Ultimate 9502 upgrade ??

[Dracula72]

is there any hope that we can upgrade the ultimate 9502 to wm6.1 soon ????????

[mike freegan]

There is another thread on this a little further down, but so far i-Mate support is telling some people yes, and some people no - so I'm not sure.

[netnerd]

so y cant some1 cook wm6.1 for imate 9502?

[Ineedtoys]

Signs of activity, or just wishful thinking?

http://preview.tinyurl.com/57sshv

[samy.3660]

Well we are trying to develop rom for imate 9502 but we are not getting enough support from the community. Check out the link in my signature and help the community in whatever way possible, so that we can build a working rom for the device.

[mike freegan]

This turned up in the Imate forums today. If anyone can translate from Polish it'd be great.

UniCom (Polish i-mate distributor) informed that i-mate confirmed OS update to WM 6.1 for 9502 and 8502.
The exact date will be announced soon.

Source:
http://www.gsmonline.pl/portal/news/news.jsp?s0n_id=19922&link=WM,Professional,6.1,w,smartfonach,marki,i-mate

Edit: Same link as above. Sorry.

[Ineedtoys]

Well we are trying to develop rom for imate 9502 but we are not getting enough support from the community. Check out the link in my signature and help the community in whatever way possible, so that we can build a working rom for the device.
Hmmm. Perhaps that's because you've set up shop outside of the community? 9502 users are thin on the ground as it is, so why fragment that user base further by trying to divert them off to a lightly used forum? There's a wide audience of ROM experts here at xda-dev, so wouldn't it be more productive to share your ideas here? I have enough forums to check everyday as it is, so I don't really need another one with limited content and only a handful of users.
OK, the 9502 hasn't got its own section on xda-dev (and isn't likely to). But neither has the i780, and that hasn't stopped very successful collaboration and development for that device right here at the home of ROM cooking.

[sirplus]

Signs of activity, or just wishful thinking?

http://preview.tinyurl.com/57sshv

Are we there yet?
Answer -NO STILL
So I personally doubt Imate will do it, I think its more likely they won't be around for long given the reports I read.

eg. http://msmobiles.com/news.php/7733.html

I think this is interesting!
"Sales for the six-month ended of September are estimated at $20.6 Million compared to $46.2 Million for the same time last year. This resulted in an estimated operating loss of $10.8 Million loss compared to $29.4 Million loss for the same time last year. Our cash position is at $11.2 Million and stock at $9.1 Million with debtors of $3.9 Million and creditors of $2.6 Million."

If I am reading this right it sounds like a good thing sales are about half because now the losses are only about 1/3. To me it's obvious why they are delisting and the customer support is legendary for all the wrong reasons.

Looks like we need to make our own ROM if my 9502 will work like its supposed to.