AT&T Tilt Smartphone
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The slim, pocket-sized AT&T Tilt smartphone is bursting at the seams with a full-menu of wireless capabilities to keep you connected wherever you roam on this globe--quad-band GSM for global roaming, Wi-Fi, EDGE, and 3G data connectivity via AT&T's UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network. Practical and versatile, the phone's face slides open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard while the screen tilts for optimal viewing of email, spreadsheets, and web videos. It also… Product details and pricing info |
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134 Customer Reviews Posted
- AT&T Tilt
- This has been a good replacement for both my cell phone and my pda. While the memory on the phone itself is rather limited, the availability of micro SD cards more than compensates. My only complaint is that it seems that the only way to get hands free use (i.e. while driving), or listen to music with earphones, is to use Blue Tooth.
- 2008-12-04, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Defective phone. Love to hate this phone.
- I have gone through 3 of these in the last year. After about 3-4 months, for each replacement phone, the screen fades to white. Once this happens, the hot keys stop working and you can not answer any calls. Sometimes the touch screen still works, but if you can not see what your touching what's the point.
I love the internet and PDA functions, but the cell phone side is horrible. It's hard to hear and the sound is distorted. - 2008-12-04, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Good PocketPC phone
- I have bought this phone for myself and for my wife and using it already for almost 3 month.
Well, since then I went tfrom liking it to completely disliking it and back to like it quite a lot.
First of all I completely don't understand people, who give bad reviews only because it is too complex for them. May be the description for such devices should say something like pocket pc (phone adition). some people don't understand, it is really not the phone, it is the pocket pc with phone functionality. There are a lot of other devices on the market, which a purily phones, like LG devices or smartphones, like Motorola global or Samsung blackjack ii. Those phones much easyer to use, boot up right away and all other features, which some other reviewers miss so much and confuse other people with bad reviews.
I will not repeat all pluses and minuses which other reviewers already described. I just would like to point one, very important thing. Since it is pocket pc, 2 things need to be done right away: Upgrade and Configure.
Very important, install the custom roms, which other Kaiser users developped on XDA forums. It is like having a new phone all together. Those custom-built roms are so much better, more stable, cleanner, have all those missing features, which people keep asking from HTC and ATT and definitely not receiving. I know, from beginning it sounds a little scary, however believe me, it is not that bad, just do some reading and everything will be good. During my research of this phone and different possibilities I have collected some links to useful pages, if Amazon does not mind, would like to share with other people, may be will be useful for someone.
AT&T Tilt Site http://tiltsite.com/
XDADeveloperWiki - Kaiser FAQ http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=KaiserFAQ
FAQ, Wiki, Stickies & Tutorials - Suggestions Welcome! [06-12-2008] - xda-developers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369282
XDADeveloperWiki - HTC_Kaiser http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Kaiser#Hacksx20.x26.x20.Tweaks - 2008-12-03, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Not all it seems....
- I have owned this for almost a year now, bought direct from an AT&T store. I was looking for an all-in-one device that I could do work on (e-mail, documents, web) and also use as a phone and mp3 player, instead of carrying around 3 devices.
Functionally, it does everything as advertised. But, as you use it more and more, there are some very annoying things. The display is very slow to refresh for example. And, sometimes data connections just stop without any warning and you have to soft boot. And, the most annoying, is the backlight won't stay on more than 30 seconds, no matter what the settings are!
I have kept up with the official firmware versions, and it is clear that HTC and/or AT&T are not committed to making things work. I am waiting for the warranty to expire so that I can go install home-brew firmware. - 2008-11-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- biggest mistake I ever made
- First, the touch screen is so difficult to see that you cannot see it outdoors. Ever. At all. Second, the fact that the phone is essentially a mini-computer is both its advantage and its downfall. Yes, it syncs with my Outlook calendar and helps me get to my appointments (that's why I got it), but it also takes several minutes to "boot up" when it turns on. When others are flipping their phones on and making a call in seconds, I am still waiting...and waiting...and waiting. Turning it off is more complicated than just holding a button, too. I've got to be able to see that "are you sure?" button on the screen and tap it just right. Oh, and don't get me started on the number keypad. Dialing the phone really requires the use of the lame touch screen. While you are listening to your voicemail, however, the screen will go dark. Thus, when you have to tap a number to respond to the prompts, you can't! GRRRRRR...The nifty keyboard is great for texting, but doesn't work to make calls - unless you want to tap the function key before each and every number.
Finding things on this phone is beyond my grasp. I downloaded a ring tone and could not locate the file to change my ringer. I finally went to an AT&T store to get help. The young man found it, but could not explain to me why it did not show up in the "my music" location when I navigated to it through the windows mobile system. He had to use the finder - and located an entire second set of music files, which did not appear via the traditional route.
I hate this phone with a passion, but I'm stuck with it. Do yourself a favor. Don't do it. - 2008-11-27, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
