i-mate PDA-N GPS

i-mate has released their first GPS enabled PDA, the i-mate PDA-N. This new PDA runs on Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC and is powered by a 300MHz Samsung processor. It has a 2.83″ 240×320 pixels (64k colors) transmissive TFT-LCD screen. The i-mate PDA-N can reproduce WAV, WMA, AMR, and MP3 music files, as well as M-JPEG/WMV video files. To ensure good connectivity it has built in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities
The specification of the GPS include
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Embedded GPS antenna
Support NMEA 0183 version 3.0 or above
WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver:
Acquisition time
Hot start: 8 seconds, typical TTFF
Warm start: 60 seconds, typical TTFF
Cold start: 120 seconds, typical TTFF
GPS Accuracy:
Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
WAAS Accuracy:
Position: < 5 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
[...] We have recently mentioned the I-mate PDA-N, now CNET has published a review about it and writes. Although I-mate is better known for its smart phones in the United States, the company calls itself “specialists in Windows Mobile device solutions,” and that includes PDAs. Hence, the I-mate PDA-N. The handheld runs the latest Windows Mobile 5 operating system and includes many of the features found on other PDAs today, but it also throws in some extra tricks, such as GPS navigation and VoIP support [...]
February 5th, 2006 at 3:37 pm