HTC TyTN II - user opinions and reviews

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> In reply to Yash @ 2008-10-20 07:48 from fuHEI had the same problem. Disabled 3G and now phone works fine (without 3G)....

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  • 2008-10-22 16:29
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Hi peeps, my tytn2 seems to have very poor signal and i miss alot of calls. it shows that it has signal but doesnt dial out sometimes and no calls come through. My tytn1 works perfectly in the same area. Anyone know if this is a general problem and if there is a fix for this?

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  • 2008-10-20 07:48
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-17 23:30 from M@T2I do not think people like you are doing the platform any favours..I have used symbian for 5yrs with 5 windows smartfones in between but got my first ppc a week ago of mate who got innov8..Its the htc touch and its taking me hours to get used to where most things are never mind what pointing at icons has to offer and provide..I will have to next start customising apps but already finding the platform very good especially simple things like being able to change screen brightness from homescreen never mind that some people overclock these machines and run autocad..You are not giving symbian people a chance to come to what you see as the ultimate platform with comments like yours,,what is simple to you may perplex early adopters and you had to learn it in the beggining didnt you..If we are on this forum it is for discussion and help not to ruin or discourage the next person from starting off on this first journey on an alien platform.I am now one of these persons using the lower end of the smartphone so i can get xperia and use it without feeling out of my depth,,its no good buying a decent fone just to show it off its got to work for you and enjoy it..Most just buy new fone and get bored but so far this has kept my interest and i bet i only know about 5% of whats on offer

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  • 2008-10-20 02:07
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I have some questions before I buy this phone:

1- Some rumors about poor battery life ? how much is that in days for a "normal" usage ?
2-Some sites say its USB 2 and others say 1.1 ?
3-Can more than 1 app use the internet at same time(3G)?
4-Is the screen tilt subject to ease break ?
5-Compared to tilt 1 , is there any major advantage other than WM6 , and that could be be upgraded , they removed the flash ? , Should I get tytn I or II ?

I love the phone but I'm just worried thats all , Any major drawback to advice me not to buy it ?

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  • 2008-10-19 13:25
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I"m having problems sycronizing my email address to phone.could uplease help me?

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  • 2008-10-19 09:54
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hi all,just want to find out the gps on the tytn 2 ,do u have to buy it or do u get the gps software when you buy the fone,

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  • 2008-10-18 14:55
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I wished people would learn how to use WM devices before making comparisons. You can adjust pressure sensitivity with a reg edit..make it as sensitive as you like!Try using Netfront 3.5 or Iris 1.14 for Web browsing....ciao

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  • 2008-10-17 23:30
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Got the TyTN II in India for Rs 29000 on September 1, 2008. For me, this is a quantum leap in the Windows Mobile Segment, because I used an o2 xda mini before this which had Windows Mobile 2003, and the TyTN II had Windows 6.1 pre-installed, so I expected it to be a different experience altogether, but I must add that Windows has put in significantly more features without changing the UI and user-experience much...

First of all, the main reason I bought this phone was the retractable keyboard and tilting screen... A lot of appeal, and I must add that the keyboard is extremely usable too, one of the best PDA keyboards that I've come accross... I used to be a phonecall-person, but since I've got this gizmo, I've turned into an SMS-person...

Now, simultaneously with this phone, my dad also got an iPhone, and I'll be comparing the features with the iPhone so that you guys get a better perspective as to where this phone really stands in the market...

Firstly, the screen. The iPhone has a larger screen and is definitely less bulky. Also, the quality and depth of colour that you get on the iPhone screen is definitely superior to this. So, no comparison on that aspect, the iPhone wins hands-down.

Secondly, the touch-screen display and its sensitivity. Here, the race is pretty even, because even though the iPhone has a touch-screen (Touch as in real finger touch), sometimes it might be difficult to use, especially while typing because the keys on the iPhone's keyboard are not necessarily very large... And, the TyTN II here has a distinct advantage, because it has HTC's TouchFLO technology enabled... You can also use a stylus to interact with the TyTN in addition to touching the screen (The iPhone is restricted to only touch and the stylus does not work).

But, all said and done, the sensitivity of the iPhone's screen is atleast twice of what pressure-sensitivity is available with the TyTN II...

But, this is where the advantages of the iPhone really end, its got nothing much to boast about except really jazzy graphics, a very responsive touch-screen and simple UI.

Now, if functionality is what you're looking for, then the TyTN II is the only choice here... because the iPhone, despite being very user-friendly and stylish does lack some basic features (which have been highly reported) and also does not support some email protocols (for example, I cannot sync with a Hotmail account for lack of protocol support).

Now, the TyTN II does not have any such drawback and I can sync with any account out there because it seems to support everything out there...

Now, setting up GPS and other services and getting them to run on the TyTN II was a breeze... so no reason to complain about that...

Apart from that, one significant lack that I found the iPhone was that I couldn't open any of the Microsoft Office documents because there didn't seem to be any support for them, and I couldn't find any software that could help me either. So, since the TyTN II, like all other Windows Phones comes built in with Pocket Office, I dont have any problems. It seems to be able to open all documents, including ones formatted on Office 2007. So, no complaints about that...

Also, unlike earlier phones, this comes with a built in PDF viewer and ZIP file handler (with options for extra free RAR file handlers as well). So, any form of compressed archive and file-type can be handled by it.

Expandability can be achieved by using Micro SD cards (hot-swappable of course) and I've tested my phone using an 8GB card and it seems to support it. Unofficial sources on the Internet also seem to have tried 16GB cards and they claim it to be working fine. So, there is no distinctive or significant space advantage that can be attributed to an iPhone.

Also, almost any video can be played by the TyTN II including DivX encoded AVI videos (if there is trouble, just download the codec for free from the official website). But, these seem to be causing trouble on the iPhone as far as I have read, because the iPhone doesn't seem to be supporting the codec yet.

And, another area of comparison can be the Internet Usage experience. Here, the iPhone beats the TyTN II by a mile, mainly because of the Safari browser that the iPhone has in it. Internet surfing is a breeze and the experience is just like a real PC, especially with the effortless zooming and focussing features and rich anti-aliasing of the fonts. Sorry, but the TyTN II just does not come even close to it...

The camera on the TyTN II is about 3 megapixels while on the iPhone its 2 megapixels... so, it's a no-contest really and the pictures in the TyTN II are significantly better. The auto-focus works like a charm, but moving pics can still be a problem like most Windows Based phones.

Finally, one major issue I found with the TyTN II was that graphics response can be very slow. This has been ascertained to be the lack-of drivers for a hardware part installed on the system-board of the TyTN II. Due to the lack of these drivers, the graphics handling sub-system is non-functional and all graphics handling is transferred to the main 400MHz processor, and this can cause it to behave very slowly sometimes.

But, if display response time is not an issue for you, this phone is definitely a very good one to use.

And, as I'm more of a functionality-person than a style-person, I'm very happy with the performance of the TyTN II while my dad is happy with his iPhone. I guess it's a case of "horse for courses"...

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  • 2008-10-16 13:21
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> In reply to Adnan @ 2008-10-08 15:36 from m1%jnot that ur TyTN shut itself..it just like hibernate to save the battery..u can just click to on/off button on right to activate the phone

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  • 2008-10-14 05:12
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I've uploaded some internet browsers. UCWEB(windows mobile version) Opera 9.5, Netfront 3.5, Iris, and opera mini. Also included a midlet manager http://storeandserve.com/downl...ers.zip.html

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  • 2008-10-11 20:44
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The standard browser isn't very good but if you want multiple options including tab browsing,url builders,being able to map hardware keys etc then install this http://www.zippyshare.com/v/43...96/file.html Then use the online keygen to register for free. http://cpp.in/kg-online/pieplus.php

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  • 2008-10-10 04:04
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hot to use ICQ/MSN/AIM trough using like SMS service not GPRS/3G ?? because I can't even conect by Wi-Fi, any suggestions????

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  • 2008-10-09 23:23
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Very good i phone full of features.Very good multimedia quality of voice.

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  • 2008-10-09 07:42
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Several useful freeware apps at http://mobile-sg.com/software/mobile.asp UI tweaker is pretty cool

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  • 2008-10-09 00:53
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can anyone,PLEASE, tell me how to make a big clock on main screen??? i have WM 6.0
thank you

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  • 2008-10-08 19:56
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Hi, my new TyTNII shuts down without warning (usually when battery is around 60%). After that it can only be switched back on either by removing and re-attaching the battery or by pressing the reset hole. Any ideas what could be the reason?

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  • 2008-10-08 15:36
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> In reply to Chief @ 2008-09-17 22:29 from QxprChief,
Thanks for the insight, as I am very curious as to how the TyTN II would handle BB connect.

Actually I am consdering to buy the TyTN II or a BB Curve 8310 all together. Even though the TyTN II obviously has a lot more features than then Curve, the Curve (I presume) would handle the main BB main function a lot better.

I actually don't know, so some additional insights on this would be great.

Cheers...

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  • 2008-10-07 21:32
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My beautiful TyTN II is no more charging. I simply don't what has befallen it. Or is that the battery has completely run down and needs replacement or the charging system is damaged? What do I do?

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  • 2008-10-06 18:46
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How is the handwriting recognition?
Can you write apointments or only notes?

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  • 2008-10-06 00:08
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> In reply to DR G Nagaraj @ 2008-09-22 05:58 from vCC%hi im using handymap ai and it works fine.

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  • 2008-10-04 21:34
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