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April 24th, 2008

i-mate Ultimate 9502 unboxed

A Dubai-based web site called kaz911 repair service has posted a few unboxing photos of their i-mate Ultimate 9502 - here are two especially interesting ones:

The reviewer is not particularly happy with the device - he is dissatisfied with the “cheap” keys, crappy speaker(sic) and smallish screen. In the end, he nevertheless states that the device is “a great device” - and asks readers if they want to purchase it as he apparently wants to return to his Nokia E90 ;).

April 24th, 2008

HTC Raphael/HTC Diamond coming to Sprint

An anonymous tipster has sent Engadget information about upcoming devices from HTC - here’s what we know as of now:

HTC Diamond

The HTC Diamond is said to be the next HTC Touch, offering “enhanced TouchFLO technology”. Other than that, little is currently known about that critter.

HTC Raphael

The HTC Raphael seems to be HTC’s answer to the SE XPERIA X1 we handled at the CeBit. Anyways, the Sprint datasheet claims that the device will have a 2.5(or 2.8)” VGA screen(with TouchFLO) - a definite step up from QVGA. HTC included EVDO Rev. A, Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi. The Raphael is intended to drop in Q4 2008 and will replace the HTC Mogul…

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