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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-02-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001135271</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>JAMDAT MOBILE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JMDT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001259036</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>APAX MANAGERS INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>445 PARK AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3273082</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>27</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Note</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Apax Managers, Inc. (&quot;Apax&quot;), is the general partner of Apax Excelsior VI, Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Excelsior VI&quot;), Apax Excelsior VI-A C.V., a limited partnership organized udner the laws of the Netherlands (&quot;Excelsior VI-A&quot;), Apax Excelsior VI-B C.V., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Netherlands (&quot;Excelsior VI-B&quot;), and Patricof Private Investment Club III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;PPIC III&quot;). Therefore, Apax has voting and dispositive power with respect to, and is the beneficial owner of, an aggregate of 3,273,082 shares of common stock, including 3,178,770 shares of common stock owned by Excelsior VI, 259,870 shares of common stock owned by Excelsior VI-A, 173,123 shares of common stock owned by Excelsior VI-B, and 111,319 shares of common stock owned by PPIC III.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Chris Reilly</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-02-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
