{"id":131464,"date":"2010-01-03T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=11853"},"modified":"2010-01-03T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T15:56:56","slug":"did-htc-buy-i-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/131464","title":{"rendered":"Did HTC buy I-mate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11853\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/htcimate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"htc-i-mate\" border=\"0\" alt=\"htc-i-mate\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/htcimate_thumb.png\" width=\"441\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=imate\" >I-mate<\/a> was one of the pioneers of the smartphone world, and for much of the last few years also one of the most troubled.&#160; The company always credited itself as the creator of the first Windows Mobile phone, something that was disputed by most that saw the company as simply a trumped up middle man trying to take credit for the work of others, principally HTC.<\/p>\n<p>When HTC decided to strike out on its own and sever ties to I-mate the company floundered, promising many great handsets and delivering only very few.&#160; Most recently the company, after disputes with its ODM\u2019s and claimed internal fraud, shut doors completely, ad we thought we heard the last of them.<\/p>\n<p>However a bit like the villain in a summer movie the company simply refuses to die, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonenews.com\/htc-really-really-quietly-acquired-i-mate-9874\/\" >Phonenews.com claiming<\/a> the troubled company has been bought by a pretty vigorous HTC. <\/p>\n<p>This role reversal apparently came about due to I-mate owning some useful patents and rugged designs which could give HTC a step-up in an area where they have never really done well.<\/p>\n<p>The rumour is far from confirmed, but it is of note that HTC will now be honouring I-mate warranties.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think this is a good deal? Do any of our readers have more information about this?&#160; Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D11853&amp;linkname=Did%20HTC%20buy%20I-mate%3F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-mate was one of the pioneers of the smartphone world, and for much of the last few years also one of the most troubled.&#160; The company always credited itself as the creator of the first Windows Mobile phone, something that was disputed by most that saw the company as simply a trumped up middle man [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}