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| Brand: HTC
Category: Wireless
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $550.00 (92%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 276
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:
 Piece of crap November 4, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is a piece of crap. Today it stopped reading my SIM card. It would read it for a short time then stop and finally it quit all together. Couldnt receive or send calls or txts.
 Awesome piece of equipment October 30, 2008
I have had this phone for a couple of months now, and I have to admit that I am very impressed with it. It does everything I need, and is very convenient. It usually replaces my laptop for day to day activities. If it had an X-Jack and a better processor, then it would completely replace it. Don't get me wrong, this device has plenty of processing power for being a PDA. The only time I have an issue is when trying to view full clips of Youtube, instead of the mobile versions, which take less processor to decode. It is simply that close to being a laptop replacement. Yes, it runs Windows, so it has some quirks like needing to be reset, but that takes all of 30 seconds to accomplish and fixes just about anything. Mine came with 5.0, but I upgraded to 6.1 the first thing, and that has made quite a difference. I think the problems that most people experience are due to Windows Mobile (again, it is Windows), or factors like Pocket IE not supporting full javascript or frame specifications, and not problems with the phone itself. This can usually be circumvented by using Opera Mobile or other browsers. Even then, there are some limitations to what it can do on the web, but when I remind myself that it is a phone and not a full computer, the shortcomings are dwarfed by convenience. The tilt keyboard takes some getting used to, but it does make life easier, or there is the on screen keyboard that will pop up if you prefer.
The hardware GPS coupled with the power of Windows and Outlook (or better yet, Exchange) makes for an outstanding navigation tool. Since it is a hardware item, and not antenna assisted, you can use Google Maps or download Windows Live and use the GPS for free. Plenty of on-board memory to customize this to be anything you want it to be, and a memory expansion slot to boot.
The data plan may be something that most people say is a waste of money, but I use the data features every single day, and so the price of the plan is cheap. Additionally, factor in the savings of getting a $600+ phone for free with the rebate, and what more could one ask for?
The network data speeds are very decent. When I checked my Edge speed, it was good at over 400k. When my neighborhood got upgraded to HSDPA, my download speed shot up to over 1mb.
The only weak spot I have noticed is in the camera. It has impressive specs for a US PDA, but they are not the whole story. The camera does not have a flash, and the zoom is digital. Any pictures I have taken come out with blur or white balance problems unless the shot is very well lit. That being said, it is still a very nice camera to have on hand for moments you need a shot but don't have your standard camera available. The camera is the reason why I give the product only 4 stars.
I was planning to pay AT&T's plan price of a couple hundred dollars for this, and it would have been completely worth it at that. With the discount and the rebate, it's a no-brainer.
 Look what I can do! Look what I can do! October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let me say before getting started here, that if you really want to use and enjoy this phone to its full potential, you need to have a fully unlimited plan (minutes, txting, and data). Even if you don't think you use your phone that much, you will want to when you get the tilt!
I'll cover just three points to keep this review reader-friendly:
1. Use it as a modem for your laptop!
This has easily been the Tilts most beneficial feature for me. I don't have to wander the streets looking for a hot spot. I can plug in anywhere, go online AND TALK TO MY CLIENT ON THE PHONE AT THE SAME TIME! Even my IT guy's phone couldn't do that.
2. GPS
I use google gps/maps and can very easily get directions from where it locates me via satellite to my desired location. Great feature when I'm lost or on the freeway.
The reverse on this would also prove useful though I have not had occasion to use it. If your car breaks down or you are lost you can call someone to pick you up and have directions to find you easily at hand. Your enter their location as the start point and your gps located location as the the end point and Voila!
3. But is it still a phone?
Finally, as a phone and for everyday use it is pretty friendly. It can be a slight hassle getting used to everything, but it's worth a slightly longer learning curve. I can make calls one handed, and text.
In conclusion,
Whiners will always whine, but perfection doesn't exist and if you're going to rate things like it does, everything will suck.
If you're not a whiner, this phone is for you.
Horrorible Phone...Don't Buy! October 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This phone's motto should be, "Promise them everything, give them nothing!"
First, I got the phone for several reasons:
1) CELL PHONE. Okay, it's a good cell phone. It's loud and can be switched to vibrate.
2) SPEAKERPHONE. And the speakerphone is fine. No complaints, but it sucks batteries dry.
3) WI-FI. Forget it! This thing doesn't work. It's supposed to work without AT&T's MediaNET service, but some AT&T tech people say the Wi-Fi won't work without the monthly MediaNET service. This is untrue according to the manufacturer. With or without the MediaNET, Wi-Fi just doesn't work with this phone. I can get maybe one or two screens, then it craps out. Same with my sister's phone. I've had two phones myself. I don't know of any phone that works.
4) CAMERA. As a photographer, I wanted a backup. Alas, this is one of the worst in-phone cameras I've ever seen. Even in bright sunlight, pictures are muddy and indistinct. Unbelievably bad. My wife's Nokia is far, far better.
5) MULTI-MEDIA. A total waste. Volume is terrible and picture quality of movies is only so-so. No standard headphone jack.
6) E-BOOK. Not bad, not great. Eats up a lot of resources and takes forever to come up if you have a sizable library. Has to be shut down before using other resource hungry aps.
This is the kind of phone you can't wait to break or lose so you can buy another. It has so many problems one could write a small book. I got it primarily for Wi-Fi and it's been a miserable failure. I even upgraded it to the latest Windows.
The screen does switch from portrait to landscape, and the keyboard is fairly decent, though no "$" sign is provided, so you have to go to the characters key and then select the dollar sign from a bunch of other symbols. How can ATT do this when it's primarily a business phone?
In short, avoid. I'm so mad at AT&T over this that I'm probably going to switch companies. Oh, and if you use MediaNET, it's slow, like using a 9600 baud telephone modem.
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE October 9, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased the AT&T Tilt a few months ago. It is incredibly unreliable. I paid $350 for it with a 2 year contract. Within two weeks of purchase all of the hard keys on the device stopped working. I took it back and got a replacement. Two months later the same thing happened. The main reason I got this phone was for the keyboard. None of the keys worked at all. I had to do everything through the touch screen on the device and if you know Windows Mobile you know it isn't exactly the most user (and touch) friendly. It was past the 30 day mark so I couldn't get the phone replaced or returned. How can they justify charging $350, or, in this case, $500, for a phone that only works two months? It's ridiculous.
It has a lot of features but as I said it's very unreliable. Not just as far as the hard keys are concerned, the device itself is pretty glitchy and runs rather slowly. I'm assuming a lot of the positive reviews of this device are from people who only had the phone a short period of time, as I enjoyed it when I first got it. It didn't take long for it to become a burden.
Luckily for me the phone got stolen a few weeks after the keys stopped working the second time. No, I didn't have insurance, but it took the hassle of this piece of crap off my hands and gave me an excuse to buy an iPhone 3G. I'm certainly no Apple fanboy, that's why I bought this in the first place, but there is truly no comparison. Don't be stupid and go with this phone just because you don't like Apple. It is NOT an iPhone and is certainly NOT an iPhone killer. I'm not telling the Apple haters to go buy an iPhone, but don't expect this to be near as powerful (and you must admit, the iPhone is very powerful).
Not recommended at all. I don't see how they can sell this thing with a straight face.
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