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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:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 161
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:
 This phone does not have proper hardware drivers! January 29, 2008
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I would not recommend this phone to anyone. In an attempt to compete with the release of the iPhone, HTC (the maker of this phone) rushed this thing out the door without including proper hardware drivers. The result is poor touchscreen performance, poor refresh rates and video playback, sluggish UI, and excessive battery drainage. HTC has mentioned that while they advertised the hardware as part of their selling point, it is up to the consumer to discover whether or not the stated hardware will actually be used. It has no plans to include drivers in the future, but will do so in new models to come out that it will be happy to sell you. Buyer beware! This phone literally performs worse than its predecessor the 8525. [...]
 Highly controversal because of underperformance January 29, 2008
This product merits a 1-star due to the fact that Amazon censors well-cited reviews that point out the deep flaws of this 'iPhone killer'.
It's nice it has a faster cpu now, but the fancy Qualcomm integration with ATI video hardware actually now PREVENTS the video acceleration from being used, unlike the predecessors, because either nobody can legally, or be capable to (Qualcomm), implement drivers, nor afford to (HTC). It's like getting a nice, fast Nvidia video card and then running the computer in Safe Mode.
The phone can actually take decent pictures, if you can get pass the sluggish, skippy, blurring display that reminisces of FIRST GEN digicams, as well as the resolution reducing glare from the non-removable lens cover.
Heat is an issue where the device can almost burn your hand when 3G and WiFi are both on although it's nice the display doesn't distort because of it, and the battery doesn't explode.
Windows Mobile, as an OS, isn't that great and still isn't that great on this hardware. It multitasks TOO WELL so you can end up having sluggish response when running apps because something in the background starts chugging the CPU. Then because its graphics APIs (such as DirectX Mobile) rely on hardware acceleration, and there is NONE on this phone, screen redraws are sandwich making time, almost.
Think of this more as a PDA that has phone features, than as a phone with nice PIM features. Compared to even Palm's extremely outdated OS, the software OS on this phone runs like a sloth and lacks any of the polish Apple SHIPS with its phone.
It is nice this phone does allow you to flash new ROMs to get past some of the limited features that ship with it (although no video acceleration fixes), and that it is a WORLD TRAVELER so you can take this phone and use from Japan, to Europe, to everywhere that uses WCDMA and GSM, except for T-Mobile's/Emobile's 1700MHz 3G network.
Unlike what Ace Wireless of Gardena will tell you, WCDMA 3G allows you to do voice and data simultaneously.
Good Hardware Poor implementation January 28, 2008
104 out of 124 found this review helpful
The hardware on this device is excellent, as is the ATT service. Unfortunately HTC chose to Not implement proper video drivers. The video is slow and is significantly outperformed by 3+ year old devices. When this issue was called to the attention of HTC (The device manufacturer) we were informed that they would not address the issue and re-iterated that the device delivered a "Rich Multimedia Experience". Odd how they redefined Rich Multimedia to exclude video playback and good screen re-draw performance. I'm a long-time HTC fan, but this experience is going to mean that my next phone purchase is NOT a HTC manufactured device.
 ATT Tilt January 28, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
The hardware aspect of the Tilt is outstanding. The bloatware that ATT puts on it needs a diet. After trying several versions of Windows Mobile 6 that are on the Tilt (HTC TytnII/Kaiser) which have been "cooked" (customized) by individuals, and settling on one, I enjoy using this device for everything. If you purchase one, google "XDA Developers" and see what people are doing with theirs. Your imagination is the only thing holding you back from making it an extention of you.
Don't buy this phone January 25, 2008
21 out of 27 found this review helpful
In theory, this phone would be great. I was very excited about the touch screen and keypad for texting and emails. However, the screen is hard to touch by hand. But the worst part is that the phone I received is defective and the screen is black most of the time even when it is unlocked. Pressing buttons and the screen wont turn it on, you have to slide it out then press buttons to get it to function. It is not user friendly and they don't offer a warranty on the product because they know it is POS. Don't be fooled by the supposed options it provides, since they are hard to use and some don't work!!!
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