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Pimp-My-iMate Ultimate 8502 List

Posted By Mr.Gadget Published in PocketPC

Apr

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As many of your regular readers know, I have recently acquired an iMate Ultimate 8502. It is the best Windows Mobile I have had to date, mostly due to size, weight and inbuilt GPS.

For those looking to pimp their 8502 check out the links below:

1. Mr.Gadget iMate Ultimate 8502 Screen Protector
Comes with a 2-year warranty and will protect your screen from scratches and other damage. Silicon based, made in Japan and comes with cloth.

2. SPB Shell 2.0
Based on the TouchFlo, and works like a treat

3. Mr.Gadget iMate Ultimate 8502 USB Synch ‘n’ Charge Retractable Cable
From a tiny to 10cm to 1metre, bring this USB charge cable everywhere.

3. Cyberon Voice Commander
Better than Microsoft Voice Commander (MVC doesn’t work properly on 8502) and reads SMS and Emails too!

4. SPB Pocket Plus
Integrates well with SPB Shell and jazzes up the Today screen even more. I bought this particularly for the proper close app facility.

5. SPB GPRS Monitor
Measures amount of data downloaded so you can manage your tight data plan

6. Travroute CoPilot 7.0 GPS Software
Although Text-To-Speech is missing love the new interface

7. SPB Insight
Keep up to date with the latest news from your favourite sites. SPB Insight is a feed reader (RSS/Atom).

8. Free PocketPC Software
If you’re after free Windows Mobile, be warned it’s free so you get the good and bad, check this site out.
Even has a free Bible for those interested!

If you have any more you think I should add, comment below!

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Toast Rack Says, in 4-7-2008 at 17:34:30 from 121.44.244.199

Any luck getting Opera Mini Beta 4.1 to work under the version of Jblend pre-installed on the Telstra 8502? Doesn’t like mine - says “Out of space”. Version 4.0 works fine tho.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 4-8-2008 at 00:00:54 from 124.180.168.114

G’day Toast, don’t often participate in PocketPC Betas due to the fact that they are betas and I use my PDA extensively throughout the day so cannot afford any downtime.

However since it is Opera and since there’s not much that can go wrong with my 8502, I’ll load it up tomorrow.

Weird about the clash with the default Jblend…are you running from memory card or internal?

Mr.Gadget Says, in 4-8-2008 at 10:29:59 from 203.58.120.11

Toast, I get the same message “Out of Space” with 4.1.

Hope they fix this in the final version.

Toast Rack Says, in 4-10-2008 at 11:05:54 from 121.44.244.199

Gadg, I was running from internal memory, with about 50Mb storage and 30Mb program RAM free. Any luck?

Mr.Gadget Says, in 4-10-2008 at 15:27:59 from 124.183.80.8

I was running from external card. Definite bug!

Simon Says, in 5-27-2008 at 11:45:10 from 58.96.20.170

Hi,
I have an 8502 with Copilot 7 also, but so far Copilot responds extremely slowly and has never found a GPS position, although it says that it had the GPS signal ok. Do you have any suggestions?
Simon.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 5-27-2008 at 16:51:52 from 203.58.120.11

Make sure you turn on GPS via the Wireless Manager Simon. You can access it quickly by pressing the “Fn” and “sym” buttons together.

After activating and starting up CoPilot, give the inbuilt GPS receiver a minute or so to determine your current location / talk with the satellites.

Let me know how you go.

Regards,
Arnold aka Mr.G

Simon Says, in 6-17-2008 at 22:16:25 from 58.178.206.90

Mr. G, you’ve done it again - of course it worked.

The dissappointing, but not too surprising things was that no one at Telstra seemed to know how the devices worked. I’d used an ipaq before that didn’t have a gps on/off control, so i never though to look.

many thanks,
Simon.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 6-17-2008 at 22:33:11 from 138.217.110.27

Yes! Glad to be of service Simon. May you enjoy many hours of GPS and not having to fight with your navigator!

Cheers,
Arnold