyo, Shanghai
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the k jams pretty nice, but I hate these tiny keyboards all the PDA/Phones are putting in.
I mean, pressing a letter takes as much time as writing it on screen, or sometimes the keyboard is too tiny to even be called a Keyboard (P1000)
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masseur
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well, expansys are quoting 4 days availability for this now so I'll let you know. I can tell you that the jasjar keyboard is very usable
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Cenfi
Joined: Jul 24, 2005
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From: Indonesia
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wooww niceee... i'll get rid my htc magician asap!
btw wats the k-jam processor?
My lovely phones  t610, k300, k700, p910 & w800  N9500 & HTC magician My less lovely phones Moto v3 & N6681 |
masseur
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my k-jam shipped today. might arrive tomorrow but more likely on Monday 
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david1975
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it does look very nice am tempted to get this over se new p1000 or whatever it is called a litle of topic slightly was thinkong of getting an orange c500 how easy is it to use compared to say an se or nokia for everyday things like texting and the like |
J273
Joined: Apr 06, 2004
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From: Swadlincote
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So how do you find the K-jam masseur compared to your Jam ,Ive got the 128mb Jam and am unsure on whether to upgrade or not
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Glenny
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From: Mars
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can i just ask, does it cost to do all the microsoft outlook, internet etc.
and can you go on ANY site?
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masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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well, the k-jam is certainly a breath of fresh air to the Jam with its slide out keyboard i nthe same size factor. screen orientation changes automatically to landscape, as you might expect, when you slide the keyboard out and then changes back to portrait when you slide the keyboard back in again.
I am a little dissapointed that the system tray icon used on the JAM and the JasJar for changing screen orientation is missing on the k-jam. I can only assume they assume you will almost always use the device in portrait mode when the keyboard is closed and in landscape mode when it is open. The only alternative now is to use 3rd party software or assign a hardware button to screen oritentation changes.
the keyboard has a nice tactile feel, the keys are well sized and spaced but... the numeric row of digits are placed as shift keys on the QWERTYUIOP row so that takes a little getting used to
I was a little conerned at the OMAP850 processor's speed rating of 200mhz but the device is quite snappy and just about as responsive as my JasJar
It really does have a mini-SD slot making the 2 x 2gb SD cards I have been using in recent ipaqs, my jam and jasjar totally redundant in this unit which is a shame since it could easily have accomodated the standard size SD cards just as well.
The inclusion of direct access to hotmail as well as msn messenger in windows mobile 5 as part of a "pocket MSN" package is nice and there is no need to actually be an MSN member as long as you have a hotmail account
thats it for now so here are a few pics...
the k-jam stylus closed vs JasJar stylus
and then the k-jam stylus open vs JasJar stylus (I prefer the JasJar stylus feel btw)
the blue backlit k-jam keypad...
vs the red backlit keyboard of the JasJar
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Posted: 2005-08-25 19:32
t610, k300, k700, p910 & w800 
N9500 & HTC magician
