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  1. #1
    Jerry
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    I'm thinking of getting one, and am curious to hear what the 'early
    adopters' have to say




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  2. #2
    Thurman
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    Re: Any early insight on the AT&T Tilt phone?


    "Jerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I'm thinking of getting one, and am curious to hear what the 'early
    > adopters' have to say


    One guy in the DFW Mobile Device User Group bought one. He liked it so much
    he sold his iPhone.

    An engineer I team with, likes his, but is hampered because it will not work
    with ActiveSync/WinXP. Neither ATT nor HTC has been able to provide relief.

    Depending on your tech capabilities; the GPS is either 'open' to Google or
    closed to only ATT location software.

    I'll keep my 8525 and Mobile 5 until we debug the problems. I've suspended
    recommending the device; suggest some look at the HTC Advantage depending on
    goals.





  3. #3
    B. Peg
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    Re: Any early insight on the AT&T Tilt phone?

    > "Thurman" wrote in message:
    > One guy in the DFW Mobile Device User Group bought one. He liked it so
    > much he sold his iPhone.
    >
    > An engineer I team with, likes his, but is hampered because it will not
    > work with ActiveSync/WinXP. Neither ATT nor HTC has been able to provide
    > relief.
    >
    > Depending on your tech capabilities; the GPS is either 'open' to Google or
    > closed to only ATT location software.
    >
    > I'll keep my 8525 and Mobile 5 until we debug the problems. I've suspended
    > recommending the device; suggest some look at the HTC Advantage depending
    > on goals.


    I've got one and it is working with Active Sync right now with XP. Dunno
    why your friend's isn't as it comes bundled with it. It moved the photos
    off the camera onto the laptop without an issue. Large movie files (about
    600K) can take a long time, like hours, far more than a USB 2 connection it
    seems. You'd be better off getting the 2 gig card AT&T sells that has the
    micro SD card to mini SD or regular SD card for $30 and using a card
    reader/writer if you want to transfer movies onto the phone.

    The MS Mobile 6 browser (IE7) kind'a sucks. It's very finicky with some
    Flash web pages (won't work at all) and its Java and Cookies management
    could be improved on. Very little can be done with the IE7 settings. Opera
    8.65 for MS Mobile 5&6 is a far better addition but it costs $25 to use it
    beyond the 30 day limit. It will allow you to use a Flash cab installation
    file off Adobe's site if you need Flash. Java is better handled in it as
    well as cookies.

    The TelNav GPS is interesting and very useful for $10 a month. However -
    and that is a BIG HOWEVER - you need to be near a site with cell service or
    it won't work. Just found that out today. The maps and data seem to be
    hinged upon the cell service from TelNav and not so much GPS which just
    nails down the location. Iow, no cell service = no GPS or Maps either, it
    just sits there and will time out looking for a cell to connect to. Seems
    they could at least provide some data for the area it was last used in but I
    guess you would need to do it yourself when you leave cell land.

    The headphone jack is also the USB mini jack. Sort'a weird if you need a
    headset. The 802.11 works very well with my DSL wireless modem.

    B~





  4. #4
    Ron
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    Re: Any early insight on the AT&T Tilt phone?

    On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:28:19 GMT, "Jerry" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >I'm thinking of getting one, and am curious to hear what the 'early
    >adopters' have to say


    It has many of the same pluses and minuses of the 8525.

    Depends on your opinion of a Windows Mobile OS, and
    how usable you find the keyboard. Also consider how good
    3G coverage is in your area, for which AT&T will charge you
    $39.99/month and up for a required Data plan.



  5. #5
    TheGear
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    Re: Any early insight on the AT&T Tilt phone?

    > An engineer I team with, likes his, but is hampered because it will not work
    > with ActiveSync/WinXP. Neither ATT nor HTC has been able to provide relief.


    I'm that engineer. I just worked through the problems today. There are
    two problems with some editions of the CD supplied by AT&T. First, it
    has buggy detection for Macromedia Flash and will continue telling you
    to install Flash even if it's already installed. Second, it has flags
    set that will cause Outlook support files to be installed, but not
    Outlook itself. Fortunately, this is fixable on the fly, if you can
    successfully bring up the selection page (which is well-hidden). I
    never could get around the Flash problem, which meant that the user
    interface for installing necessary software was broken and all the
    software had to be installed manually.




  6. #6
    B. Peg
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    Re: Any early insight on the AT&T Tilt phone?

    > "Ron" wrote:
    >> I'm thinking of getting one, and am curious to hear what the 'early
    >> adopters' have to say

    >
    > It has many of the same pluses and minuses of the 8525.
    >
    > Depends on your opinion of a Windows Mobile OS, and
    > how usable you find the keyboard. Also consider how good
    > 3G coverage is in your area, for which AT&T will charge you
    > $39.99/month and up for a required Data plan.


    True. I do find it interesting that at home I have 3G and at work I have E.
    Very odd, but I guess that's how the towers are set up.

    Fwiw, the E seems to be more free-flowing and doesn't seem to time-out as
    the 3G does at times. Dunno???

    The GPS function of the Tilt is nice...when it connects to a tower. If it
    doesn't, you just sit there until it pops up a "No connection" message.
    They need to load some minimal maps so it will work just off the GPS portion
    of the TelNav option.

    B~





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