Camera Phone Reviews

- eXpansys USA writes of the i-mate JAM pocket PC describing it as a -'Tri-band GSM with a Mega-Pixel Camera! The i-mate™ JAM is the smallest Windows Pocket PC available. It includes GPRS for Internet or remote office access, and features Bluetooth, Windows Pocket PC Second Edition, 64MB RAM, an SDIO/MMC slot, a 64k colour transreflective LCD and a built-in 1.3 Mega-Pixel camera. Use for playing MP3s, making voice calls, collecting emails, taking pictures and much more.'

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It retails at $645.95

i-mate JAM Reviews

Digital Lifestyles reviews the i-mate JAM, and while generally pleased with the Pocket PC overall, had this to say about the camera on the device: "First off, the built in camera is absolutely rubbish. Despite its 1.3 megapixel credentials, we've had better results off much lower spec'd camera phones and you certainly won't be printing out too many snaps captured on the thing."

PocketNow reviews the i-mate JAM and says, about the Pocket PC's camera: "The i-mate JAMin comes with a new built-in camera that puts other Pocket PC cameras to shame. ... The Camera application is the same version of the one normally included in the HTC manufactured devices. For some reason it only takes pictures in landscape mode." Conclusion on the camera? "The 2.0 megapixel camera is much much better than the built-in cameras of any other Pocket PC phone."

MobileTechReview reviews the i-mate JAM, and has this to say about the smartphone's camera: "As we've noted before, HTC cameras haven't set the world on fire, though their software is lovely. While the Wizard models have taken a turn for the better with good quality 1.3 megapixel cameras, the JAMin may capture a lot of pixels but the images themselves aren't very good. The culprit is poor while balance, with photos having an undue blue to purple cast (a white rug captures as mid-blue!). The camera software offers a selection of pre-set white balances in addition to automatic, none of which get it right. Indoor photos are yellow-orange even when incandescent is selected, while outdoor photos can turn rosy-cheeked youths into recent morgue entrants. Sharpness and clarity are decent, but nothing compared to high end 2MP camera phones from Nokia, or even some of their 1.3MP offerings. That said, given the high resolution, once the photos are sized down to VGA or even 800 x 600 resolution, they look quite sharp."