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| Brand: HTC
Category: Wireless
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $174.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 51
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:
 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
41 out of 55 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!
Not so fast December 17, 2007
28 out of 44 found this review helpful
AT&T Tilt Smartphone (AT&T)
Basically it is HTC TYTN II phone model in AT&T version called AT&T Tilt Smartphone. There is a difference in hardware and price between these two phone models. Firstly Tilt is locked for AT&T service and lacks front camera what means that this smartphone will not work as videophone - so apparently AT&T is not prepared to provide such a service. There is substantial discount in price but whoever gets into this deal will return this discount to AT&T many times during 2-year service contract in monthly service fees. Which by the way will start at $80 plus a month to many times more depending on plan selection. In that sense while TYTN II as hardware is a revolutionary product, far exceeding any other smartphone model including Iphone in its advanced technology, when it comes to provided service not much can be expected except its high cost. Basically it will be valuable piece of equipment if the service is paid by employer for travelling, busy professionals which need constant access to internet. It is quite bad that this promising and so advanced technology will be undercut by unfortunate marketing decisions of AT&T regarding provided costly service with so many strings attached. There is a huge market for this type technology but not at any cost. I would hope that Sprint, Verizon or T-mobile will take a second look at this smartphone model and implement their own marketing strategy not following quite bad example of AT&T implementation. It does not seem to be difficult to do because they would meet huge market demand if they could offer variety of service plans starting with basic, competitive plan that could replace functionality of stationary, broadband access to internet which wouldn't cost more than traditional broadband modem access, assuming that provided customer service would be of that quality as t-mobile provides. Above it additional and optional phone plans would provide necessary revenues covering cost of implementation of this advanced technology, including videophone service. Otherwise as it stands now average user will have to wait many years before this communication technology becomes widely popular like currently cellular phones are. Technology is there, in addition common sense marketing is desparately needed.
 Love my phone! December 12, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love my new phone. It has so many capabilities; keeps me connected to everything I need. The best part is the Google Maps and GPS! It's helped me out of a few directionally challenged moments already! Only problem is the Gmail doesn't push to the phone and I find it erases the gmail before I can read it. I'll have to look into that. Also I am nervous the sliding mechanism will wear out, but only time will tell. Read all the reviews, they are all gleaming!
At&t Tilt is a force beyond measures!!!!! December 11, 2007
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
Overall the phone is great!!! Amazon.com is amazing for making this phone afordable. I was in the market looking for a phone with touch screen and keyboard capabilty. I found it in the At&t Tilt available only to At&t subscribers. This is a amazing phone and I thank amazon.com daily for there remarkable prices. I am now able to get email in and out of work, search the web, take brilliant pictures using the 3X mega pixel camera. Awww man I can go on for hours telling you what this phone is capable of doing. In my future purchases I would highly recommend using amazon.com. The At&t Tilt is a thing of natural beauty!!!
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