Htc kaiser scores 4 awards

HTC TyTN II has been recognized as the best PDA and the best handheld by "PDA Essentials" - a popular British (paper based) magazine which covers PDA devices and smartphones and is owned by Imagine Publishing Ltd.
HTC cleans up at the PDA Essentials Awards 2007

Device manufacturer scoops four awards out of eleven

HTC Corp., the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices, walked away with four out of eleven awards at the PDA Essentials Awards 2007 on Thursday evening.

Held at the home of BAFTA in London, the awards recognise the leading companies and their technological developments throughout the previous year. The winners are decided by a panel of experts with two categories decided by the readers of PDA Essentials. The four awards own by HTC were:

• Manufacturer of the Year
• Best PDA (HTC TyTN II)
• Best Handheld device (HTC TyTN II)
• Reader’s Award for Best Handheld (HTC TyTN II)

Speaking after the event, Florian Seiche, VP of HTC Europe commented, “These awards are testament to the outstanding work performed by our R&D and design teams to produce category leading devices which are popular with an increasing group of consumer and business users. The TyTN II has been received extremely well by both the press and users while the Manufacturer of the Year award is evidence of the success of the product range overall.”

The HTC TyTN II was launched in August 2007 and recently received 9/10 in a PDA Essentials group test of PDA devices.

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iPhone versus TyTN II

Found good Kaiser vs iPhone comparison: iPhone vs. TyTN II Kaiser, which came out on top?
Conclusion: iPhone is very stylish and simple in use device, but the main problem is software for it. Apple will open SDK only in February 2008, so no 3rd party programs until this date.
HTC TyTN II is nice choice for advanced users. Tons of programs available right now. The main disadvantage is Windows :). Not all users like it.

Here is authors conclusion:

In closing… Yes, I admit it. I went from iPhone to HTC TyTN II Kaiser to iPhone. A complete circle. I assumed that being able to install whatever applications I wanted on my mobile device was the flexibility I wanted. I was wrong. I could have loaded the TyTN II Kaiser with every imaginable Windows Mobile application I could find on Handango, but there would still be something missing. Simplicity. Real iPhone applications are just around the corner, 4 months to be exact. Whether or not the SDK will open the iPhone up as a true competitor against existing Smartphones is uncertain. However, I am 99% certain that the HTC TyTN II Kaiser (at&t Tilt) is my first and last Windows Mobile device. Not because of HTC, but because Window Mobile [in general] is too clunky and bloated.

Free software for HTC Kaiser

Found good post on MoDaCo forum. List of useful applications for Windows mobile.

Batti - great 'top of screen' battery indicator - http://pda.jasnapaka.com/batti/

TenGo (Phone Pad alternative) - http://free.tengo.net (also available in commercial version, free to MoDaCo Plus members!)

RAR for Pocket PC allows you to create and extract RAR and ZIP files - http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm

pRSSreader - excellent RSS reader - http://pda.jasnapaka.com/prssr/

PHM Power Toys - deal useful if just for the soft reset command and traylaunch - http://www.phm.lu/products/PocketPC/PowerToys/

vxUtil - a great collection of utils for internet geeks (DNS, PING, WHOIS etc) - http://www.cam.com/vxutil_pers.html

Skype - i'm sure u know what this is... - http://www.skype.com/download/skype/mobile/

NoData - disable your GPRS connection while you are on holiday, and save those bills! - http://www.modaco.com/New-FREE-Utility-t246171.html

Windows Live Search - local search and mapping, with GPS functionality - http://wls.live.com

Google Maps - the Google version of the above - http://www.google.com/gmm/

Devicescape - Don't type in those WiFi encryption keys? Sync them with devicescape! - http://www.devicescape.com

Pocket SharpMT - Do you blog? If so, make the most of the lovely Kaiser keyboard - http://www.randyrants.com/2006/08/sharp_mt_pocket.html

Palringo - chat to use in the group 'MoDaCo', PushToTalk, picture sending an IM bridging - http://www.palringo.com

Fring - VOIP and multiIM for your device, great if you have a SIP account somewhere - http://www.fring.com

Kaiser tweaks - all in one

Found very useful tool. It's very easy to enable and disable registry tweaks on TyTN II with it.
Direct link to download.
Tweaks:

Call
- Fast Sleep
- Sleep
Text Messages
- Sent Notification
Data (GPRS/EDGE/HSPA)
- Disconnect After
- Always On
- HSPA
Bluetooth
- BitPool
TCP/IP
- TCP Connect Resends
- TCP Data Resends
- TCP Window Size
Camera
- Save Location
- GPS Photo
- Rotate Bug
TouchFLO
- Sensitivity
- Scroller
Security
- Not-certified Warning
Backlight
- Timeout (Keyboard)
User Interface
- Window Animation
- Menu Animation
- Vertical Scrollbar Width
- Vertical Scrollbar Button Height
- Horizontal Scrollbar Button Width
- Horizontal Scrollbar Height
ClearType
- Landscape
- PocketIE
Today Screen
- Title Bar - Battery / Clock
- Title Bar - Clock Settings
- Date Display
HTC Home Plugin
- Music Tab
- Music Player
Contacts
- SIM Contacts
Call Log
- Log Clean Period
Locations
- PocketIE Downloads
- Saved Audio
- Saved Video
- Saved Images
Cache
- File System Cache
- File System Filter Cache
- GDI/Font Cache

Battle of the giants - Kaiser vs Nokia E90, Mio A702, HTC TyTN & P4350, HTC Touch, E-TEN glofiish M700

Very detailed comparison of similar functionality smartphones. Design & ergonimics, communication functions, memory, display, user interface, preinstalled software, setting, phonebook, messaging, PIM, multimedia, camera, performance, battery life. Everything explained with photos and tables.

I haven't seen any battery test except this one.
Multimedia, video(AVI)/Multimedia, audio (MP3)
HTC TyTN II 4:42 / 16:58
Nokia E90 4:58 / 10:02
HTC TyTN (Hermes) 6:51 / 26:56
HTC P4350 (Herald) 5:16 / 19:37
E-TEN glofiish M700 6:39 / 23:00

Really good review and really good conclusion.

TyTN might seem an ideal product, the very first flagship of the platform that comes with a vast range of functions based off Microsoft technologies. It's a HTC phone that assumes neither a compromise nor a concession. A closer look contributes to the overall positive image of the phone, which is nothing like what you get with Windows Mobile. But the E90 by Bokia is a strong challenge to this product, offering a better realisation of many features based on the Symbian platform, the keypad being its stronget side. If the Windows platform and the touchscreen aren't critical to you, it's better to pick the E-series Finnish handset. On the other hand, TyTN II makes a good choice for the rich and picky audiences. It's actually one of the best Windows-based PDA phones.

One more good review of TyTN II

Review by Rob Tillotson, from the-gadgeteer.com. That's really good review, I found it very informative. In this review are described such aspects as packaging, design, gps, camera and software. They had some problems with camera on their unit, but as you can see on the photos I've posted before on this blog camera is normal.

What's inside the box

Problems with camera

More close-up pictures of HTC Kaiser

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Fixing GPS for Google Maps

problem
solution

Enabling GPS Photo on HTC Kaiser

What you need to do:
Open any registry editor, then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\ and in the folder P9 change "enabled" from 0 to 1. Now new option GPS Photo will appear in the menu.

More videos of AT&T Tilt

• Software walktrough. In this video you can see almost all features of Windows Mobile 6 and AT&T Tilt. Games, calling functions, programs, office mobile, and all you can imagine.
  
  
• One more review, in two parts.
  Part 1
  
  Part 2
  
  

AT&T Tilt GPS test

As you know, TomTom software is included by default and here is the test describing how it works together with AT&T Tilt.

Another long video

Unboxing from GottaBeMobile. Comparison with iPhone. Nice quality, nice video.

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Another demonstration of its camera

Probably the longest video review available on the internet

18 minutes

Demonstration of TyTNs screen & internet abilities

On this video you can see that Kaiser can play videos directly from youtube without any conversions.

Video taken with HTC Kaiser camera

Fresh, published on youtube 2 hours ago. Panda eating bamboo, interesting, nice quality.

Quick look at AT&T 8925

Unboxing the brand new TyTN II

More high-resolution photos of TyTN II

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Orange released TyTN II

Orange have released the HTC TyTN II, initilly to their business customers £300 + VAT. The TyTN II is the followup to arguably the best Windows Mobile device ever, the TyTN (funnily enough!) which was also known as the SPV M3100 on Orange.
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HTC TyTN II compared with ETEN M700 and its predecessor model HTC TyTN

...Two other similar devices with the HTC TyTN II in the market are the HTC TyTN and ETEN M700. The ETEN Glofiish M700 is a device manufactured by ETEN. The M700 has a sliding QWERTY keyboard and has also a built-in GPS receiver like the HTC TyTN II. The ETEN M700 though runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and comes with 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB RAM while the HTC TyTN II is running Windows Mobile 6.0 and has 256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM. In terms of size and weight, the HTC TyTN II is 5 mm smaller in length but 10g more in weight.Other major differences between the three devices (HTC TyTN II, ETEM M700, HTC TyTN) is the fact that the screen of HTC TyTN II can tilt up enabling you to see the device from a different view just like you do with a laptop computer. This is particularly useful when you want to position the phone on desk to check your emails watch some video or type some text.Another difference between HTC TyTN and HTC TyTN II is the position of the SIM Card Slot. On HTC TyTN II the sim card slot is convinently positioned behind the screen and can be accessed very easily by just sliding the keyboard to open...

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AT&T Tilt 8925 in shops from October 5 for $299.99

AT&T Goes Full Tilt with the Most Feature-Packed 3G Smart Device Available in the United States

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Name problems

This smartphone is sold under a variety of names. I tried to sum all available information in one place.
The manufacturer names it in three ways HTC Kaiser, HTC TyTN II, HTC P4550. All combinations of these names are also found on the web. There are 3 versions of it: Kaiser 100 (without cameras), Kaiser 110 (one 3megapixel camera) and Kaiser 120 (one 3Mp, and one VGA for videocalls).

• Vodafone v1615 (HTC Kaiser 120)
  Release Date: October, 2007

• AT&T Tilt 8925 (HTC Kaiser 110)
  Release Date: October, 2007
  
  

• Vodafone VPA Compact V (HTC Kaiser 120)
  Release Date: September, 2007
  

• T-Mobile MDA Vario III (HTC Kaiser 120)
  Release Date: September, 2007
  

  
  

• AT&T Tilt 8900 (HTC Kaiser 100)
  Cancelled
  

  Hope this information was useful for you.
  

More pictures from cnet

Kaisers TouchFlo demonstration

Not in English, but you can see how useful and convenient it is.

Kaiser reviewed by cnet.co.uk

They rated it excellent, 8.3/10

What we think: If you're a businessman or gagdet freak this is a must-have phone, but less demanding users might find it too chunky

Full review
And the video

HTC TyTN II user manual

User manual, corrected broken links

English -5.51 MB
German -5.46 MB
Russian -5.74 MB
Dutch -5.58 MB
French -5.69 MB
Italian -5.68 MB
EuPortuguess -5.50 MB
Portuguese BR -4.24 MB
EuSpanish -5.66 MB
Dannish -5.37 MB
Swedish -5.37 MB
Norwegian -5.39 MB

FAQ & Downloads

Photos taken with HTC TyTN II

Here you can see the real quality of its 3Megapixel camera. Of course it is not 5Mp Nokia N95, but anyway that's not bad for a smartphone. In my opinion if you want to take normal photos you need a normal camera, a mobile phone is suitable only for occasional moments when you don't have a real camera with you. A camera in a phone is only an additional option.

Its size in comparison with a playing card

Review from 68phone

HTC Kaiser TYTN II is Windows Mobile 6 Professional device and as a whole, its software and possibilities are almost entirely identical to the other phones using the same operating system.The interface and user-experience are personalized HTC TyTN II come with the TouchFlo technology, which was announced together with the HTC Touch. The TouchFlo of HTC TyTN II has allows scrolling over the screen by drawing a finger over the screen in a diagonal line. HTC TyTN II has also brings personalized home screen with large icons shortcuts to dedicated menus for faster access to some information or applications.The Second HTC TyTN is a welcome addition to the HTC family, being the Kaiser of the brand. It is worth naming it HTC TyTN as it ...

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Lets start with technical specifications

This smartphone comes in 3 different versions:

• HTC Kaiser 100 - no camera at all
  
• HTC Kaiser 110 - comes with 3 Megapixel back autofocus camera (2048x1536)
  
• HTC Kaiser 120 - 3 Megapixel camera and secondary front VGA (640x480) videocall camera

It has one disadvantage - no flash for dark areas.

All other options are the same:
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Dimensions 112 (L) x 59 (W) x 19 (T) mm
Weight 190 g (with battery)
Display 2.8"(42 x 57 mm), 240 x 320, color transflective TFT touchscreen, 65536 colors
CPU 400 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200 (dual CPU, integrates Imageon hardware 2D/3D graphics accelerator)
Memory 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
microSD, microSDHC, SDIO, TransFlash card slots
Connectivity

• GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• WLAN 802.11b 802.11g
• Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR with A2DP
• GPS antenna connector
• HTC ExtUSB™ USB v2.0 (480Mbit/s , 11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one)
• Serial port RS-232 , 115200bit/s

Control Peripherals

• Positioning Device: Touchscreen
• Primary Keyboard: Slide-out QWERTY-type keyboard, 41 keys
• Directional Pad: 5 -way block
• Jog / Scroll Wheel: Pressable rotary scroll wheel

Ringtones Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB, 40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1(SMF)/SP MIDI, Vibration
Battery

• Removable Li-Po 1350 mAh
  
• Up to 350 hours for UMTS
• Up to 365 hours for GSM
  
• Talk time:
  
  • Up to 264 minutes for UMTS
  • Up to 420 minutes for GSM
  • Up to 120 minutes for video call

Operating System Windows Mobile 6
AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A

What this blog will be about?

I really like HTC Kaiser (also known as HTC TyTN II and HTC P4550) and on this blog I will post all available information about this great smartphone.