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Jay2TheRescue · 10-30-2007, 9:10 AM

I just picked it up yesterday afternoon. I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but here are my first impressions.

The data is really fast, and I noticed it comes with an application to use the phone as a wireless modem preinstalled. I'll give this a try later, but it would be nice to get my teathering back. The camera is really nice, takes nice clear pictures. Maybe I'll try tower hunting with it later and see if the pics are good enough to upload. (And see if I can upload the tower to the gallery right on site!) The biggest peeve that I have found is that there are PTT icons and applications all over the menus of this thing, yet ATT does not support PTT on this device. I wonder why they did not remove this stuff on their version. ( I see a hacking opportunity!)

I like that it uses a mini USB for data and charging so I can use the same car charger as my Motorola phones and my BT headsets. Sounds great for travel as I will only have to take one data cable and charger to operate my phone, camera, and BT headsets. The last time I traveled I had a charger for the iPAQ, data cable for the iPAQ, Mini USB car and AC charges for my spare phone and my BT headsets, and a mini USB data cable for my camera. Actually I think I could bring a mini usb data cable and my 12v USB charging port and I'd be able to plug in any of my devices and charge them in the car, or plug them into the computer to charge saving me from carrying a lot of chargers and cables.

Voice quality and signal strength seem to be on par with my Motorola phones which is nice. I may not need to keep my A845 in the car for low signal areas. This is a big change from my old iPAQ, which only worked well in urban areas.

The Tilt/slide mechanism seems very sturdy and well made. It has a nice feel to it, and not like the slide on my old LG CU320 which felt like it could break at a moment's notice.

I'll report more when I have more time next week.

-Jay

Yankees368 · 10-30-2007, 11:22 AM

Cool, sounds like a beefed up version of my mogul!

nKrypteD1 · 10-30-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Yankees368

Cool, sounds like a beefed up version of my mogul!

Actually it's a beefy version of the TyTN, completely different line from the mogul.

walkguru · 10-30-2007, 12:53 PM

Wirelessly posted (Walkguru's: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.1.8295/1716; en; U; ssr))

sounds nice. does anyone use ptt?

budney · 10-31-2007, 1:06 AM

Enjoy your new toy Jay, Thanks for the initial review.

Jay2TheRescue · 11-02-2007, 12:23 AM

The Tilt has a nice camera. I took a picture and uploaded it to the site earlier today right from the device. Very convenient. Here's a link if any of you are interested in taking a look.

http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/th...tml#post477065 (Iridium)

I also picked up a 4gb Micro SD card today so I could install my TomTom 6 software. It took a little fidgeting with it to get TomTom to install because the software kept saying it wasn't registered to that device, and it wasn't. I am no longer using the iPAQ as a GPS, so I'm changing my registered device.

With the 4GB memory card I was able to install the BIG map (The entire North American continent) so I no longer have to switch maps in the middle of a long roadtrip. The GPS locks onto the satellite signal very fast and I was quite impressed. Its a lot nicer on the Tilt as it isn't running on the bare minimum requirements so no lost tracking hiccups or soft resets as of yet.

-Jay

Jay2TheRescue · 11-08-2007, 10:55 AM

Ok, this is really cool. I installed a program called WMWifiRouter and now my Tilt is a portable WiFi accesspoint! I am posting using this WiFi connection right now. Here's the result from the speed test I did 5 minutes ago:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 726 kbps (90.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 323 kbps (40.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Some of the speed tests I did last night were over 1,000 kbps download!

-Jay

Jay2TheRescue · 11-08-2007, 11:45 AM

Opera 4 mini kicks butt on this!

AJE · 11-12-2007, 7:00 PM

Wirelessly posted (Mogul: Opera/9.50 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.0.9751/204; U; en))

I got to set up a Tilt a couple of weeks ago for a customer. It seems like a pretty nice device. I didn't get to play with it much though. I do like the "close program" feature in the top right corner. Has anyone used the "Touch" yet? I am going to try and get by the Sprint store this week to try it out.

budney · 11-12-2007, 9:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AJE

Wirelessly posted (Mogul: Opera/9.50 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.0.9751/204; U; en))

I got to set up a Tilt a couple of weeks ago for a customer. It seems like a pretty nice device. I didn't get to play with it much though. I do like the "close program" feature in the top right corner. Has anyone used the "Touch" yet? I am going to try and get by the Sprint store this week to try it out.

I have! I had Sprint exchange it out for my Mogul. I will do a brief review of it soon, need to play with it a little more.

AJE · 11-12-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by budney

I have! I had Sprint exchange it out for my Mogul. I will do a brief review of it soon, need to play with it a little more.

How did you get them to exchange it out? Did you have issues with the Mogul?

Jay2TheRescue · 11-13-2007, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJE

Wirelessly posted (Mogul: Opera/9.50 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.0.9751/204; U; en))

I got to set up a Tilt a couple of weeks ago for a customer. It seems like a pretty nice device. I didn't get to play with it much though. I do like the "close program" feature in the top right corner. Has anyone used the "Touch" yet? I am going to try and get by the Sprint store this week to try it out.

I set mine so tapping the X minimizes the program, and holding the X closes it.

-Jay

Jay2TheRescue · 11-13-2007, 12:25 AM

Update:

I've had a sporatic problem where I'd make a call, but the speaker didn't turn on. This is easily fixed with a soft reset, but its a pain to do a soft reset when you really want to make a call right now. I am trying an application that schedules a soft reset daily and see if that works out. My store has offered to switch it out for me, but since I've already moved my TomTom software to the Tilt, switching to another device this soon will create problems with my TomTom software registration. I am trying a reset every day at 4:00 am. Hopefully it won't wake me up when it resets. I think a soft reset isn't a bad idea, even if I wasn't having this problem just to clear out the RAM on a daily basis.

-Jay

budney · 11-13-2007, 8:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJE

How did you get them to exchange it out? Did you have issues with the Mogul?

Emailed Ecare and told them the problems I have been having since I did the 2.16 ROM update, and even after switching back to the 2.09 ROM. They approved the swap very quickly with no hassles. I guess it pays to have 5 lines on a regular pfamily plan, $200 bill, and pay your bill on time for three years.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

Update:

I've had a sporatic problem where I'd make a call, but the speaker didn't turn on. This is easily fixed with a soft reset, but its a pain to do a soft reset when you really want to make a call right now. I am trying an application that schedules a soft reset daily and see if that works out. My store has offered to switch it out for me, but since I've already moved my TomTom software to the Tilt, switching to another device this soon will create problems with my TomTom software registration. I am trying a reset every day at 4:00 am. Hopefully it won't wake me up when it resets. I think a soft reset isn't a bad idea, even if I wasn't having this problem just to clear out the RAM on a daily basis.

Have you tried uninstalling any of your software to see if it is causing the problem?I know you don't run that much softwware, but I would be surprised if TomTom was the cause. May be hard reset may help to. With as much memory as the Tilt has you shouldn't have to soft reset every day/

Jay2TheRescue · 11-13-2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budney

Emailed Ecare and told them the problems I have been having since I did the 2.16 ROM update, and even after switching back to the 2.09 ROM. They approved the swap very quickly with no hassles. I guess it pays to have 5 lines on a regular pfamily plan, $200 bill, and pay your bill on time for three years.

Have you tried uninstalling any of your software to see if it is causing the problem?I know you don't run that much softwware, but I would be surprised if TomTom was the cause. May be hard reset may help to. With as much memory as the Tilt has you shouldn't have to soft reset every day/

Well, The first time it happened was after I had the phone for about 4 or 5 days and I had not installed any software on it at that point. I picked the phone up on a Monday where I was working 14 hour days all week, and did not get a chance to install anything until Sunday. As far as my installed applications TomTom is the biggest I use. I uninstalled the BandSwitch application as I found a way to put a 3G on/off button on the Communication Manager screen. The reset application does not run in the background, it just leaves the soft reset as a task to be performed daily at 4:00 am. The only other programs I use daily are Opera Mini 4, Internet Explorer, and Windows Mobile LIVE search.

You're right in that I really am not maxing the device out, but today was the first full day working on the auto soft reset and I had no problems (Fingers crossed, and knocking on my seafoam green Formica desk). The first time I had the problem I did a hard reset and it came back 3 or 4 days later.

-Jay

Jay2TheRescue · 11-14-2007, 12:04 AM

After much looking I found a car mount for the Tilt that has a charging port built in. I got it from ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country. I was able to order a custom fit mount that will snap onto the dash of my truck with no drilling of holes. Wasn't cheap though. After I bought the mount and cradle it was about $100, but I did not want one of those crappy universal PDA mounts. It will tilt & swivel and will hold the phone in horizontal or vertical orientation with the keyboard open or closed, and will automatically charge the phone when slid in.

This is the charging base I selected:

ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country

I could have gotten cheaper ones, but I felt that this was the solution I would be happiest with, (And I just got a bonus check from work!)

-Jay

Jay2TheRescue · 11-27-2007, 8:37 PM

Well, my ProClip arrived and it broke seconds after attempting to install it. I emailed them about the problem and this was their response:

Hi Jay:

This is highly unusual for this mount. We have yet to hear of this happening for this particular mount and have sold thousands of these over the years. We would have to assume that there was a manufacturer defect with that one part.

We will be happy to replace this mount for you. I will send out another email that will explain our return process.

Best Regards,

ProClip USA Customer Service

Toll free: +1 800-296-3212

Fax: +1 608-838-8949

Email: customerservice@proclipusa.com

Web: ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country

I'll see if the next one breaks too. If so I think I'll just ask them for the windshield mount instead of the custom clip for the dash.

-Jay

10-30-2007, 9:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt I just picked it up yesterday afternoon. I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but here are my first impressions. The data is really fast, and I noticed it comes with an application to use the phone as a wireless modem preinstalled. I'll give this a try later, but it would be nice to get my teathering back. The camera is really nice, takes nice clear pictures. Maybe I'll try tower hunting with it later and see if the pics are good enough to upload. (And see if I can upload the tower to the gallery right on site!) The biggest peeve that I have found is that there are PTT icons and applications all over the menus of this thing, yet ATT does not support PTT on this device. I wonder why they did not remove this stuff on their version. ( I see a hacking opportunity!) I like that it uses a mini USB for data and charging so I can use the same car charger as my Motorola phones and my BT headsets. Sounds great for travel as I will only have to take one data cable and charger to operate my phone, camera, and BT headsets. The last time I traveled I had a charger for the iPAQ, data cable for the iPAQ, Mini USB car and AC charges for my spare phone and my BT headsets, and a mini USB data cable for my camera. Actually I think I could bring a mini usb data cable and my 12v USB charging port and I'd be able to plug in any of my devices and charge them in the car, or plug them into the computer to charge saving me from carrying a lot of chargers and cables. Voice quality and signal strength seem to be on par with my Motorola phones which is nice. I may not need to keep my A845 in the car for low signal areas. This is a big change from my old iPAQ, which only worked well in urban areas. The Tilt/slide mechanism seems very sturdy and well made. It has a nice feel to it, and not like the slide on my old LG CU320 which felt like it could break at a moment's notice. I'll report more when I have more time next week. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

10-30-2007, 11:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Amherst, NY & Long Island Posts: 3,196 Phone(s): TouchPRO, Mogul, Sanyo M1, Motorola K1m,Samsung a900, Sanyo 7400 8200 8100 6200, Samsung a460, Nokia 5190 Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell Latitude E6500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Images: 528	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Cool, sounds like a beefed up version of my mogul! __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?"

10-30-2007, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
walkguru Wireless Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,069 Phone(s): nokia 6682, nokia 6230, moto,v600, moto,v551 Provider(s): cingular,family plan w/4 lines Devices: m3000,hs810, Sirius,sportster,w/boombox, Thanks: 10 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 28 My Auctions	Wirelessly posted (Walkguru's: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.1.8295/1716; en; U; ssr)) sounds nice. does anyone use ptt? __________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/90674468.png Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night, because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf ~George Orwell

10-31-2007, 1:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
budney Resident Headbanger Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tardville Posts: 4,435 Phone(s): Katana II, HTC Vogue (Touch), Moto Q Provider(s): Sprint Devices: 30GB Zune & 1GB Zen Stone Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Images: 14 My Auctions	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Enjoy your new toy Jay, Thanks for the initial review. __________________ Thanks Sprint for turning on EV in Bullhead & Laughlin, just hurry it up with Ft. Mohave!!!

11-02-2007, 12:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt The Tilt has a nice camera. I took a picture and uploaded it to the site earlier today right from the device. Very convenient. Here's a link if any of you are interested in taking a look. http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/th...tml#post477065 (Iridium) I also picked up a 4gb Micro SD card today so I could install my TomTom 6 software. It took a little fidgeting with it to get TomTom to install because the software kept saying it wasn't registered to that device, and it wasn't. I am no longer using the iPAQ as a GPS, so I'm changing my registered device. With the 4GB memory card I was able to install the BIG map (The entire North American continent) so I no longer have to switch maps in the middle of a long roadtrip. The GPS locks onto the satellite signal very fast and I was quite impressed. Its a lot nicer on the Tilt as it isn't running on the bare minimum requirements so no lost tracking hiccups or soft resets as of yet. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

11-08-2007, 10:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Ok, this is really cool. I installed a program called WMWifiRouter and now my Tilt is a portable WiFi accesspoint! I am posting using this WiFi connection right now. Here's the result from the speed test I did 5 minutes ago: Last Result: Download Speed: 726 kbps (90.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 323 kbps (40.4 KB/sec transfer rate) Some of the speed tests I did last night were over 1,000 kbps download! -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

11-08-2007, 11:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Opera 4 mini kicks butt on this! __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

11-12-2007, 7:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
AJE Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 808 Phone(s): HTC Mogul/PPC-6800, PPC-6700, Motorola SLVR, Motorola E815 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wirelessly posted (Mogul: Opera/9.50 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.0.9751/204; U; en)) I got to set up a Tilt a couple of weeks ago for a customer. It seems like a pretty nice device. I didn't get to play with it much though. I do like the "close program" feature in the top right corner. Has anyone used the "Touch" yet? I am going to try and get by the Sprint store this week to try it out.

11-13-2007, 12:25 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Update: I've had a sporatic problem where I'd make a call, but the speaker didn't turn on. This is easily fixed with a soft reset, but its a pain to do a soft reset when you really want to make a call right now. I am trying an application that schedules a soft reset daily and see if that works out. My store has offered to switch it out for me, but since I've already moved my TomTom software to the Tilt, switching to another device this soon will create problems with my TomTom software registration. I am trying a reset every day at 4:00 am. Hopefully it won't wake me up when it resets. I think a soft reset isn't a bad idea, even if I wasn't having this problem just to clear out the RAM on a daily basis. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

11-14-2007, 12:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt After much looking I found a car mount for the Tilt that has a charging port built in. I got it from ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country. I was able to order a custom fit mount that will snap onto the dash of my truck with no drilling of holes. Wasn't cheap though. After I bought the mount and cradle it was about $100, but I did not want one of those crappy universal PDA mounts. It will tilt & swivel and will hold the phone in horizontal or vertical orientation with the keyboard open or closed, and will automatically charge the phone when slid in. This is the charging base I selected: ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country I could have gotten cheaper ones, but I felt that this was the solution I would be happiest with, (And I just got a bonus check from work!) -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

11-27-2007, 8:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
Jay2TheRescue I'm Jay the Dry Cleaner.. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,118 Phone(s): Moto V3, A845, HTC Tilt, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Images: 157	Re: My first impressions of the HTC (at&t) Tilt Well, my ProClip arrived and it broke seconds after attempting to install it. I emailed them about the problem and this was their response: Hi Jay: This is highly unusual for this mount. We have yet to hear of this happening for this particular mount and have sold thousands of these over the years. We would have to assume that there was a manufacturer defect with that one part. We will be happy to replace this mount for you. I will send out another email that will explain our return process. Best Regards, ProClip USA Customer Service Toll free: +1 800-296-3212 Fax: +1 608-838-8949 Email: customerservice@proclipusa.com Web: ProClip Mounting System _-_Choose Your Country I'll see if the next one breaks too. If so I think I'll just ask them for the windshield mount instead of the custom clip for the dash. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS Posting & you.

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