i-mate Ultimate 8502 - user opinions and reviews

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Design
8.1
Features
8.1
Performance
8.2
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Love the phone! Apart from the alarm problem, everything works fine. A suggestion would be to add a separate memory card and install all your programs on that. I have a lot of softwares installed and the performance is still outstanding.

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  • 2008-06-22 21:57
  • M{3P
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Very, very nice phone. I got mine about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Yes, it has Italian. As for freezing, I've had no problems at all; I would consider a hard reset and watching which apps you've installed. The only problem may be a COM conflict for GPS, but you can just change the COM port in the software settings (I personally haven't had issues with it, but heard others have).

Bluetooth works great, hanven't tried Wifi, and GPS is awesome - esp. since it's standalone, not aGPS!

My biggest concern is battery life, but so far it seems decent.

If you have questions, you should visit forums.imate.com.

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  • 2008-06-08 19:41
  • kRF%
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> In reply to Pride @ 2008-04-25 08:55 from pKxRHi Friend,
Hope that you will be fine.
Actually I am in Singapore. I want to buy this phone for this camera and Internet (wifi).
How its performance and other features?
Will you recommend me and give your suggestion
at chan4k@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance.
Wish you good life...!
Regards,
Chandra

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  • 2008-06-03 04:36
  • PU41
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it has GPS built in. just use any navigation software like tomtom, igo, etc. have phun

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  • 2008-05-25 13:54
  • nHa%
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Please help I'm trying to choose and I need to know is that phone has A-GPS or GPS(build in SiRf)

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  • 2008-05-24 04:29
  • 4C}A
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I recently purchased the 8502 and so far so good. Does anyone know how to get opera mini 4.1 to load on this phone and does anyone know when they are releasing WM 6.1 I thought this phone was coming with it?

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  • 2008-05-22 16:49
  • G5jg
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why this phone without second camera for purpose of video call???

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  • 2008-05-20 18:35
  • u73q
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...Yet again on my replacement device, the same problem happens. Nearly every day, the phone has no memory to open any apps, and the battery drains...
Try setting your alarm to go off at 7:05am an test this for a couple of days.
Very annoying.....!!!!:(

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  • 2008-05-17 09:06
  • pKxU
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I just got my 8502. It looks like BBC is not working w/ 8502, at least w/ AT&T in US. I have tried 4 versions of BBC unsuccessful, I am not getting a PIN w/ neither. Just FYI, I tried versions 4.0.0.[84,91,92,97] If anyone is more successful than me, please post your experience :-)Let's hope that in the near future we'll be able to use it w/ BBC.

Good luck,
HC

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  • 2008-05-14 23:21
  • Q}6}
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Go to phone settings. scroll right to preferred mode. switch to US 850/1900/2100

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  • 2008-05-13 23:05
  • QMUI
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Hi All,

As my company only work with BB service, would kindly appreciate if anyone has tested black berry connect working for the I-mate Ultimate 8502?

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  • 2008-05-13 16:33
  • TIEh
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I am in the US and I recently purchased this phone. I am on ATT but for some odd reason when I insert my sim card the phone does not locate the network and will not give me a signal. Could someone please let me know whats going on here? If someone could please provide me with some help that would be great. It gives me the option to turn the phone on buy when I hit ok it does nothing. Help is greatly needed...

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  • 2008-05-12 11:48
  • G5jg
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It shows in specs above build in GPS.Is that mean GPS receiver with SiRF Star III chip set in it(meaning independent from carrier like AT&T),or A-GPS? Please Help!

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  • 2008-05-11 21:22
  • 4C}A
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how is the status coming soon? i'm in the middle east and i already bought it! great phone, small buttons though =/

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  • 2008-05-03 14:46
  • pVP0
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Hi,
Anyone tested Blackberry Connect on it ? For those curious you can download the BBC client from sems.org. The only thing I am waiting for is a confirmation from someone that Blackberry Connect works on this.
Thanks,
HC

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  • 2008-05-01 18:02
  • Q}6}
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Yet again, this morning my alarm did not go off??!!
Also my battery went down from a fully charged battery to about 59% in 6 hours (phone was not being used and no apps active).

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  • 2008-04-30 21:43
  • pKxR
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Well, the alarm issue has nothing to do with syncing the phone.
Hopefully, it won't fail me next time...

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  • 2008-04-30 01:42
  • pKxR
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Current issues:
Since I've been using this phone one issue I've been having is with the alarm alert.
W hen I set it for the morning, the alert appears, but I get no sound. When I reset or switch of the phone and re boot, followed by setting the alarm again, then it solves the issue with no sound.
I think this might have something to do with syncing the phone with active sync prior to the alarm going off.
Also when I add device lock to the Today screen, if I press lock twice too quickly then it confuses the phone into displaying unlocked when it is in facked still locked (a problem I never encountered on any other PPC I've owned) a soft reset will cure this....

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  • 2008-04-29 14:45
  • mEke
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Also the touch screen itself I find very responsive. In fact out of the HTC Touch, Xda mini s, and Glofiish M800, which I have owned, the Imate 8502 has the best touch screen of them all).
It seems to be made from more durable material than the usual touch screens but still manages to retain very good response from both finger and stylus. Best of the bunch! :)

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  • 2008-04-27 10:52
  • pKxR
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Got it today and had a little play around with my new 8502.

To sart off, it feels like a nice solid phone one that feels like it has'nt been pulled out of a Chrismas cracker. It does'nt feel flimsy.
The navigation stick is not loose and the same goes for the buttons like the jog wheel etc...Even the stylus clicks firmly into place and takes some good force to take it out.

One gripe, is that they have placed the speaker at the back of the device.(Not a good idea if you have it sitting on your settie)
Would it have not been better to put them on the either side?
One issue I have is that when I connect my headphones to listen to Mp3's, it activates the voice dialing option, although not a major issue, it can be annoying at times.
That said, the sound quality with a good set of headphones is spot on, no faults there.
The volume through the loudspeaker is very good and it's loud and clear.

The memory card slot is just at the side behind the battery cover although you only need to remove the cover and not the battery to gain access to it. A down side is that it only takes up to 2gb mem card, forget anything higher than that.

What about the qwerty keyboard? Well, you'll get used to them. I find it better to type like I would if I was texting as opposed to the use of both hands.

The phone is fast when navigating through the menus and various apps
(faster than the Glofiish M800 and HTC Touch).
Overall, a nice phone and the best PPC I've owned...


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  • 2008-04-27 01:15
  • pKxR
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