Compare Prices : I-Mate Ultimate 8150 - Expert Reviews

Pros: I-Q services, VGA output

Cons: Average keypad, battery life

Verdict: As a PDA, the i-mate Ultimate 8150 is a reasonable choice. As business tool it's quite a feature-packed device with some additional functionality provided by i-mate's I-Q feature.

Review summary: This Windows Mobile smartphone has plenty of features, including a display output, but does it do enough to win over Jon?

Verdict: The i-mate Ultimate 8150 certainly crams in plenty of features - it's fast all round and jammed full of the latest smartphone goodies. Plus there's that rather unusual extra of being able to output to an external monitor or projector. But features ...

Review summary: The bigger, stronger sibling in i-mate's pair of new phones, the unlocked $725 Ultimate 8150 is the most powerful Windows Mobile phone you can buy today. It isn't perfect by a long shot-it's unsightly and expensive, and i-mate still needs to work out ...

Pros: Lightning-fast and powerful.

Cons: Extremely expensive. Battery bug has delayed release.

Verdict: This Windows Mobile phone won't win any beauty contests, but it does deserve performance awards thanks to its beefy processor and graphics chipset.

Verdict: Final Unit Pictures Here's the iMate Ultimate 6150 in black as you'll receive it if you buy one.

Review summary: Does this new PDA-phone from the Dubai-based vendor really deserve the "Ultimate" tag? After a quick hands-on, we've got to say it comes close.