| The market for devices running on the Windows | | | | device, but we always prefer to have one for the |
| Mobile platform is heating up with new handhelds being | | | | convenience it offers, especially if one has to type |
| launched every fortnight or so. This time, last year, | | | | something while on the move. And rather than |
| there were hardly half-a-dozen devices while today | | | | providing tiny keys on the face of the device itself, |
| we have over 15 models sporting the Operating | | | | providing them underneath (a sliding mechanism) is |
| System that many people love to hate. With new | | | | always a better option. Being an upgrade, there are |
| entrants like Spice coming into the arena, which has | | | | plenty of hardware changes in thejasjam as opposed |
| been dominated by HP and i-mate so far, consumers | | | | to the K-Jam. The most defining one of them is the |
| are bound to be spoilt with more choices. One such | | | | inclusion of a jog-dial with a back key, a la BlackBerry. |
| offering from i-mate is the Jasjam which will set the | | | | Placed on the left edge, the arrangement aids in |
| tempo for the New Year, much like the Jas Jar did last | | | | single-handed operation of the device, which is the first |
| year. | | | | time that we are experiencing on a Windows mobile |
| Features of i-mate Jasjam mobile | | | | device. The back key activates the start menu in the |
| With number of handsets flooding the market, literally, | | | | home screen and then one can navigate through the |
| their nomenclature has assumed almost a cult status | | | | different menu options. The jog dial itself is a |
| with mobile companies going all out on their creative, | | | | three-way dial, which means that one can not only |
| ultra-chic jugglery. For instance, the likes of Motorola, | | | | traverse through the options but also select the |
| Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson use a combination | | | | desired one by pressing the dial. As the jog dial has |
| of numbers and alphabets, while LG has now started | | | | been placed on the left edge, the Jasjam has been |
| using terms like Chocolate, Pulse and Dynamite to | | | | designed to be held in the left hand, which might take |
| distinguish one series from the other. I-mate, on the | | | | some time getting used to (lefties may rejoice though). |
| other hand, has a number of handsets that sport the | | | | After using the device for a while, I hardly used the |
| phrase 'JAM'. It started with the device Jam, then the | | | | touch screen for normal operation and the need arised |
| K-Jam, only to be followed by a Jamin and now the | | | | only when I had to play games or change settings |
| Jasjam. While the Motorolas, Nokias, Samsungs and | | | | while taking pictures. |
| Sony Ericssons might not have a logical reasoning | | | | Another welcome addition has been an improved |
| behind their names, it seems i-mate does. Could it be | | | | keypad that offers more comfortable typing. And then, |
| due to the fact that i-mate's founder and CEO sports | | | | the biggest upgrade of all, the jasjam is 3G enabled |
| the initials JAM (for the uninitiated, he's Jim Alexander | | | | though it's a different story that we are yet to |
| Morrison)? Well, if that's the reason, don't be surprised | | | | experience 3G networks in India. A few stakes have |
| if you are served with some more toys that have the | | | | been upped like the two megapixel primary camera |
| JAM-factor in them. | | | | with a macro-mode option as well as a CMOS |
| The name - Jasjam | | | | secondary camera for video calling. Now, that's one |
| Getting over the name, the Jasjam has a sliding | | | | heck of a loaded handset. |
| QWERTY keypad for 'thumbing' e-mails and text | | | | For a 3G device with such capabilities, it was essential |
| messages, just like the K-Jam. In fact, we won't be | | | | to have a more powerful processor than the Tl |
| technically incorrect to say that the Jasjam is an | | | | OMAP 850 running at 200 Mhz that featured in the |
| advanced version of the K-Jam, with the former being | | | | K-Jam .Acting wisely, the brand has opted for a |
| a 3G device. The success of the K-Jam has led the | | | | Samsung processor clocking 400 Mhz, which ensures |
| manufacturer to work on a 3G version and the | | | | that the device doesn't hang up while multitasking. |
| Jasjam is a fine result of all the research and | | | | So the new i-mate Jasjam is a definte good buy |
| development that has gone into it. Though one doesn't | | | | mobile phone priced at the right . |
| necessary need a physical keypad in a touch screen | | | | |