| I-Mate is one of the more experienced hands in the | | | | 9502 will weigh around 200 grams upon release. |
| mobile smartphone market, so you would expect | | | | Any innovation only really extends to the design of the |
| something above the norm when any new model | | | | handset itself. A 2.8" VGA touchscreen display is |
| from them is announced. Their latest, the Ultimate 9502 | | | | placed directly in the centre of the device and although |
| won't disappoint with either its design or the spec | | | | from the outside this looks slightly odd, there is a |
| sheet. Reading between the lines, the specifications | | | | reason behind it. The touchscreen slides out to reveal |
| are so high that it does deserve comparison with the | | | | a QWERTY keyboard directly underneath for easy |
| TYTN II from HTC (for now at least.) | | | | typing. |
| The 9502 is a smartphone packed with the same | | | | Unlike the more recent HTC devices, there is no |
| amount of features as you get in the majority of | | | | update to the touchscreen interface and a stylus is |
| high-end smartphones. On the list of features (amongst | | | | used as always on the Windows Mobile 6 Professional |
| others) are 3G HSDPA capabilities, Wi-Fi, integrated | | | | platform. It would have been nice to see a less |
| GPS and a 3.15 MP camera with LED flash and auto | | | | out-of-date OS integrated in this mobile phone but I'll |
| focus. As smartphones are commonly the lowest | | | | reserve judgment until it has been released and a |
| performer on camera quality, the Ultimate 9502 will be | | | | more intensive test can be carried out. |
| competing with the TYTN II for the honour of the best | | | | With such a wealth of features, there's likely to be a |
| camera equipped to a smartphone device. | | | | place in the smartphone market for the I-mate Ultimate |
| With such a wide-range of features, there was never | | | | 9502 and if the vast amount of features are |
| going to be a chance of the 9502 being lightweight | | | | integrated in the correct way, we could be looking at a |
| (hence the title) and that is inevitably the case as the | | | | real contender. |