i-mate SP3i

Dubai-based <a href="http://www.imate.com">i-mate</a> recently entered the UK market with the <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39175023,00.htm">i-mate JAM</a>, a handheld/phone combo based around Windows Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition, Second Edition. That has more recently resurfaced as the T-Mobile MDA Compact, which we will review shortly. The company also sells the i-mate SP3, which we know as Orange’s <a href="http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobilephones/0,39023925,39167162,00.htm">SPV C500</a>. The SP3i, reviewed here, is a new smartphone available from <a href="http://www.expansys.com">Expansys</a>, both network free (£294.95 inc. VAT) and with a Vodafone contract (£59.95 inc. VAT).