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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:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 56
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:
 Excellent smartphone, even for a non-tech April 21, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was cautious about ordering this phone. My previous phone had no gadgets, no gizmos. It didn't even have a camera. However, the abiity to edit documents on the go and to check e-mails while away from the computer really appealed to me. I was cautious because I am not a tech geek. I had seen many reviews of this and other phones, and found myself doing the same thing I did when I listened to an IT guy talk -- I zoned out. 3G? WM6? I was lost. Ultimately, I decided to take the plunge. I've had my Tilt for about 2 weeks now, and I am very happy with it. I decided to write a review for those prospective smartphone buyers out there who, like me, have trouble programming a VCR (for those of us who still have VCRs).
The Good: The Tilt is powerful. Windows Mobile 6 works pretty much like Windows on your home computer. That's very useful for opening pdf documents, text files, and other things you'll need for work. It can play most videos, although I'm still trying to figure out how to get certain file types to play (I'm sure there's a way, but again, trouble with VCR).
It also has 3G, which is basically the only internet service worth a crap. It's painful to try and surf the net on a non-3G connection (it will take like 5
 Tilt is what Wing SHOULD have been April 21, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This review is going to be short and sweet. I had a TMobile Wing for nearly 5 months before the touch screen died and TMobile refused to honor the warranty, despite having been a devoted customer for the past 5 years holding 3 wireless accounts. I got the Wing because I had outgrown the Sidekick series having begun with the CSK. The Wing was great for about a day, it lacked CPU and RAM--pretty much everything that defines a computing device.
After the TMobile fiasco, I jumped to AT&T with the Tilt and it's what I should have done years ago. With available program memory hovering around 70MB and RAM around 55MB, it has none of the frustrating issues I had with the Wing which I loved one day, and the next wanted to destroy it out of sheer frustration. I don't have to constantly reboot it to get more memory or run the memory recovery apps every time I want to open a new program. I also don't have to worry about my phone locking up when an incoming call comes in. Even better, when I open up a webpage with more than 6MB worth of pictures on it--IE,doesn't just die due to lack of memory.
Out of the box the Tilt performs. I had to modify the cache on the Wing to squeeze out more performance and up the speed from 200MHZ to 247MHZ to make it a bit more usable.
The only thing that bothers me about the Tilt is the phone goes into display lock when I'm on the phone. It usually activates about the time I need to access the keypad for the touchtones, i.e. accessing voicemail---so I have to unlock it quickly before the phone hangs up due to lack of activity. I realize the phone locks so your cheek isn't pressing up against it while talking on the phone---something I also hated about the Wing.
Moving from the Wing was easy. I did a full backup with SPB Backup, then inserted that same memory card into the Tilt and restored it.
The Tilt is by far a better phone and laptop replacement device. It rocks with my bluetooth folding keyboard. The camera quality in good lighting rivals my Nikon DSLR (love the autofocus feature on the Tilt), the GPS allows more functionality, the 400MHz CPU and huge amount of RAM makes this actually a useful tool, and finally the 3G network gives me nearly the same speed as my DSL in my office. When I tether the Tilt to my laptop, it's easy to open up multiple browser tabs, or view graphic intensive sites without wishing I was on DSL!
I love the Tilt and AT&T!
I'm very impressed with this device. April 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm very impressed with this device. The sound, pictures, internet, video camera, and the capabilities of this phone are real nice. I was kinda on the ropes about purchasing this phone but its kinda the "best bang for your buck." Its is a durable phone but I have dropped it twice and while the phone still operates the same, the screen doesn't hold a firm "tilt" as it did previously. But that's not a big problem because when you have it in the tilt position your index fingers will probably be behind the screen to support it anyway. Overall...I would refer this phone to anyone..College students, business people....its a keeper.
 Has it all, worthless as a phone April 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I won't rehash the features and details of the phone as several reviews have done that already.
What I will say is that this phone does everything ... but it doesn't do them all well. In particular, it is a terrible phone. Reception is poor in most areas where my previous (and old) Motorola phone was great (poor antenna?), microphone is terrible (a lot of complaints from people I call), the speaker is OK at best (muddy and on the back of the Tilt so you need to prop it up to hear). What kills me is that alarms for messages, incoming email, etc. keep the phone on constantly and the battery will die in 8-10 hours if I don't fix the alarms. Like if I leave it my jacket pocket or in the car while I'm off doing other things. I can't count the number of times I've picked up the phone and it is dead or near dying because the battery drained while the phone stayed active (and yes, I've set the power options). Furthermore, the keypad for the phone is worthless out of the box - get an aftermarket program that enlarges the pad so it's usable. Even then, you'll find that it's almost impossible to use with one hand (like while driving). Yes, I've programed it for voice recognition but that's 50/50 accurate at best. And, the PPT button on the top right - of what use is it? You can't reprogram it and I have no use for PPT - minor nit but annoying all the same. Personally, I would recommend looking elsewhere if you want to use the tilt as a cell phone, instead of a toy, GPS, camera, PDA, etc. I can't wait to get rid of this thing and get a real phone.
 Avoid this phone if you really value the features April 10, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've lived through all the bugs of each Windows Mobile version but the ones on this phone are more insidious than ever, particularly if you're a power user. I've had the phone replaced and the same problems are still there. Here's a few of them:
- for no reason, the phone will shut off a connection option, such as bluetooth or PC tethering. Really annoying when you're driving and talking on you hands free and it just goes dead.
- when you make a call, the power goes off on the phone - while some at the AT&T store claim this as a power saving "feature" it's really annoying for those who want to retrieve voicemail or do any kind of keying after the call has been made
- voicemail & text mail notifications are flaky - many times you get a vmail and never get a notification.
- dropped calls - really bad. The phone often rings once and then simply stops. I've had other Windows Mobile phones on the At&T network and never had the phone. Happens quite a bit.
- underpowered - for anyone who is really using this phone as a business tool, it is really slow. Switching between calendar, contacts, tasks, etc is really painful. And, don't ever reboot the thing - it takes a good 10 to 15 minutes before it resumes it's usual response time. Prior to that, it simply locks up.
- syncronization problems - some calendar items from Outlook won't syncronize with the phone, no idea why. Other times they go in for a while and then disapear. Really wierd and doesn't seem to be specific to any kind of calendar item that i can figure out.
Very disapointing phone for what is supposed to be the latest and most powerful Windows Mobile. I paid full price for this but it is so, so bad that i'm seriously considering cutting my loss and getting something else.
Caveat Emptor,
Greg
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