Pricing has not be announced for the 3G iPhone in the U.K. but O2 has something special already prepared for existing iPhone customers. Quote below:
The 8GB model will cost just £99 on a new £30 per month tariff and the existing £35 per month tariff. Consumers choosing either the £45 or £75 per month tariffs [...]

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i-Mate’s office in Redmond, Washington has been almost completely dissolved, with the company laying off almost its entire workforce, while others left on their own volition. According to Engadget, the Dubai-based company ran into problems with US distribution of its Ultimate line of communication devices. This led to i-Mate laying off almost its entire US [...]

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Digitimes.com with the reference to the Commercial Times reported that such mobile vendors as MWG (ex. O2 Asia), i-mate and Palm had recently resumed smartphone cooperation with High Tech Technologies (HTC). Thus HTC’s share in ODM-business will be over 10% of total income in 1Q 2008.
At the same time HTC got less than 10% of [...]

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i-mate has officially announced the Ultimate 8502 communicator. This is a candy bar phone equipped with the QWERTY-keyboard. Powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional it is designed for 2G/3G networks.

The specs of the Ultimate 8502:

OS - Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Networks - GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1900/2100 MHz
CPU - Qualcomm MSM 7200 400 MHz
Graphical accelerator - [...]

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i-mate has also announced the Ultimate 9502 communicator. Its design resembles T-Mobile Sidekick: the sliding display reveals the QWERTY-keyboard. The new communicator has similar specs of another recently announced communicator Ultimate 8502, except for the display (2.8”), 3-megapixel camera and bigger size. However the company hasn’t unveiled the release date and the approximate price.

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i-mate launched in the Americas with its line of Ultimate Windows Mobile Devices. Ultimate models that will be available include the Ultimate 6150, 8150 (pictured), 8502, and 9502. Windows Mobile 6 powers all phones in the Ultimate range.
“This is the official launch of our Ultimate range in the Americas and a huge milestone for i-mate [...]

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