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It didn’t take long, just some encouragement from a comment left on my blog by Serge Baranovsky and I bought a K-JAM off ebay. Seems the only place to purchase these days is from David Weiniger (aka madmonkeyboy) or ebay.
Seems that the Motorola Q is turning into a fiasco, and since the Treo 700 for GSM is rumored to be far off (Q2 2006) I’ve taken matters into my own hands and purchased an i-mate K-Jam. I’m not going to buy one from Cingular even if they offer it cause I am still on my rockin AT&T GSM plan and Cingular simply doesn’t offer anything in the ballpark to the deal that I’m getting. I love unlimited incoming SMS and unlimited data for $20 a month. I’ll keep buying unlocked phones as long as I can avoid switching to Cingular.
I read and re-read dozens of message board posts and reviews on the device. The best reviews were the ones that Serge forwarded me at geek.com and pocketnow. There is even a K-JAM blog which is great.
A lot of people wonder how the K-JAM compares to the size of a Treo 650. Here is the breakdown.
Treo 650 – 11.3 (L) x 5.9 (W) x 2.3 (T) cm
K-JAM – 10.5 (L) x 5.8 (W) x 2.37 (T) cm
As you can see, the K-JAM is a bit shorter (no nubby antenna either), tad narrower, and .7 mm thicker. Here are two images comparing a Treo 650 to the K-JAM (from geek.com).
You can expect an exhaustive review of the K-JAM when I receive it this week. Something like my 3 part series on the Treo 650 that I did. I’m looking forward to kicking the tires on Windows Mobile 5.
I wish Palm the best of luck shipping the Treo 700. I just wish it were happening sooner (and that the display res was 320x320 like the Palm OS version of the Treo.