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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:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
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:
 Good...only if you hack it up January 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you want to use this phone for any multimedia then just turn yourself around and go buy an iPhone. I was very excited for this phone and it still works well for me but I've had to mess with it so much to get it that way it feels like a second job.
I've had to buy software to help manage the data connection to save battery life. I've had to flash a different ROM on it just to get it to speed up and not be dog slow. HTC could have really knocked one out of the park with this phone but they cheaped out.
I am now patiently awaiting the 3G iPhone.
 Product almost there - BAD COMPANY (HTC)- BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE January 30, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have purchased a Tilt smart phone from AT&T.
The product almost works as intended, but the video is super laggy when switching from Portrait to Landscape and then back to Portrait.
When try to use the camera the screen is really choppy making it close to impossible to get a nice shot. When you finally capturer a good picture with the camera, it looks pretty good.
The GPS makes this device very handy, just watch that battery meter you'll only get a couple of hours of use.
There is no head phone jack so you can plug normal headphones in with out buying a special cord to do so.
The video play back on the devices is also real choppy. The company has stated that I did not buy a multimedia device and that if I need those features then I should buy a different product that they will come out with in the future for that proposes. It's my understanding that video hardware acceleration is built in to the Chip, but HTC chooses not to utilize it or help to develop a driver that would help the speed of the device that I just purchased for 500+ dollars.
I would give this phone a 4 to 5 star review if the video performance was better. It makes it very difficult to use this phone when drawing new screens take 5 to 6 seconds to complete.
AT&T, please work with HTC to do something about the current Tilt users who are expiring problems with their devices.
Everyone stay away from this product until the video has been fixed.
buyer beware January 30, 2008
23 out of 27 found this review helpful
As many other reviewers have said, the phone lacks proper video drivers to use the chipset resulting in very poor screen and video rendering.
Also, this phone has very poor speaker phone and bluetooth performance. I know I cannot use the speakerphone on my tytnii even though the phone is advertised as having such; do not know if this is a hardware problem or software problem; but even for users who have returned there phone for replacement under warranty, the speaker problem remains (one user returned his phone 3 times in attempt to resolve the speaker problem; and each time the problem remained).
Also, it should be noted that the video rendering problem is for any HTC phones that use the msm7xxx qualcomm processor; thus include the touch as well as other htc phones...do your research first; in general, be wary of any htc based phone based on msm7xxxxxx qualcomm processor as so far htc has indicated that no fix will be coming for "any existing" devices. (many are rebranded: ie: htc tytnii is also called the atandt tilt, the htc touch is also known as the sprint touch)
AT&T Tilt great package, poor performace January 30, 2008
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is in all honesty supposed to be a great phone. I've gone through a couple of Cingular 8125s over the last 2-3 years, and was anxiously awaiting the next best thing to come out. And i was particularly waiting for something that had GPS built in, which is one reason i skipped the 8525.
But this phone in all honest SHOULD be a great phone, it has a lot of available ROM to install lots and lots of programs and utilities. As usual, w/ HTC handsets running windows mobile, you can get a boat load of custom applications if you're a tech savy person, and are comfortable w/ modding your phone. I personally love being able to pick and choose the applications that come w/ the phone, as the standard AT&T "bloatware" and today screen dont really interest me.
Speaker quality is actually pretty good, considering it has a single speaker compared to the dual speakers of my 8125. The placement is kind of bad though, being on the backside, if you lake the phone down then well...the sound coming out (if playing music) gets completely muffled.
As far as the speed of the phone, it seems to handle multiple programs pretty well, but i've had some issues as far as the screen lagging when switching from portrait to landscape modes (will discuss this a bit more later). Otherwise the internet seems to work great, 3G and HSPDA are a hell of a lot better than the standard EDGE i used on the 8125, or what people w/ the iphone have to deal with.
One of the main reasons i got this phone was i wanted it to be my portable computer, something that would be able to play music, movies, tv shows and keep me connected while i'm on the go. As it does music and connectivity just fine, there is a huge issue as far as video playback. In all honesty, the video playback on this phone is beyond horrible, its unwatchable. I've had better playback experiences on my 8125 which is amazing considering this is HAILED as the best and most multimedia powerful phone HTC has ever produced. The lack of video support offered by HTC is something that borderline makes me want to vow never to buy another HTC handset again. The thing is, they know that there's video playback issues and this stems from them not incorporating the proper video drivers to work w/ their chip inside the phone. They released a statement saying that updating the drivers is something that would cost a great deal of money (as if they're giving their handsets for free, and we're not paying them a tons of money for them), and there isn't going to be a fix with these current phones. If you want to get a fix, wait for the next generation of devices from them. I'm not sure about anyone else, but a company that says, "we gave you a product that doesn't fully function, we're not going to update it and fix it...but if you want a fix in the future, buy our newer version." is very undeserving of my future business.
If all your doing is using the basic features of the phone, this might be one of the greatest phones you've ever purchased. But then again, if you're just using basic features save your money and get a BlackJackII, Motorola Q Global, or a Palm 750 or Blackberry Pearl...you'll save a lot of money, and wont be left in the cold by any of those companies.
 Lets help our campaign by writing a bad review of HTC Kaiser here January 30, 2008
6 out of 17 found this review helpful
This barrage of negative reviews is brought to you by the lynch mob at xda developers. To qoute the first post - "Lets help our campaign by writing a bad review of HTC Kaiser here (Amazon)" - and another - "Good idea to get everyone to post bad reviews"
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