i-mate Ultimate 5150 in the wild

That gold sheen just oozes tri-band HSDPA in its natural environment, does it not? This here is one of i-mate's new Ultimate devices, the 5150, packing pretty much every specification we could hope for in a Windows Mobile 6 package: quad-band GSM / EDGE plus the aforementioned tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, 802.11b / g, 256MB of onboard ROM and 128MB RAM, microSD expansion, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radio, 2 megapixel camera, and VGA (yes, we said it, VGA) display atop a 533MHz XScale core. The unusual layout and style of the navigational controls could throw users a curveball, but, uh... did we mention it does tri-band HSDPA? Check out the gallery for some more champagne-hued hotness.

i-mate Ultimate 5150 in the wild

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 4:21AM]

Oh my god... That has GOT to be the ugliest phone of the year. No matter what the specs... :o

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 8:10AM]

u read my mind. =O

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 6:24AM]

i-mate phones are either ugly or outdated

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 9:55AM]

From the ergonomics point the positioning of joystick makes perefect sense, as long as you hold the phone in the left hand that is.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 10:10AM]

I-mate really badly needs to get back in good with HTC...
or atleast go out for new relationships with companies like Asus and Dallab.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 12th 2007 4:20PM]

Ultimate? More like Uglimate. And if it's "Ultimate", where the heck is the QWERTY? dumb.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 14th 2007 7:01PM]

Does it come with an optional Van Halen paint job?