Re: AT&T Tilt coming?

At 04 Oct 2007 20:39:25 -0700 Kevin Weaver wrote:
Todd,
Is this the phone you would get if you were able too ?

If so, why ?
What set's itself apart from all the other's IYO ?


I should start by saying that I'm relatively happy with my current
phone, the HTC Wizard (T-Mobile MDA / Cingular 8125.) However, it
has a few drawbacks that the Tilt (HTC TyTn II) seems to rectify.

1. It's 3G (so was the Cingular 8525 / HTC Tytn I)

2. It has GPS on board (I use an external GPS "puck" now- built-in
would be nicer.)

3. It runs WM6, which is an improvement over the WM5 the Wizard uses
(I'm running a "hacked" WM6 ROM image now that's quasi-stable.) WM6
supports HTML e-mail in the native messaging app, has OS support for
VoIP (certain to be hidden if not removed completely by AT&T and T-
Mo!) WM6 includes Voice Command, ($30 extra on WM5) which is the
single coolest phone app out there. Not just a voice dialer, it's a
speaker-independent voice control program for the OS and many apps.
"Start (name of program)" runs any program in the Start Menu or
Program folder hierarchy, "Play (name of artist, album, or playlist)
launches Media Player loaded with the requested selection. (A "look
Ma, no hands!" iPod- screw
flicking through CoverFlow, if I want Bob Dylan, I simply say "Play
Bob Dylan.")

4. The processor is MUCH faster than the Wizard's 200MHz OMAP (Again,
so was the 8525's- I'd probably be happy with an 8525 if/when the
official WM6 upgrade ever gets released!)


Having said all that, this is a phone for techs, nerds, and geeks, or
at the very least, the extremely patient! I've yet to see a WinMo
phone without a good number of quirks, bugs and a few "what the hell
were they thinking?" design decisions.

WinMo PPC phones are the ultimate mobile Swiss Army Knives- they are
a tool that can do just about anything, but they do it more awkwardly
than the real tool they're substituting for.

This would be, IMO, the penultimate mobile device. Look at the HTC
Shift for an example of where this is all heading- the Shift is a
full Vista PC with integrated phone and "instant on" PDA. It's just
too large at this point. When the Shift can be shoved into a case
the size of the Tilt, there's your ultimate mobile phone! ;-)



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