It looks that way. According to an article on itp.net, the doors are locked and the CEO has left the country.

The company, which mainly sold branded smartphones, has closed its office in Dubai Internet …

… I think the Redfly is a much better concept.  I saw over at  pocket-lint a piece about i-mate working on an accessory for a new smartphone that would fit into a laptop type of …

If you remember i-Mate, they are still here. Now they have moved away from rebranding HTC phones and have their own line. They have recently partnered up with Vito, the makers of Winterface, to …

Partnership to deliver superior mobile solution to Telstra customers, and further enhance i-mate’s position as Australia’s leading provider of Windows Mobile devices. 

i-mate has teamed with Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia’s leading telecommunications company, …

From the unwired :

i-mate today unveiled the latest devices in its Ultimate range, the Ultimate 9502 and the Ultimate 8502 at Mobile Congress World.The Ultimate 9502 and 8502 are the latest devices from i-mate’s Ultimate …

Jack showed us some nice looking i-mate devices earlier today and now here is another video. Looks to me like i-mate might be returning to form. In the past couple years since the Kjam, it …

CES was as always a great show but this year, for what ever reason, Mobile Device news was at a real premium.  There was nothing ground breaking and quite possibly vendors made the decision to …

In September we saw the launch of i-mate 6150 and 8150 and in October we had some specs fpr the i-mate 8502 and 9502.
At CES 2008 last week Judie Lipsett and Jerry Raia of Gear …

Ultimate 8502

Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone
400 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7200 chip
quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, triband HSDPA/HSUPA
WiFi b/b and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR as well as integrated GPS
256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM
microSD card
2.0 megapixel fixed focus camera
QWERTY thumb-keyboard
QVGA …

CoolSmartPhone.com reviews iMate Ultimate 8150 and Ultimate 6150
Both the iMate Ultimate 6150 and the iMate Ultimate 8150 are very capable handsets with lots of power on tap. The specs are excellent and both phones …

Today must be the day of FIVES!  Hmmm … I just might have to play 5 bucks on Five today!
In any event, it is definitely worth taking a Saturday stroll over to the NEW i-mate …

Is that like Biology 101 and 201? hmmm… Well, anyhow, the::unwired has shared some early details on these new offerings called the Jama 101 and Jama 201.

(101 on the left and 201 on …

i -mate launched at GITEX two of the highly anticipated Ultimate range to the Middle East – the Ultimate 6150 and Ultimate 8150. The Ultimate range consists of high-end, sophisticated 3G Windows Mobile devices in a variety …

Kaz911 returned from day 1 of Gitex and has posted some pictures of the i-mate Ultimate 6150 and 8150
To see more pictures, visit :
i-mate Ultimate 6150 pictures can be found here
i-mate Ultimate 8150 pictures …

i-Mate company has confirmed they will be launching 12 new Windows mobile phones soon in 3 different product ranges.

After the break-up with HTC in November, i-Mate and owner Jim Morrison has been very quiet, and …

Matt Miller, Mobile Gadgeteer, heard the rumors of the i-mate canceling three of the five Ultimate series models….. and checked with his source at i-mate and found out it is NOT true!
i-mate announced several new devices …

This is a case where the picture says it all.
Engadget Mobile is reporting that i-mate has canceled three versions of its Ultimate series : the 5150 slider, 7150 QWERTY flip, and 9150 numeric flip.
The …

Each device in the Ultimate range has the latest in security features. This includes the ability to remotely erase data and / or lock down the device if it has been lost or stolen. …

I-mate announced today at CommunicAsia 2007, their plans to launch first Windows Mobile Ultimate devices in September 2007 to customers throughout Asia.The highly acclaimed Ultimate range from i-mate will be on offer to customers throughout …

I-mateT, the Dubai-based specialist in Windows Mobile� phones launched yesterday its latest Pocket PC for people who want to be mobile instantly without having to carry around a large device. The JAMA perfectly combines ease-of-use, with …