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AT&T Tilt

AT&T Tilt Reviews

MobileTechReview reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "The Tilt has the standard Windows Mobile QVGA 240 x 320 display that's capable of displaying 65,000 colors. It works in both portrait and landscape modes and switches automatically when opening and closing the keyboard slider. You can manually rotate the display using HTC's shortcut on the Today screen. The display is average among Pocket PC phones, it's sharp and bright but didn't wow us. Touch screens never look quite as good as their non touch screen equivalents on MS Smartphone Edition (now called Windows Mobile Standard)."

Mobilitysite reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "The Camera has always been the last component that makes up the list in making a truly “converged device”. It has been long overlooked and has only slowly been upgraded. From the 8525’s 2.0 mega-pixel camera comes the new 8925 with a 3.0 mega-pixel camera. Okay, calm down, don’t get that excited. After all, it is only 1 lousy mega-pixel improvement right? Well wrong! this is actually pretty darn good camera! It take very clear pictures by making use of the newly added auto-focus ability. The 8925 takes significantly clearer pictures than my 8525. As you can see below, the pictures are sharp and does great indoors and out. (I can already hear Leckness making fun of me for the flower pictures, but as I mentioned, I am traveling on business and staying at a Hampton Inn! what else do I have to take a picture of?) I am very impressed with the camera and will be doing more follow-up testing as my time with this device permits in between me begging my wife to let me buy my own! (Yes, we have to give this unit back, it wasn’t given to us!)"

Laptop Mag reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "The built-in three-megapixel camera has superior picture quality and a quick zoom, whereas the identically priced BlackBerry 8820 lacks a camera altogether. You'll also find white-balance settings for the Tilt's video camera and some tacky graphics that you can superimpose onto your photos before snapping them. For video, stationary filming worked far better than shooting while on the move, but the sound was poor and muffled in both cases."

Free Lance Star reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "Even though it's on the same AT&T network as the sluggish iPhone, the Tilt is peppy, delivering 3G data speeds from AT&T's UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network...The Tilt features the highest-resolution camera available on any AT&T mobile phone, with 3-megapixel resolution and auto-focus."

Washingtonpost reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "I liked the button for accessing the 3-megapixel camera. When you hold the camera vertically, that button is situated on the lower right side of the unit; in contrast, the Wing put its camera button on the upper left side, where it interfered with the Wing's slide-out screen. Among the camera's numerous features are easy touch adjustments for changing resolution and white balance; in my tests, however, the camera seemed slow to adjust and focus, and it got significantly blurrier as I panned about a room in low-light conditions than the Wing did."

CNET reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "the AT&T Tilt is equipped with a 3-megapixel camera with up to 8x zoom and video recording capabilities. The editing options are very similar to those found on its predecessor. In camera mode, you can choose from six resolution settings and four quality modes. Unfortunately, there's no flash, but you can adjust the white balance, add effects, and set a self-timer. The options are a bit more limited in video mode, but you can record clips with sound in MPEG-4 or H.263 format and choose from one of four resolutions...Picture quality was OK, though not as good as we expected from a 3-megapixel lens. First, it was really difficult to get a clear shot since you have to have a super steady hand when pressing the capture button. It took us multiple tries to get a decent image. Even then, we thought the coloring was a bit dull and hazy, but we were still able to make out the objects in the picture since definition was sharp. As with most camera phones, the Tilt is fine if you need to grab a quick shot for a multimedia messages or an e-mail, but nothing worth printing out."

InfoSync reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "
Though the Tilt may dig deeper into AT&T's 3G multimedia capabilities than most of their smartphones, the experience still falls short of what we would like from a multimedia smartphone. This makes sense, because the Tilt is aimed at power business users. The phone features AT&T's Cellular Video service and AT&T Music, thought the upcoming over the air music download store was not active. Videos were small, blocky and a bit blurry, and sound quality was generally poor. There was no full screen option for the many videos that opened in the device's RealPlayer, and even switching to landscape mode didn't improve the size of the videos. Streaming speeds were surprisingly good, and we managed to watch videos, without hiccupping, even over an EDGE connection, though obviously the 3.6Mbps HSDPA is the ideal network for streaming."

PC World reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "The device can function as a full-featured mobile computer, thanks to its mobile versions of Microsoft Word and Excel, its multimedia playback (via syncing with Windows Media 10 on your desktop), and its built-in GPS for use with the TeleNav GPS Navigator (an extra-cost service priced at $10 a month for unlimited routes). Whether you use the Tilt to type notes or to watch videos, its revolutionary adjustable and angled screen makes viewing a pleasure. And, hey, it's also a versatile cell phone."

Digital Trends reviews the AT&T Tilt and writes, "The Tilt's 3-megapixel still camera takes decent pictures, as long as there's enough light to eliminate the need for a flash. The autofocus works well and with enough speed in most conditions, and the 2.8-inch screen makes a roomy viewfinder. But the lag between shutter press and image capture makes it tough to shoot even slow-moving subjects. We like that it has plenty of on-board effects, shooting modes, and editing options."

Digital Trends reviews the AT&T Tilt 8925 and writes, "The Tilt's 3-megapixel still camera takes decent pictures, as long as there's enough light to eliminate the need for a flash. The autofocus works well and with enough speed in most conditions, and the 2.8-inch screen makes a roomy viewfinder. But the lag between shutter press and image capture makes it tough to shoot even slow-moving subjects. We like that it has plenty of on-board effects, shooting modes, and editing options."