i-mate™ launches its first Pocket PC with inbuilt GPS

Sleek and compact, the i-mate™ PDA-N is a Windows Mobile™ 5.0 based Pocket PC with all the latest Microsoft® tools plus built in GPS navigation capability and Wi-Fi.

An ideal companion for today's on-the-road professional, the i-mate™ PDA-N has a sharp quality 64k full colour touch screen, and a sleek gun metal grey finish. The PDA-N has a 300Mhz PDA processor and 128MB ROM plus full memory expansion via the SDIO/MMC card slot.

The i-mate™ PDA-N will help navigate your world as it comes with an integrated GPS receiver*. The device also comes with a full range of applications including Windows Media® Player, Internet Explorer, MSN® Messenger, Word Mobile™, Excel® Mobile and PowerPoint® Mobile. The high quality 64k transflective LCD screen makes managing your emails on the move simple along with the ability to access and edit your Word and Excel® Mobile™ documents as well as view and navigate PDF and PowerPoint® Mobile™ files.

Speaking about the launch, Jim Morrison, CEO of i-mate said:

"Hot off the heels of last week's i-mate™ JAMin launch, we're proud to add another impressive addition to our Pocket PC family. GPS has emerged as a key customer requirement so we're happy to offer it built into a sleek looking powerful Windows Mobile™-based PDA. Watch this space. We have no plans to slow down."

Catering to the entertainment needs of the professional user, the i-mate™ PDA-N with built in Windows® Media Player allows users to have their favourite music and videos with them while on the move. Microsoft Pocket MSN also lets you stay in touch with friends and family using built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

i-mate™ offers an impressive array of applications as standard on the new i-mate™ PDA-N and Arabic applications like Arabic soft keypad, Arabic dictionary and Islamic prayer alerts and Qiblah direction for the important Middle-Eastern i-mate™ customers.