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| AT&T Tilt Smartphone (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: HTC
Category: Wireless
List Price: $599.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8925
UPC: 821793000585
ASIN: B000UWDU5K
Release Date: October 5, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Loving it but I got some questions December 24, 2007
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Okay got the phone, actually ordered it on Walmart which had it for $99 after mail in rebates. Anyway I've been playing around with it for about a week or so...feeling like a kid in a candy store every time I figure something out. Will admitt there are 10 steps when there could be 5 but still once you get the hang of it those steps seem to disappear. The camera is decent, slow at first and I haven't really figured out when its actually taking a picture leading to all the blurry snapshots I know have. It locked up on me last night which was the first night I've actually kept it on all night. Not a good thing since I use my phone as my alarm and it didn't go off this morning. Also the flashing blue and yellow light all night reminded me of a lighthouse beacon in the dark, again not another good thing since I prefer to sleep in the dark...can that be turned down?
Here are the rest of my questions...thanks in advance
1. Can you start a text message while on a call? I've gotten a few but can't figure out how to send one(not reply).
2. How do you copy a file to another folder, in particular MP3's. I like certain things to play for different things such as missed calls, texts, incoming emails. The sounds they have are not what I have in mind but I can't seem to copy a file over.
3. Is there anyway you can prevent the phone from going black while on a call?
4. I went to manual mode for email downloading and yet it still does them on its own how do I prevent that from happening again?
Kat
 The Tilt combines the best of the other smartphones. December 22, 2007
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
I researched my new phone obsessively. I just couldn t decide between the TMobile Dash the TMobile Wing and the Blackberry Curve. I tested them endlessly in the store, trying 2 at a time out simultaneously to compare speed and visuals while surfing the web. I made a list comparing each one with pros and cons. I checked out reviews on amazon cdnet pcmag etc. My friends were starting to worry. But with each product there was something missing - one only had a 1 MP camera, another had no touch screen, another had too limited a keyboard. What features would I have to do without?
I expanded my search to non-tmobile products. LG Voyager, others. Then I ran across the AT&T Tilt. After viewing the specs on the Tilt I decided to check one out in the store. After using one my decision was suddenly a no-brainer. With the Tilt I didn t have to compromise because it had all the strengths of the other three I had been considering in one phone plus features none of the others had . The 3G made internet surfing SO much faster than the others. The keyboard. WiFi. Bluetooth. Touchscreen. GPS. The best dedicated keys. Scrollbar. Windows Mobile 6. 3 megapixel camera. Tiltable. Technology is changing so quickly things become outdated before you know it. I knew I'd be "stuck" in a 2 yr contract so I wanted to pick something I felt had the best hardware to stave off obsolescence. And with the tilt I found it. It is easy to use it has helped me in multiple aspects of my job already after one day.
The minor negatives are subpar speaker sound- it's more geeky than the sexier iPhone -it attracts attention and envy (not good if you don't like these things) and the battery drains quickly. Buy a car charger- extra battery or extended battery
Great phone if you're commited to getting it set up right December 22, 2007
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
First I have to emphasize: CONFIRM YOUR FEATURES/PLANS WITH ATT IMMEDIATLEY - they did not have the data messaging plans on my account and I've been hitting the Internet etc hard for the last week. I called customer service and they fixed the account and said that they would remove the charges when my bill comes out.
As far as the phone, read Mary Jo Sminkey's review. I'll add that about a week in I had a problem where the OS froze (expected this with windows). I had to shutdown the phone after which it would not reboot. I had to remove the battery and replace it. Only then would it boot.
After a week I've probably spent only a few hours doing research on the various apps/hacks to install. I've only added google maps and vtap so far (which is great). I plan on spending many more hours setting this up perfect. There's a ton out there for the phone.
One more note, After you launch google maps, make sure to select "use GPS" from the menu - otherwise you'll get a best guess radius of your location from the cell phone towers. This threw me off the first day.
Nice Phone but... December 18, 2007
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Took me a few weeks to finally get this phone (the first one Amazon decided to send via USPS w/o signature conf and it got lost in the mail...go figure). Been using it for about a month now and so far I really like it. I've been using the Treo line of phones for the last 5 years so this is definitely a bit of a change. I'm missing the ability to use the keyboard with one hand though. Since it's landscape you will most likely need to use both hands when typing. Scroll wheel is a nice added feature and this is definitely one of the fastest smartphones I've used. A vast improvement over the Treo700w. Kinda missing the Infrared but with bluetooth who really needs that? WiFi works seamlessly. The camera is a bit shaky but pictures are decent - could use a flash maybe. The camera interface is nice too. I was also able to install the nice HTC Home screen that gives you a large clock, weather, ringer profiles, etc. so I would recommend that. If you're lucky enough to live in AT&T's 3G market, you'll easily experience 2-3 times faster speeds than with Verizon's EVDO. Last but not least, I called AT&T customer service a few days after I opened the account and got an unlock code that succesfully unlocked my phone for use on any GSM network.
Word of caution if you're opening a new AT&T account with Amazon: Even though the phone is not available without a Data plan at Amazon (or AT&T for that matter), my AT&T account was not set up with the Data plan although I ordered it and my order confirmation clearly shows it. Unfortunately, I forgot to log into my AT&T account immediately to verify that it had been set up correctly so for the first day of use I ended up racking up $100 in data usage charges. Morale: Verify your plan features with AT&T before you use the phone.
 AWSOME to hold, AWFUL to use... December 18, 2007
43 out of 58 found this review helpful
We went through the wringer trying to get this phone, with the forward looking desire to link to our office outlook system, but we hate the phones!!! Both myself and business partner decided to "upgrade" (replacing his broken phone), and both of us have come to hate the way they work.
Yes we can carry our whole office database with us, but you can't select anything with your finger, so you have to take the stlyus out, and as everyone mentions its slides out the "bottom" or to the "left" which is TOTALLY wrong for a right handed person. Then, and hopefully we just need to figure it out, but the handy wheel on the side doesn't take you to your call history, but a short list of 411? The call history should also be abbreviated, if I called the same person 9 times, shouldn't that be 1 entry, with a 9 in it?
I also have not been able to figure out how to add a number to the address book? Menu> add new, would be my guess, but that's not it, and I haven't figured it out yet. (As an advanced IT guy, I should be able to figure out even something not apparent in a couple of minutes, but not so).
I have to say that this unit has been a complete disappointment.
As an AVID apple hater, I have to say that they really did get the iphone right. It was easy to use, insanely intuitive and pretty much a pick up and go device, which the tilt is most assuredly not. However with an entirely PC office, it really wasn't an option for us.
I will also echo another users comments in that the keyboard has been pretty much useless for me. I have found that the on-screen keyboard and the stylus to be faster to use. The keyboard makes a good impression in the store, but I find I am constantly hitting the wrong keys, or double pressing them by accident on a bumpy road -as a passenger only.
And lastly I will mention that the basic phone features are really lacking. The contacts "button" constantly shifts around depending on which screen you are on and the close/ok/dismiss/cancel/go back options are about as unclear as you can get. The keypad is CONSTANTLY disappearing, and the screen turns off once your call is connected, which is TOTAL pain in the A** when you need to dial an extension!!! Hello, this is like every other call that you make these days.
All I can hope for is that I can get some third party software to make it better, otherwise we're probably gonna dump them. The internet and other features are nice, but it needs to be a phone first.
The worst part is we read all the reviews, and no one mentioned any of this.
Good luck to all of you....
SEPP!
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