How is this relevant to Apple products? The only connection between this i-Mate and Apple is the letter *i*.

it's not even compatible with Macs!

I would never again own an I-Mate phone they are c*** ... too many unfixed bugs and problems

low on delivery and marketing? It seems it had connectivity options far beyond your US cell phone company offerings, but R&D and marketing wasn't funded sufficiently to gain a significant advantage and mind-share advantage.

Too bad for the employees, apparently. It's good that someone has agreed to maintain contact with the company's existing customer base, but sadly, it's a sales person. The only way "the name" could redeem itself is through a strong connection with the developer community, and an undying love of the project by its final representative. That's a staggeringly up-hill struggle for capital and buy-in just waiting to happen.

Perhaps a strategic partnership from the copy-write/trademark/patent holders with a Skype or other marginally interested relevant party is the only real avenue...

Good luck on providing a robust user experience regardless of the user's computer platform choice.

beluashark, This story isn't under iPodnn or Macnn, but instead under electronista.com, so...it is relevant. Pay attention next time.

lamewing, don't lecture beluashark...this was headlined at macnn, and I don't know about you, buy the access keys for this article are mac (win) and I'm being gently reminded for a longer post, I need to visit the macintosh area at forums.macnn.com

So YOU pay attention. The owners of macnn are driving traffic to their non-mac site, on non-mac articles....and quit trying to make the world upside, people have a right to complain about it.

Oh yes it is! This article is posted on Macnn's news-page and clicking it brings readers to this page. So you need to pay attention and check your info next time.

no pun intended.