AT&T goes “full Tilt” with HTC
The day has finally come, friends. All the rumors, speculation, unboxings, and other hints on a release date have all been put to silence…Officially announced now and available in stores tomorrow (Friday, the 5th, though we’ve heard reports of some stores getting stock already) — the AT&T Tilt is sure to mess up the game! We got to experience the HTC TyTN II, known as the HTC Kaiser back then, and we had a glowing review based on our hands-on sessions. The great part, in our opinion, after using the AT&T Tilt, is that besides removing the front-facing camera, they have not locked the device down — GPS is not disabled, and to be honest, we kind of dig the AT&T customizations. These are little things like MP3-playing controls on the home screen, organized icons in folders, BlackBerry Connect, TeleNav, all chrome buttons, Push-to-talk, and others. All in all, you put a super Windows Mobile device with HSDPA, a 400MHz processor, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, tilting screen, and full QWERTY keyboard on AT&T, and you’ve got something really solid in our opinion. Also, the AT&T Tilt has HSUPA; remember that when the rumored network upgrade happens in the next few months…Click on for the full press release and head on over to our hands-on gallery below!
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AT&T GOES FULL TILT WITH THE MOST FEATURE-PACKED 3G SMART DEVICE AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES
AT&T’s First Windows Mobile 6 Device, The AT&T Tilt Features Groundbreaking Angled Screen, Global 3G Capabilities, Built-in GPS and Wi-Fi
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 4, 2007 — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that the AT&T Tilt™, the most feature-packed smart device available in the United States, will debut exclusively through AT&T beginning Friday, Oct. 5. The AT&T Tilt is the first AT&T-enabled Windows Mobile 6 smart device and features an innovative slide-out QWERTY keypad design, a 3-megapixel camera, 3G data speeds from AT&T’s UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network and complete global connectivity.
Designed by HTC (TSEC:2498), the AT&T Tilt features a 2.8-inch color screen that slides back to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, then tilts up to position the screen perfectly for reading and creating e-mail, browsing online, using applications or just playing videos and games. The AT&T Tilt supports Bluetooth® 2.0, which allows for up to six Bluetooth devices to be wirelessly connected simultaneously to the device and also supports Bluetooth Stereo.
“The AT&T Tilt is the most comprehensive wireless device on the market today,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Business Voice/Data and wireless products, AT&T. “In addition to its innovative design, there is no device on the market that packs the number of features that are available on the Tilt.”
The AT&T Tilt features the latest version of TeleNav GPS NavigatorTM which provides GPS-enabled turn-by-turn voice and on-screen driving or walking directions, colorful 3-D moving maps and traffic delay alerts with one-click rerouting. New features debuting on the AT&T Tilt include address sharing, which allows users to share their current locations or the location of their favorite businesses with other mobile users. The new version of TeleNav GPS Navigator also includes reviews and ratings for nearby restaurants and allows customers to rate them directly from their AT&T mobile phone. Business users also can use TeleNav Track™, a mobile workforce management solution that includes GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms, navigation, job dispatching and bar code scanning.
Inside the AT&T Tilt, users will have a wireless powerhouse at their disposal. With 3G broadband speed connectivity across the globe and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA capabilities that allow the Tilt to operate in Japan and Korea, customers have access to the more than 135 countries in which AT&T offers UMTS, EDGE or GPRS international data roaming. Customers also can use AT&T’s industry-leading international wireless roaming coverage to make or receive a phone call in more than 190 countries
At home, the AT&T Tilt provides access to AT&T’s BroadbandConnect network in more than 170 major metropolitan areas across the U.S., and coverage outside of 3G service areas is available via AT&T’s nationwide* EDGE network, the largest national high speed wireless data network in the U.S. AT&T’s EDGE network is available in more than 13,000 cities and towns, and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Users can also connect for an additional charge to Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the U.S. — including any of the more than 10,000 AT&T-owned or branded hot spot locations in the U.S. and tens of thousands more abroad — through the built-in Wi-Fi functionality, supporting the 802.11b and g frequencies. They also can use the AT&T Tilt to link to corporate wireless local area networks or home Wi-Fi networks.
Users will also find the highest-resolution camera available on any AT&T mobile phone today, with 3-megapixel resolution and auto-focus. The device also accommodates 4GB MicroSD flash memory cards and is capable of supporting up to 32GB MicroSD cards to expand storage for pictures, video, music and more.
“The AT&T Tilt represents the ultimate in high speed connectivity, functional design and Windows Mobile power,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC. “The AT&T Tilt provides today’s mobile professionals and consumers with the ability to work and be entertained while they’re mobile.”
Windows Mobile 6 Experience
Windows Mobile 6 provides AT&T Tilt users with the familiar look and feel of their desktop computers at home or in the office. Windows Mobile 6 delivers the ability to view
e-mail in their original rich HTML format with live links to Web and Microsoft Office SharePoint sites, which means text and images are displayed as they would be on a Windows PC with pictures, fonts and colors.
"Around the world, a Windows Mobile phone has become a companion for people that want to do more while on the go,” said Scott Horn, general manager, Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft. "The AT&T Tilt brings a wide variety of options for staying connected to colleagues, friends and family with a familiar and easy-to-use experience and a stylish form factor suited for both the office and a night out on the town.”
All Windows Mobile 6 devices include Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. Windows Mobile 6 also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way. AT&T has the broadest portfolio of Windows Mobile devices of any U.S. carrier.
E-Mail Options
In addition to Microsoft Direct Push, the AT&T Tilt will be the first Windows Mobile device in North America to include BlackBerry® Connect™ v4.0 software, which provides BlackBerry e-mail service, security and device management for IT administrators and the benefit for users of wireless synchronization of e-mail, calendar, contacts, task list and memo pad information. BlackBerry Connect v4.0 supports push e-mail for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and personal e-mail through the BlackBerry Internet Service.
Customers can also use the AT&T Tilt to access their personal e-mail through AT&T’s popular Xpress Mail service. By completing just five easy steps, AT&T customers can set up their Xpress Mail account and begin getting personal e-mail from most major POP3/IMAP personal e-mail services pushed to their AT&T Tilt at preset intervals. They also can perform two-way wireless synchronization of their calendars, access contact lists and view attachments.
Unique Force
The Johnson City Police Department, located in Johnson City, Tenn., has been using AT&T smart devices for two years and plans to be one of the first organizations to implement the AT&T Tilt later this year. With AT&T smart devices, Johnson City’s 148 officers can verify identification, search criminal databases, issue citations and submit reports from the palms of their hands. Since implementing the smart devices, arrests for criminal activities and revoked drivers licenses in Johnson City have increased, and the time saved handling and processing incidents is equivalent to having five additional officers on staff, according to the police department.
“The AT&T Tilt provides a new level of wireless field support,” said Sgt. John Hames, Johnson City Police Department. “The embedded GPS will help us track officers’ whereabouts, identify the fastest route to incidents and download mapping data for on-site traffic reports. AT&T Tilt’s angled screen and high-resolution camera are attractive for people taking and reviewing images in the field and Windows Mobile 6 Professional will allow the department to more efficiently perform office applications on the mobile handset.”
Multimedia Features
Beyond enterprise functionality, the AT&T Tilt is made for fun and games as well. The device is preloaded with free and premium games and applications including Ms. PAC-MAN, Brain Challenge, Bubble Breaker, Midnight Pool, Solitaire (MS), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, MobiTV, and MyCast.
The Tilt provides access to AT&T Mobile Music — an integrated, on-the-go music experience that delivers "your music, your way" by providing simple access to the most robust collection of music content available today, including XM Radio Mobile, which comes pre-loaded on the device and is available for $8.99 a month. The AT&T Tilt will also feature AT&T’s CV streaming video service. Customers can watch a large selection of video clips of their favorite television shows, sports, news and weather, entertainment and premium content, including hit HBO programs and exclusive mobile content from World Wrestling Entertainment.
Pricing and Availability
The AT&T Tilt will be available for a promotional price as low as $299.99** beginning Oct. 5 at AT&T retail stores nationwide, online at http://www.wireless.att.com, at select national retailers and through AT&T’s business-to-business sales organizations. Unlimited monthly data plans for corporate e-mail are $44.99 with a voice contract***. Personal data plans for personal e-mail, begin at $29.99 a month for 20 MB of data***. AT&T also offers an international data plan for the AT&T Tilt — 20 MB in nearly 30 countries — for an additional $24.99 a month. TeleNav GPS Navigator is available for additional monthly charges of $5.99 for 10 trips and $9.99 for unlimited trips. TeleNav Track service plans range from $12.99 to $21.99 for each device.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com
@ Lou,
the dial pad is on the touch screen and takes up most of the screen area. It should be easy enough to use, but an in store test would be recommended, even if you buy it elsewhere.
If you want to txt or email w/1 hand, you would need to get a 3rd party app from someplace like SPB. The keyboard could conceivably be used one handed, but the few times I have tried it didnt feel right and the touch screen keyboard is way to small to work with finger taps
Hope this helped…
@ Lou
One-handed PDA use is best handled by the Treo 750 .
Yes, it doesn’t have Wi-Fi nor GPS, but for one-handed use it can’t be beat (I currently am using a Treo 750, my Tilt is on order).
I also have the leaked WM6 ROM on it and the 3G speeds are fantastic!
I hardly ever used my Treo one handed aside form dialing phone numbers. Even with my big soft keyboard on my TyTN II, I tend to use two hands, hmmmm. I guess its just a matter of preference.
I still have my Treo 650, and will hold on to it for a while, you never know when you need a backup phone. I do miss my Treo sort of, and I hope palm gets out of there rut and smacks some genius on us once again, but its going to be hard to beat the TyTN II/Tilt for a while. Palms new OS is still a full year away at least! Nope, my mistress has become my full time lover, and my childhood love has become old and plain.
I had to call around to several different stores today in the Raleigh, NC area, but finally found a new store that had them in stock.
I have been a Blackberry user back from the days of the 7290 > 8700 > 8800, so I have to get used to a new keyboard configuration, as well as to a new OS, but so far, so good. The 3G works fast, the sync with Outlook was easy, and the screen is good. I just have to setup Wi-Fi and try out the GPS. I’m still very excited!
Anyone try it with Blackberry Server yet?
i would like to thank the the beutiful people @ the cingular store on main street & roosevelt, flushing, ny, specifically the homie that called me when it came in. the the (imus)s at the (imus) cingular story in white plains, eat (imus) you mother (imus)s
Got the Tilt today. does anyone know how to key lock the screen other than pushing the side button? thanks
ATT store in South Jersey had 10 at noon. At 1pm, they had 3. I got one of them.
They refused to let me open the box before I bought it; there was none on display.
I was eligible for a $50 discount because I was out of contract and due for a new phone. This, on top of the two $50 rebates, so my final cost will be $250!!! Yeah!
I lucked out!
Mike
I’ve had a Kaiser all week and one handed use is great. With two hands you crush for real + stylus, +touchflo, +Block and letter recognizer, +transcriber. No shite. All that and a bag of chips. Tilt will do most if not all of this too. It’s sooo shweeet.
Well I picked up a Tilt earlier tonight! My contact at at&t put one aside for me when they got their delivery earlier today (only 3). So anyway here’s my short take on it! Not a one handed device what so ever, even with the track wheel it’s tough to operate with one hand! But that’s not why I’m packin it up and bringin it back tomorrow. The 3G is not that fast at all on this device, my Curve and 8800 both beat it out, the camera has way to much lag when takin a pic
(takes for ever), and it’s not zippy at all when switchin apps. All in all, it’s just not for me. I’ll stick with my Curve until they drop the 9XXX series.
I got one on hold when my store gets their shipment on Monday.
(hope it comes in on Monday but we will soon find out.
I use a Sprint phone for voice and an ATT Blackberry for data, and am sick of carrying two devices. So I thought the Tilt might be my upgrade/consolidation device. I went to a local ATT store last night. They had one Tilt in stock. I was ready to buy it (without trying it – the battery was not installed) but after 40 minutes of trying they could not port my Sprint number (Sprint wanted the account number, which I did not have with me.) I was supposed to go back to day and complete the deal. But sean76 is scaring me away.
I have been using a Blackberry for years and the comments about being unable to use the tilt with one hand are making me very leery. Maybe I will just stay miserable with two devices until RIM rocks the 9000. But my guess is that is many months away.
I did play with the Iphone while I was at the store. I have to say, the screen is unbelievable. Makes my BB (or any other device I have seen, for that matter) look like a toy. But I couldn’t hit a single key accurately on the virtual keyboard. My BB keyboard and ease of singlehanded use have pretty much ruined me for anything else. So I guess I will pass on the Tilt.
That makes at least one available in New Orleans
Weird, all the video reviews show zippy application switching even with lots of apps open.
I found that using the device one handed is fine if you want to make a call or activate certain programs that are in the start menu.
The Tilt isn’t good for one handed texting, if that’s what you want. However, if you want a device with all of the latest technology, then nothing beats the Tilt.
I immediately put a 2Gb memory card in my Tilt (even before I took it out of the store), and I’ve installed any extra apps on the memory card. The transition speed, as well as the speed of the apps is fine with me. Also, the 3G in the Raleigh, NC area is very fast.
If you’re a power user, and want the capability to use 3G, Wifi, VPN into your corp network, tethering your device to your laptop as a wireless modem, 3Megapixel camera, with expandable memory capability…then there’s no peer to the Tilt.
Okay, John and Mike – thanks for muddying the water again for me
It is certainly the high tech goodies that have me thinking of the Tilt. I don’t need to compose messages with one hand (can’t do that on the BB either). But I like being able to hold the BB with one hand and do most things I need with the scrollwheel.
I find I use my BB more and more to surf, and the 3G sounded like a huge boost over EDGE (not to mention the Tilt’s much faster processor than the BB has). I was concerned about an earlier post indicating 3G did not make much of a difference. Glad to hear that has not been your experience.
i tried this and returned it same day.. The screen is IMPOSSIBLE to read in sunlight. worst screen i have ever had so far as readability in sunlight.
too bad… nice phone lots of stuff, just cant see it during the day
@dondgc
You really are making a mistake by passing off the Tilt, it has to be one of the greatest cellular devices put out in a long time.
You can’t forget that the thing has two cores, one running 400mhz and another running 274mhz. Could be why it runs so smooth.
@ Jeff B.
I have herd this before, about the extra processors @ 274MHz, but have never seen any specs about it. Do you have a link? I have also herd that it has a dual processor clocking in at 400MHz total, and maybe this is the truer statement. I dont know, but it runs fast for me no matter whats inside, elfs, monkeys, dual core, extra processors…
Just one processor – a Qualcomm MSM 7200 running at 400MHz.
Also, as another poster mentioned earlier, the Boy Genius is wrong about HSUPA – it has HSDPA/UMTS.
It does have a lot more free RAM than some other HTC variants, which should significantly help performance.
Well, here’s what Qualcomm has to say about the chipset:
Integrated 400 MHz ARM11™ applications
processor and 274 MHz ARM9™ microprocessor
deliver accelerated applications processing and
simultaneous modem processing; the dual-core
implementation provides hardware-based
security domains
The Qualcomm web site also claims HSUPA capabilities for the chip but neither HTC nor ATT claim that for the phone.
I hope this doesn’t post twice, but I put bad info up earlier and my updated post has not cleared after 40 minutes – so I am posting again:
According to the chipset maker, the Qualcomm 7200 does indeed have dual processors (one for applications and one apparently for the modem) on board and also supports HSUPA (although neither HTC nor AT&T claim HSUPA capabilities for the phone itself).
This is from the chip’s spec sheet:
Integrated 400 MHz ARM11™ applications
processor and 274 MHz ARM9™ microprocessor
deliver accelerated applications processing and
simultaneous modem processing; the dual-core
implementation provides hardware-based
security domains
Here is a link to the spec sheet for the chip:
http://www.cdmatech.com/download_library/pdf/msm7200_chipset.pdf
Wow, cool dondgc, thanks for the info. Thats one heck of a chip.
Dance/dondgc,
Alright so its a tri-core?
No so I was right, it is a 400 and a 274.
Right?
That is what the document implies, right?
@ Jeff B.
Yep, thats what I got from the specs. The spare one looks to be used for network connections, and or software initiating?
Like I said, whatever it is, it rocks.
Went to ATT store last night in Boulder, no models out on the floor but they had them in back for sale.
One question for BB users, my wife is looking at a BB curve. I havent looked to close into there phones, but how do they do with 3rd part apps?
I bought one for $438 with $18 upgrade fee and tax. It’s coming tomorrow! Can’t wait! Both $50 rebates have also been posted to AT&T’s website. I’ll sign up for the add-on data plan, get the rebate, then cancel the plan for a cheaper smartphone data plan! Works the same!