http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/ Engadget Comments for The IMOVIO iKit: everything you ever wanted in a PDA, save for a bunch of stuff you wanted http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
Yeah, I got nothin']]>Oct 20th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
looking at the product site it runs Trolltech QT/E, seems like a cl3200 without the rotating screen, hard disk, cf card reader, sd card reader, and years of open source hacking. at the least it has wifi, which sharp left out.

you can overclock that cpu to 500MHz without too much trouble, but why. without a 4 gb harddrive alternative distrobutions like pdaXrom might be out of the question so anyone buying this is stuck with stock or maybe a modded cacko rom. ]]>Oct 20th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.openpandora.org (albeit for slightly more cost)]]>Oct 20th 2008 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/ 99 Euro = 131.91 USD]]>Oct 20th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/£ are pounds... that's why it's 172$]]>Oct 20th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=siemens%20ic35%20unifier&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

That was back when smart phones were rare and chunky, and regular mobiles were significantly more compact. The value proposition was that you could add functionality without sacrificing the size of your phone. Even so no-one bought one then, and given that most smartphones are smaller than that device, there is even less incentive to buy one of these now.
]]>Oct 20th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
Oh wait.]]>Oct 20th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/

ok fine! How bout $169.99???? DO I hear anyone readying a netbook for $169.99?? Come on people! 250 mhz! It will play doom......... videos. at 15fps.]]>Oct 20th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
I miss my Psion Series 5.]]>Oct 20th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
eventually it will happen. although 'eventually' could mean 10 years from now.

all I can say about this thing is that it has a vibrator. now THAT could be useful. ]]>Oct 21st 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
I don't think that's a coincidence. I suspect what they are hiding is either pathetic software, a bad screen, or the fact that they don't actually have a working prototype.]]>Oct 20th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.comsciences.com/img/Imovio-iKIT-Product-Presentation-1.82.pdf

theres a couple pictures in there.. the screen looks no bigger then the one on my curve hah]]>Oct 20th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
My 3 year old Axim has more juice than this!]]>Oct 20th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Let me guess... this is a "Pandora for Idiots"?]]>Oct 20th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
That being said, I think this thing is missing the point. It looks and acts an awful lot like an old school Zaurus but without actually being that good. The screen is too small and at too small a resolution for web surfing. Not having 3G or cell abilities in general even for data really limits the usefulness. Not having a proper headphone jack (why are more and more devices shying away for the good old 3.5mm jack?) makes this useless as a media player. And that's pretty much all that's left to this device besides email.

Better money would be spent on a GP2x Wiz. $180 USD with same screen but OLED for sharper picture. You trade the keyboard for gaming controllers, but it will do the same playback functionality and websurfing as the ikit. True USB hard drive hosting, larger battery, smaller packaging.

Or better still is the Pandora. Much larger screen, even longer battery life, ability to run full blown Ubuntu (and all that entails), proper head jack, with keyboard AND gaming controls. $330 for that doesn't sound too bad.]]>Oct 20th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 20th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 21st 2008 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://openpandora.org/]]>Oct 21st 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/
http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/Motorola/Motorola-Accompli-009.shtml]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/the-imovio-ikit-everything-you-ever-wanted-in-a-pda-save-for-a/Oct 21st 2008 8:48PM