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i-mate was a company selling Windows Mobile-powered devices. The Group was launched by now CEO Jim Morrison. Jim was involved in the team at O2 that designed the first O2 Xda Pocket PC phone. He subsequently obtained rights to HTC products outside of O2 territories and setup i-mate with his team in Glasgow, Scotland to deliver into the market place. It was based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and operated in the UK, Italy, Armenia, Australia, India, the U.S.A and South Africa. At the end of March 2006, i-mate had sold over 420,000 Windows Mobile phones[citation needed]. On September 16, 2009, i-mate became defunct by telling all remaining employees to take an indefinite leave .