i-mate SP3i

Dubai-based i-mate recently entered the UK market with the i-mate JAM, 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 SPV C500. The SP3i, reviewed here, is a new smartphone available from Expansys, both network free (£294.95 inc. VAT) and with a Vodafone contract (£59.95 inc. VAT).