Continuing from my original post about replacing me beloved T3, I have purchased an iMate JasJar. What have I done!! Support is worse than palm, at least Palm didn't make me erase the device to install the same ROM I already had. I have since installed the international ROM (without the Vodafone NZ extension, which removes Skype). The following list of disappointments follow:

Media Player can not stretch to full screen, so the idea of buying this device to converge phone, PDA & portable media device did not work. The only feed that fills the screen is WMV DVD (1MB/ps) which is too much for the JasJar processor to handle, even after a restart.

I have applications open even when they have an "exit" option. To close them you have to use the equivalent of task manager (normally used to kill rogue programs). MSN messenger does not support web cam (disappointing as it has one built in). BlueTooth headsets can not be used with Skype or Video Calling, iMate have not intention of fixing this, doesn’t match the marketing as a business tool, can’t really have speaker phone in the office. I never thought of it at the time, but it doesn’t have the rudimentary PDA buttons such as Calendar, Contacts, home, etc, instead you have to fiddle about with the touch screen every time, which means picking it up to retrieve. Powering on is tedious as you can only use the power button, i.e. doesn’t even power on when you open the screen (why else would I be opening the screen unless I want to use it). It’s flashy and has a nice screen, apart from the lack of dedicated buttons, the greatest weakness is the software, is this an iMate JasJar issue or does it effect all WM5 devices? I’m wanting to ascertain this before I swap to something else.