i-mate
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i-mate is a company selling Windows Mobile-powered devices. The Group was launched by James Morrison, who began his telecoms career at sea designing and installing fiber optic cable systems with Cable & Wireless and was head of the team at O2 that designed the first O2 Xda Pocket PC phone and started Microsoft in the mobile software industry. He also selected HTC to be the OEM for the O2 XDA and started them in the mobile handset manufacturing business. He set up i-mate in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001 to deliver into the corporate market place. imate used HTC as their manufacturing partner for 22 handsets, It was based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and operated in the UK, Italy, Armenia, Australia, India, the U.S. and South Africa. Imate went on the London AIM Stock Market in November 2005 with a valuation of $350 million at flotation a climbed to a value of $989 Million in 2006, The company closed most of its business in September 2009.
James Morrison and i-mate were recognized as the innovators in the mobile handset industry but their demise in 2009 was brought on by the failure of Microsoft to develop their mobile operating system to keep up with
In June 2011 it was found that James Morrison had permanently moved to the US and was now cleaning wheelie bins for a living.[2]
Products
From the beginning of its existence in 2001 until fall of 2006, imate sold branded versions of Pocket PCs,
References
- ^ "i-mate CEO says troubles linked to 'major fraud'". ArabianBusiness.com.
- ^ Silvester, Norman (June 25, 2011). "How the 13th richest man in Scotland is now cleaning skips in the US". dailyrecord.