Windows Mobile 6.1 update for HTC TyTN II now extra official

A leaky update faucet let in-the-know users get in on this one a little early, but HTC's now ready to trumpet its official Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II to the world. Besides 6.1, the new release packs in the "display performance update" promised some time ago to help put a cap on the cursing and fist-shaking being displayed by owners of various HTC devices lately -- but as we understand it, this isn't a true driver, so don't expect miracles. AT&T Tilt folks who want to play it straight will have to wait some undefined additional period of time for their carrier to get its act together and release the update, but their European comrades can head on over to HTC's site now and kick off the download.

[Image via MoDaCo]

[Abuzar @ May 24th 2008 6:13PM]

How hard is it to make some GODDAMN DRIVERS!!!

[tekdroid @ May 24th 2008 11:49PM]

I have no experience with HTC (or 'smart' devices in general) but what I can tell you is that the negativity over drivers of their unhardware-accelerated products has cost the company far more than they think they saved.

[Jaws @ May 25th 2008 1:39AM]

this is 2nd hand info from my g/f who happens to deal with Qualcomm from time to time (the makers of the before mentioned driverless chips people bemoan), and their licensing is really wacky... its easy to licence the chip for use with features unsupported in the agreement (through either hardware chopping, or software lack of support). The company she is working for (that assists carriers, and makers of cell phones) do the same kind of thing... a chip that can have features enabled, or disabled with the presence of more, or less money.

So it quite honestly is probably not a case of 'Give me the drivers already damnit!', and more a case of... damn... we should have sprung for all the features on that chip.

If it was as easy as a driver... it probably would have already been done.

[Blaine Oliver @ May 25th 2008 4:51AM]

'Now extra official'

Is this a standing joke or just engadget enjoying to say the same line in different ways? Either someones official or not?

;)

[El Taco @ May 25th 2008 1:13PM]

how hard is it to put a SPACE BETWEEN THE WORDS GOD AND DAMN!!!

[insertAlias @ May 25th 2008 3:58PM]

@El Taco:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/goddamn
Just fine the way it is.

[aard @ May 24th 2008 6:37PM]

I'm still hoping for a WM 6.1 update for my TyTN I... It's not that old... :(
(no, before you start, I'm not gonna spend my time trying buttloads of cooked ROMs in a slim hope one of them turns out to be decent...)

[Christian Walters @ May 24th 2008 8:02PM]

man, cooked ROMs are really quite nice....and they are not carrier branded, which makes them extremely fast....plus, if you dont like them, you can always revert back to your original one!

[Carl Yakownski @ May 24th 2008 7:11PM]

Another nail in Palm coffin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Steve @ May 24th 2008 7:12PM]

Palm OS and Mac OS crap.

Stupid OS made for dumb users.

Windows rulezzzz

funk Palm and funk Apple!!!!

[MeatyPi @ May 24th 2008 8:48PM]

In other news, Bob Dylan is 67 yrs old. Happy birthday Mr. Dylan!

[N30 G30 @ May 24th 2008 9:09PM]

Using something more complicated that does the same job doesn't make you smarter.

...

Think about it.

[Jason Tackett @ May 24th 2008 7:21PM]

you really don't understand PalmOS that much, do you? I am a PalmOS and WM6.1 user. they both excel in different fields, but when it comes down to pure speed, PalmOS has WM beat.

[Kurian @ May 25th 2008 12:36AM]

Because Palm OS is more simple than even POPDOS.

[dj496 @ May 24th 2008 7:44PM]

comments get kinda funny on the weekends.

[Nicholas Coday @ May 24th 2008 8:15PM]

I just applied this to my HTC TyTn II, and it worked just fine, no problems

[misieq @ May 24th 2008 8:37PM]

I have TyTN II, registered in HTC e-club, but I can't see any update in "phone software updates". I just don't see anything there, what's wrong?

[Christian Walters @ May 24th 2008 9:42PM]

Its currently only availible to Europe E-Club users, hit up http://www.xda-developers.com though for all the info you need on upgrading and such, as well as ROM downloads.

[Nicholas Coday @ May 25th 2008 1:07PM]

Actually, it is not for only European, I'm in the US

[Harry @ May 24th 2008 8:52PM]

drivers are difficult to write. They are often times written in assembler language.

[Ayle @ May 24th 2008 10:09PM]

This is why nvidia puts out a new driver pretty much every 2 weeks right? Or that the diamond which use the exact same hardware has them but not the kaiser? Feh.

[tekdroid @ May 24th 2008 11:51PM]

Or that the diamond which use the exact same hardware has them but not the kaiser? Feh.
---------
No experience with the hardware here, but if that's true, how hard can hacks be?

[Phoenix @ May 25th 2008 4:14PM]

Well no, the Diamond's processor is different, it's about 130Mhz faster for a start.

[Ayle @ May 25th 2008 6:44PM]

It's faster but it is basically the same thing: The kaiser use a msm7200a, the diamon a msm7201a, the cdma htc use a msm7500, basically al the Qualcomm msm7xxx are the same thing, they may use different radio or run a different speed but the architecture is exactly the same. The 3d acceleration function are just lying dormant on the devices predating the diamond. The diamond has the drivers now only thing to do is find a way to extract them:
http://www.htcclassaction.org/#update_20080521_1

[Arcaynn @ May 24th 2008 10:25PM]

This needs to be released for the Tilt quick, fast, and in a hurry.

[iofthestorm @ May 24th 2008 11:25PM]

Uh, isn't the AT&T Tilt just a carrier branded version of the TyTN II?

[YpoCaramel @ May 24th 2008 11:34PM]

Generally, there's ways to install TyTn II firmwares on Tilts, yes.

[The_Steven @ May 24th 2008 10:48PM]

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[ManekiNeko @ May 25th 2008 3:10AM]

Hey, it's got a WWE brand ROM! Oh yeah, brother!

[daddycool @ May 25th 2008 6:44AM]

Cooked ROMs are the ONLY ROMS. These official releases are just ingredients for the mix! I've been runnning 6.1 for 4 months..

[rob @ May 25th 2008 6:50PM]

Does anyone how to apply a TyTn II ROm flash on my Tilt?

[E71 @ May 25th 2008 9:20PM]

I would advise against it. The Tilt is slightly different from the TyTn II and flashing it with a TyTn II ROM may cause undesirable effects.

You can either wait for AT&T to issue its own update or visit the forums at xda-developers.com and see if anyone's "cooked" a Tilt-compatible ROM featuring Windows Mobile 6.1.

[Gungel @ May 25th 2008 10:43PM]

E71, what are you talking about. I`m running Dutty`s ROM WM6.1 with the AT&T Keyboard fix and havn`t looked back since. It runs MUCH better on my Tilt than the original ROM ever did.

[Gungel @ May 25th 2008 10:47PM]

And rob, go check out xda-developers they have tons of info on how to flash your Rom. Make sure to read their wicki page for the HTC Kaiser aka AT&T Tilt before flashing a new Rom.

[Tim @ May 26th 2008 8:05AM]

...It amazes me how dated windows mobile still looks to this day. The scroll bars and menus reek of windows 95... how about some simple visual updates to the UI??

[Jack @ May 26th 2008 10:56AM]

Has anyone downloaded this ROM from the HTC site?
There doesnt seem to be anything showing up in the phone software updates section.

[kip @ May 27th 2008 4:33PM]

Perhaps it is not availible in your region? Got the Dutch one a few days ago from the htc site. Works like a charm, in general it is a little faster + some improvements in the SMS menu and stuff like that. Nothing mindblowing but still worth it.

[Fitzkarin @ May 29th 2008 10:17AM]

I have the TyTN II Euro version of the phone. I'm in the US and when I go to the e-Club site under Downloads/Phone Updates ... I got nadda. :( I wonder what gives?

Hey Nicholas Coday ... how did you get your version of the update?

[Wolf @ Jun 18th 2008 12:56PM]

To anybody that is interested tilt owners that what to wait for the official 6.1 it comes out mid July as confirmed by an htc rep on the phone and ding ding ding! After long waited he confirmed it will include VIDEO CONFENCING!!!!! So look out for that

[ksfradkin @ Jun 20th 2008 11:37AM]

I am not the mobile 6.1 guru- i am having difficulties downloading the new version as well as as when i use the HTC custom/personalization option, my screen is has only icons under the start dropdown, whereas in the past it would tell me what the programs were ans when i sync, the phone, it has only the icon and doesnot display what it is syncing- is there anybody who can help me resolve this unnecessary pain!! -

thanks -

ksfradkin

[Happy @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:49PM]

I'm in Australia with a TyTN II ... can I put this update on my phone ok?