HTC TyTN II review: Kaiser of PocketPCs

5 November 2007
One of the hottest PDAs around lately, the HTC TyTN II is one feature-loaded son-of-a-gun. It's got what it takes to quench your daily communication needs, and more: HSDPA/HSUPA, Wi-Fi, 2.8" touchscreen TFT display, hardware QWERTY keyboard...

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  • NuShrike
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  • 06 Nov 2007

Corrections & Comments:
o graphics acceleration hardware is built-in as part of the MSM7200 and resembles AMD/ATI's Imageon architecture. Try Googling, or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339745 , http://www.cdmatech.com/download_library/pdf/3dgaming_brochure.pdf .
o TomTom is a "Taster" version, so of course it only allows one map. How is that a main disadvantage?
o The display ISN'T transflective which is why sun-lit viewing is particularly bad
o the voice-dial button has a press, and a press-hold functionality, so there's nothing wrong with setting it up for press=Comm Manager, hold=Voice Dial
o personally, having a power button that is hard to press makes it pocket/accidental press safe. It's not really that hard to find either as it's exactly where your thumb would naturally rest
o you forgot to mention the reset hole at the bottom of the Kaiser; maybe you confused it for the microphone hole
o Windows Mobile allows the sizing of fonts from tiny to large so it's not a Window Mobile fault
o if you can see your picture gradient color banding, then you can see the difference between a 65K and 16mil color picture
o SMS length is still limited to 160 chars unless you setup for multi-SMS messages
o the built-in IMAP email doesn't support Direct Push, but add-on apps such as FlexMail can support it
o the built-in file manager allows you to access system files and folders. Try clicking "up" to go beyond "My Documents".
o Does the Wizard play VGA movies fast? TyTN can do it fairly well if you switch to GAPI, raw mode, as been discussed on the various forums. 400MHz Qualcomm IS faster than an ARMv9 OMAP processor. Have you even looked at the benchmark programs?

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    • Anonymous
    • 4pK
    • 06 Nov 2007

    Hi there, thanks for the great review. Do you have any benchmark on the CPU and graphic? I'd to see how well it perform compare to the other devices on the market. Thanks.

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      • meshal
      • Sq6
      • 06 Nov 2007

      hi there i just wanna know if someone is talking in the phone and i call nia the Tytn II does it will show the call waiting that we have in almost all phones?

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        • Anonymous
        • m9F
        • 05 Nov 2007

        you can shortcut to the alarm clock from the home screen by clicking on the big time clock rather than going through the settings menu

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          • Lukas
          • MQY
          • 05 Nov 2007

          I do not like Windows Mobile because it is very unstable. However, Symbian is not better, pity to say. Nokia N95 hacks as often as a Win Mobile device

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            • lightsabre
            • 2SV
            • 05 Nov 2007

            e90 waaaay better saving up for it....will get it as a christmas gift to myself heh heh....yes i know it had a lotta probs but theyr mostly solved from what i hear

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