AT & T Tilt Smartphone (AT & T)

• Quad-band Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS
• 3G data speeds from AT & T's UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network
• Full QWERTY keypad, touchscreen can tilt up to 40 degrees for optimal viewing in any situation
• Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 10 days of standby time
• Includes: Li-Ion Battery, AC Wall Charger, Mini USB Sync Cable, Stylus and an Extra Stylus

Amazon.com Product Description:
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 adds the power of the Windows Mobile 6 operating system (Professional Edition), which provides push email for immediate send and receive as well as editing of Microsoft Office documents. (See more details about Windows Mobile 6 below.) With its high-speed 3G network capability, you'll be able to access AT & T's Mobile Music and Cellular Video services, and the phone includes the latest version of Telenav GPS Navigator for turn-by-turn directions while on the go. One of the most powerful, feature-packed smartphones on the market, the AT & T Tilt also includes a 3-megapixel camera (with video capabilities), Bluetooth connectivity with stereo music streaming and multiple connection capability, MicroSD memory card expansion up to 4 GB, and a variety of games for when you need a break (including Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 and Ms. Pac-Man). The AT & T Tilt is a veritable wireless Swiss Army Knife, with quad-band GSM, tri-band 3G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity as well as a GPS receiver. AT & T Service The AT & T Tilt can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT & T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT & T 3G network uses the UMTS 850/1900/2100 network (also known as WCDMA), making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT & T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. You'll also enjoy 3G broadband speed connectivity across the globe with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA capabilities, which allows the Tilt to operate in Japan and Korea, in addition to the more than 135 countries in which AT & T offers international data roaming. In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT & T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT & T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. It also features AT & T Mobile Music, which provides access to Napster and eMusic subscription services as well as Music ID song-recognition software, music videos and The Buzz music news portal. The handset is XM Radio Mobile-capable, so you can enjoy streaming live digital radio as well. (An AT & T MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT & T's Internet, video, and music services.) Like a micro laptop, the AT & T Tilt features a full QWERTY keyboard and a face/touchscreen that tilts up to 40 degrees. Phone Features Akin to a micro laptop, the AT & T Tilt's face/touchscreen tilts up to a maximum of 40 degrees, and the variable screen angle can be positioned to suit your needs, whether you're catching up on email, browsing the Web, or playing a game. The QWERTY keypad offers roomy, rectangular buttons that are tactile and backlit, making it easy to type with both thumbs while on the go. The large 2.8-inch touchscreen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for up to 65K colors. It sports a 256 MB memory (not all user available) and a MicroSD memory card slot, which is compatible with the latest 4 GB capacity. This smartphone has an integrated Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), enabling seamless connectivity with wireless networks at work, at home, and on the roam via Wi-Fi hotspots at airports and coffee shops. For an additional charge, you can connect to any of the 10,000 AT & T hotspot locations in the U.S. and tens of thousands more abroad. The AT & T Tilt supports Bluetooth 2.0, which allows up to six Bluetooth devices to be wirelessly connected simultaneously to the device--one of which can be a Bluetooth stereo headset for listening to music. Featuring the latest version of Telenav GPS Navigator, you'll enjoyGPS-enabled turn-by-turn voice and on-screen driving direction, colorful 3D moving maps and traffic delay alerts with re-routing for use in vehicles or while walking. New features debuting on the Tilt include address sharing--allowing you to share your location with friends and associates--and reading, rating and sharing business listings like restaurants and more. Business users also can utilize TeleNav Track a fully hosted, on-demand and comprehensive GPS-based workforce-management solution. In addition to Microsoft Direct Push, the AT & T Tilt will be the first Windows Mobile device in North America to include the Blackberry Connect email service, which also enables familiar wireless synchronization of calendar, contacts and tasks for users. BlackBerry Connect 4.0 supports push email for Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes/Domino and Novell Groupwise through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and personal email through the BlackBerry Internet Service. You can also use the AT & T Tilt to access your personal email through AT & T's Xpress Mail service, enabling you to receive email from most major POP3/IMAP personal email services pushed to the AT & T Tilt at pre-set intervals. AT & T Xpress Mail can perform two-way wireless synchronization of their calendars, access contact lists and view attachments. Beyond business 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, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, MobiTV, and MyCast. Other features include: Instant messaging via AOL, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Live Music format support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3, WMA, WAV, MPEG4, AMR Record videos and voice memos as long as you have available space on an optional memory card Full duplex speakerphone Flight mode turns off cellular network and Wi-Fi for enjoying stored music and video USB 2.0 wired connectivity Push-to-talk capability Vital Statistics The AT & T Tilt weighs 6.7 ounces and measures 4.41 x 2.32 x 0.75 inches. Its 1350 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 10 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as the 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA 3G frequencies. Powered by Windows Mobile 6 Windows Mobile 6 adds power to your mobile office with up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars. Edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on your phone, just as you would on your desktop/laptop PC. Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 updates the Windows Mobile 5 platform with a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file. With Windows Mobile 6, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations. Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time. With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily. PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response. After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version. All Windows Mobile 6 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It 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.

top noch:
okay....i recently got this phone a few months ago. before i got the tilt i had the phone that looked exactly the same...i believe it was the 8727 at & t phone. but i returned it because it froze on me. when i got this phone, i thought it was amazing. the camera worked good...for a phone. when you slide the phone so you could type on the keypad it tilts up for you which could very helpful. the speakers on the phone are really loud so if your someone who doesnt answer your phone because you couldnt hear it ring....won't be that type of person with this phone. i love its amazing just try it out for urself

Worst phone I have ever owned. Wanted to love it, but can't.:
I pre-ordered this phone prior to it's initial availability. I have pretty extensive experience with other smart-phone and PDA devices such as the Palm, Treo, Nokia 6682, and iPhone. The feature set on this phone is amazing and offers unparalleled functionality and possibilities, unfortunately the implementation is so ill-conceived that this phone is nearly useless. What's wrong with this phone? Here are the lowlights: - Battery life. I am lucky to make it to 5:00 p.m. with any battery left. I charge it every night, and don't use WiFi or Bluetooth - No profiles. Most every phone I have had has had the ability to select and/or configure profiles of ringtones. For example, I may want to set the phone to only ring when someone in the "Family" group calls. This is only available as an added program with the Tilt - AT & T bloatware. The extra software that AT & T installs slows the phone down and adds little value. My phone locked up repeatedly until I figured out a way to remove the installed AT & T customizations - The GUI. If there is a counter-intuitive choice for an interface convention, you can be sure that's the default behavior for the AT & T Tilt. For example, the screen blanks out while I am on a call. When I make a call, the keypad disappears. - Built in IE. Slow and jittery. - The mini-usb port is weak and subject to breaking. I had to return my phone twice under warranty and my 3rd phone is already intermittent. These phones live in a leather case, and are not abused (I use a wired headset). - It's a big heavy phone. - Intellitext (or whatever they call it) when typing text messages is simply annoying - not helpful - Picture quality for a 3 Mega Pixel camera is very poor - Buttons are only partially customizable without add-in programs Is there anything that I like about these phones? A few things: - You can customize them fairly easily. More easily then the iPhone. I've had several "skins" on mine, and that's helped with usability a bit, but not enough. - This phone is pretty "hackable". For example, you can edit the registry to fix errors, or change some undesirable default behavior. - Jog wheel is occasionally handy - Exchange connectivity works pretty well (ActiveSync) I really, really wanted to like this phone. But this phone has become like an annoying coworker that I have to put up with. I need it to get my job done, but most of the time the best I can say about it is that it didn't prevent me from getting something done, as opposed to actually improving the way I accomplish something.

Works GREAT as a bluetooth modem for my laptop!:
I'm writing this using the Tilt as my bluetooth modem with my Dell laptop...works great!...and it works just as well as my AT & T (HTC) 8525 (still have that phone with my other phone number). At first I thought the Internet Sharing option wasn't on the Tilt, but it is. I just had to find it in the Windows folder (File Explorer, My Device, Windows, Internet Sharing-IntShrUI)...I made a shortcut for it and placed it with the APPButtons for easy access. Once you pair your phone with your bluetooh enabled laptop, with the phone you'll just select Internet Sharing... Bluetooth... connect... Then,with your laptop(Vista)...Go to Start, Connect to....set up a connection or network...connect to a Bluetooth personal area network (PAN)...click Next...select your phone...click Connect...and you're surfin' the Net. Overall, I love this phone, mainly because it is so similar to the 8525, which I still use, and that it works so well as a bluetooth modem (which was the main reason I got both phones). I pick up AOL and Verizon email, in addition to using it with AT & T Navigator (TeleNav)and the 3MP camera is nice! I haven't had any issues of freezing with either phone as some users have had, nor any of the negative issues. One thing I did find that another user commented that she could not do...I found it possible: to keep the CAPS lock on be pressing CapShift+Fn...then start typing...it stays on until I press CapShift again. I'll admit it is a little strange having the keyboard move from the opposite direction from the 8525 but there is an option to keep the screen landscape and change from left hand user to right hand user, so that's nice (Settings, System, Screen). If you're accustomed to the 8525, change the landscape to LEFT-HANDED so the buttons are on the right. That's about it. BJ

The best phone up-to-date:
I've had MS Smartphones and Pocket PCs, and this one is the best. Pros: 1. Huge number of features, 2. Finally phone lock is done well. There is a dedicated Power/Lock button, 3. Many hardware buttons (10 buttons + d-pad + jog-wheel). You can handle many functions with one hand. Buttons can be redefined. 4. Good back-lit keyboard. It has some useful special keys (OK, Tab). All special characters (@?:;...) are easily accessible through Fn key. 5. Very good GPS with quick lock. They have a method to speed up GPS lock. It works better than dedicated GPSes, 6. Quick and reliable WiFi, 7. Sturdy metal sliding mechanism, 8. Micro SD memory card 9. Standard mini USB data and charging, 10. Easy PC sync, 11. Fast processor and large memory, 12. Finally, OK fully closes programs. Cons: 1. Lack of profiles. Can be fixed with PhWeaver that offers unsurpassed functionality, 2. ATT bloatware. It can be removed by resetting the phone. Check the web. 3. Internet Explorer. Install Opera Mobile. 4. Heavy (on the other hand it is a pro, because the phone is very solid). 5. Original phone keypad not great. Replacements can be downloaded. Search the web for "10 tips on fixing common AT & T Tilt problems"

Excellent Smartphone, packed with features:
I recently upgraded to this phone after a long search of all the different options open to AT & T customers. Ultimately, this phone stood out for a few reasons: 1) The unique design. This phone definitely stands out among the many RZR look-alikes, but that's only one good point. Specifically, the inclusion of both a touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard are huge benefits. If you're like me, you generally prefer a quick text to voice calling. The keyboard here is very nicely done, though it does take a little getting used to. The only problems here that you might run into are that the two option buttons on the keyboard (at the top) can be difficult to press if you have the screen fully tilted. If you leave it parallel to the keyboard part, it's not an issue. Texting is fast and easy to do. 2) The software. The Windows Mobile setup works really well. I was able to sync my Gmail account to this thing VERY easily, and the ability to edit Word documents on the fly is highly useful to students and businessmen alike. The organizer is highly functional, with many options for alarms and entering contact information. The Media Player is functional (though I probably wouldn't use this as a replacement for an MP3 player). 3) The features. This was BY FAR the most important part of the phone. Specifically, the inclusion of built-in WiFi is the best thing about this phone. Rather than being tied to a data plan (like with the iPhone), the Tilt only needs a WiFi hotspot to get on the internet. Since those hotspots are practically everywhere nowadays, lack of access is hardly ever an issue. Even if you don't have access, the 3G network means that you can always get access to the internet so long as you're receiving a cellular signal (although their network DOES charge you, I believe by the amount of kB you download). While I don't utilize it (in order to save money), the built-in GPS is a welcome bonus feature to those that travel often. The downsides of this phone? Most notably, it's somewhat heavy compared to other phones, but it's really not a major issue. The built-in memory of this phone is pretty low, so if you want to put your own music on here, you'd best invest in a MicroSD card. Another downside of this phone is likely the fact that the camera lacks a flash, making the usefulness of the camera limited in low light. Finally, the one irritation that gets to me is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack. You need to buy an adapter in order to use a regular set of headphones with this phone, which is a bit irritating. Overall? An excellent piece of technology that I've successfully used as a substitute for hauling my laptop around campus. I can get the internet, my music, my mail, and my documents managed all in a package that fits in my front pocket. I don't have any regrets about picking this up.