Fletcher Mak asked:


The i-mate phones are better known for their impressive technology that has given us some of the best business phones of the recent times. With an impressive brand line ‘for business, for pleasure, for life’, i-mate has been competently dealing with its rivals and has made a significant place in the mobile phone market around the world. It has been dealing with the windows mobile powered devices that were once the associate of the manufacturing unit of HTC and came in existence only in 2001 and it got better in 2006 when HTC decided to call off this partnership and so it came out with its own set of mobiles under its exclusive brand name.

There have been many high end models that have come from the i-mate mobile factory so far and they have managed to impress the customers as well. These include pocket PC,smart phones, PPC phones, PDA enabled devices, JASJAM, JASJAR and so on. Let us try to review some of these handsets in detail in order to know them better.

The mighty i-mate JASJAR is one of the premier handsets launched by the manufactures. This is rather a pocket PC that opens to unravel a full fledged QWERTY keyboard for the purpose of easy typing. This is a Microsoft Pocket PC that has been installed with Microsoft outlook.This mini laptop phone has a full VGA resolution screen, 520MHz Intel processor and 128MB of Permanent Memory, built-in Computer Associates® eTrust Antivirus software*, Skype™ internet telephony software*and so much more to its credit.

Another interesting phone from the manufacturers is known as i-mate JAMin that is an advanced slider device which makes your business much easier than before. This PDA device is also a windows based smart phone that comes with a camera, inbuilt Wi-Fi, expandable memory and so on. Thus this is a great phone that keeps a tap of all of your business needs.

Thus i-mate mobile has not only been instrumental in giving some of th best business handsets of the recent times but it has also managed to impress the users and thereby making a mark in the realm of global mobile telephony!

Jim Brown asked:


Having someone to organize all your appointments would be a professional’s dream. But unfortunately not everyone can afford the monthly expenses of having a personal assistant to tag around with. Managing all your contacts and tasks can be a mess, especially if that reliable old notepad doesn’t sound any alarm for an important task you need to do or worst an important business meeting with a sensitive client.

Owning a personal digital assistant or a PDA has been a must for people who are constantly up on their toes. It has been a commodity for almost all professions nowadays since it satisfies the common office needs. Basically a PDAs function is a personal information management device. These keeps critical information such as contact numbers, addresses, birthdates, anniversaries, important dates, notes and a task or schedule manager.

With numerous brands and models in the PDA market today, choosing which model and brand to buy can be mind boggling. A thing the buyer should know before buying is that a PDA is just a peripheral that still needs a full blown computer for it to function well. A PDA or a pocket pc cannot at this stage rival the capabilities of the computer. Though it may have applications that can be of the same with a full blown pc, it is just for temporary substitute for the mean time. Application made for PDAs and pocket pc only carries the core component and lacks big time on other features.

The first question is “what are the user’s current needs?” followed by “what are the possible near future needs?” Since PDAs come in all types and sizes, the use needs to be broken down into several segments of use.

Entry Level Users

A PDA user of this level only needs the core PIM or personal information management applications such as task scheduler, contacts, notepad manager and PDF file viewer. The user may be at the office most of the time but needs an instrument to remind him of his tasks and appointments.

Mid-Level Users

Users of this level may be constantly out of the office and may need to bring along data that is crucial for meetings and presentations. The type of PDA needed for this user needs to process more than just the PIM task but also other third party application software. Probably it might also be helpful to buy a PDA with a built-in digital camera. Be sure to buy a PDA unit that can pack in extra memory and batteries. A recommended feature would be an extended removable memory card slot and a removable battery slot so it would be easier to change batteries.

Expert-level Users

This level is the hardest to please. These are on the go users that you can seldom find in offices. They pack gadgets to keep them on track of everything -pretty demanding need for such a small computer component. They constantly need live up to date information that is crucial in their day to day dealings.

The PDA they need are the top of the line pocket pc. Probably the user might need a phone to go with that gadget since mobile phone offers 3G connectivity. This technology can get users to connect to the internet 24/7 at virtually anywhere. This class of gadgets is packed with Wifi, video conferencing feature and a QWERTY keyboard layout for users that need constant data entry.

Alden Jerry asked:


Imaginations and dreams are directly proportional to each other. Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. It helps a person to explore the unknown and undertake experiments. Is is very essential to hold the dreams, because if dreams die, life is like a broken winged bird that fails to fly. Dreams helps a person to enrich his or her imaginations. It is also very obvious that to achieve something appreciable, hard work and sheer determination is absolutely necessary. As there is a popular saying ‘a person who never made mistake never tried anything new.’ So it is very important for a person to enhance his or her skills and creativity. Imagination can even help a photographer to capture astounding images with various creative shots. A good photographer can transport a viewer to an unknown place where he or she has never been. To capture images with great clarity a photographer should obviously opt for the digital cameras.

The digital cameras are one of the best innovations of the advanced technology. The display of these gadgets help the photographer to target the objects at ease. Moreover, the user can even delete the unwanted details of the captured images by cropping, while printing them out. However, it is always a best option to purchase a camera from a renowned brand. These cameras are very reliable and assure the users of quality service.

Various top quality brands such as Canon, Sony and Vivitar etc have entered into this arena to provide upgraded models of digital gadgets to the customers. Photography is believed to be the passion of a large number of people. As everybody seeks to hold their beautiful memories, it is always not possible because these seem to fade away after some time from our mind. As such, photography is always regarded as a best option to store those memories for future use. It is also important for the consumers to prioritize their requirements before plunging into any purchasing process.

Internet shopping is a new trend nowadays, which is readily changing the mindsets of the people. Various online shopping stores are available which can assist a customer to avail his or her favorite digital gadgets at affordable prices. The cheap digital cameras also have the capability to capture images with distinct clarity and brightness. Moreover, by surfing those online stores the users can easily get information regarding the products or the gadgets they intend to purchase. This can help the customers to gain all the information regarding the specifications of their preferred gadgets.

Alex Rider asked:


With amateur photography gaining in popularity, digital cameras are becoming the norm. The convenience of digital cameras over traditional film cameras coupled with recent advancements in picture quality have meant more pictures conveying happy holiday memories than ever before.

Back in 2003 12.8 million digital cameras were owned, a marginally larger number than film cameras, 33% of households were seen to own a digital camera by the end of the year.

Cameras such as these in combination with other digital products such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and MP3 players all require media on which to store the digital data. Flash media, memory cards and microdrives were designed in combination with these digital products. Unfortunately, as with computers, digital media does occasionally suffer from corruption which in turn can cause stored information to become locked away in the storage media, supposedly inaccessible.

A wide variety of digital storage media forms exist today, all with varying storage capacities dependant upon make and model. 8MB through to larger 6GB microdrives are now possible.

First placed into this market by SanDisk Corporation in 1994, CompactFlash Memory has become the most popular storage media of late. This media uses flash memory semiconductor technology able to house audio, text, video and images on flash chips. Being non-volatile and also solid state (no battery is required to keep the data stored and no moving parts exist) has made this technology tough and reliable, just right for portable digital products.

Sony and Toshiba created Memory Sticks and SmartMedia cards, respectively, which also turned out to be very popular. Memory Sticks have become the dominant storage media type for their own products, digital cameras, Clie’ handhelds and computers. Other manufacturers also use Memory Sticks, in particular Konica. SmartMedia cards tend to be rather thin and fragile, and have a top capacity of 128MB. Similar to solid state technology, no moving parts and a small size are perfect for active and constant transfers between digital devices.

Initially introduced in 1998 with a capacity of 170MB, IBM Microdrives are also now popular and have grown in storage size to be able to cope with 2GB. Although solid state memory cards like CompactFlash are more impact resistant, microdrives have been seen as reliable and very economic with regards to digital devices.

Whatever format you use, be it one of the afore mentioned, or some of the other varieties e.g. SecureDigital, xD Picture Card, MultiMedia Card, Mini CD-R/CD-RW, more and more people are relying on digital media and its associated problems, rather than traditional film.

Gone are the cases of film overexposure and damaged film rolls, in come the hardware failures and data corruption. Data organization and storage now uses the FAT file system. Corruption of this filing system results in the digital device that houses the memory card not being able to locate the data, whatever is stored being ‘lost’, although still remaining on the memory card.

Corruption typically occurs when a device is low on power or when memory cards are removed whilst the power is still on. Such circumstances result in the file systems not pointing to the data. Hardware failure tends to come from damage, e.g. by rough handling or accidental breakage, to the digital media so that it is unable to properly connect with the associated device which needs to read the data.

Various data recovery companies, such as Vogon, MJM, Storagesearch, CBL-Tech and Ontrack, are readily available for any of the data recovery difficulties you may encounter with digital storage medias and their associated devices. A wealth of experience and data recovery innovations mean that most data that is ‘lost’ is in fact retrievable with the right techniques.