http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/ Engadget Comments for AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 coming October 18? (updated) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
Maybe it's the fact that right now I'm in Silicon Valley, the heart of technology in the US, and I cannot get a good signal on most of my college campus unless I stand in the wide open (while people with Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile have great coverage even indoors). And even then, half the time my calls decide to drop or the call quality is awful (this is often during conversation with my girlfriend, who has 4 or 5 bars of AT&T service at her house). The fact that AT&T's 3G network is tiny compared to Verizon's.

I think to top it all off it's the fact that despite paying as much money as I did on Verizon, AT&T's service is worse than Verizon's and even worse than (at least in the areas I go to) Sprint's (which is much cheaper than AT&T too). Honestly, if it didn't mean paying $150 I'd cancel my contract right now and go to either Verizon or Sprint. The iPhone is good but it's not too useful when the phone function doesn't work half the time.]]>Oct 8th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/We already have the Tilt 2, we call it the Touch Pro2 U_U]]>Oct 8th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
I'm going to wait about 3 months after the release so the price drops.]]>Oct 8th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/i had the white screen off and on for about 2 months before i could get the fuze it was hell]]>Oct 8th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
We have a winner! That was a deal breaker for me too.

HTC HD2.... Done.

I'm not going to risk not getting the subsidy for the HD2, much less if I need to switch carriers to get it. ]]>Oct 8th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/09/sprint-htc-touch-pro2-shows-up-sporting-a-3-5mm-headphone-jack/

Check!]]>Oct 8th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
HTC HD2 (Leo) all the way.]]>Oct 8th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
Example, the Fuze and Touch Pro are essentially the same phones with different keyboards and slightly different bodies.]]>Oct 8th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
For example: virtual vs physical keyboard;
android vs WinMo
800mhz vs 582 mhz
3.5 mm jack vs usb jack only
screen size
ram, internal capacity... etc...

Do some Google boy !]]>Oct 8th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
A HUGE difference you left out is TouchFlo has been extended to cover virtually all of WinMo 6.5. In other words, they reskinned the entire OS and that makes a big difference in ease-of-use.

Still though, I want the TouchHD2. If AT&T isn't getting that, I'm leaving them. Period.]]>Oct 8th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
http://www.htc.com/us/product/atttilt2/specification.html

Connectivity & Interface
•Bluetooth
◦Version 2.1 compliant with EDR
◦Internet Sharing
◦Co-exist with WiFi
•WiFi
◦IEEE 802.11b/g compliant
◦Internal WLAN antenna
◦Data rate auto fallback for extended range
◦ELP mode
◦Security 802.11i and AES
■WPA authentication --WEP, WPA, PSK, EAP-TLS, PEAP, LEAP
■Signaling interfaces between the terminal device and the servers: mutually authenticated and encrypted utilizing TLS (RFC 2246) with RC4 encryption with SGA1 used as the message integrity check
◦QoS
■802.11 WME QoS
■802.11e
◦or no WiFi SKU
•USB 2.0 high speed
◦11-pin mini-USB
◦Audio jack
◦HTC H2Wire support
◦TV-out support thru TV-out accessory
◦Mass storage profile
■microSD card access
◦FM radio antenna connection
•microSD Card Slot
◦Support microSDHC ]]>Oct 8th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
I know VZ has better coverage, but they don't have SIM cards! Try taking most of their hardware abroad/on vacation/on business trips. Also, I bought one of Sprint's CDMA modems on eBay for a part inside it, but I realized that whoever had it before hadn't released the ESN from their account, cancelled the service, and so now the device is as good as a paperweight! On AT&T and even a bunch of the CDMA carriers in Africa, the units have SIM cards! The phone/device should be mine when I buy it, and that's not possible without the SIM card setup.

Also, I've noticed that with AT&T's 3G 850 MHz rollout, coverage is getting substantially better. A good test for me this summer was the section of the northeast corridor between New York and New Haven. With either of my data cards, coverage on AT&T would drop out 5 or 6 times in 2 hours back in May, but by August it would only drop once in 2 hours. This isn't the best test in the world, but things are getting better to make AT&T a viable competitor with VZ.

We'll see real change when LTE comes out.]]>Oct 8th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/
VZW does have SIM cards, it's just that most of their phone don't. I
have an HTC Touch Pro2, and it comes with a SIM Card. I verified that
it actually does work internationally as well.]]>Oct 8th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/atandts-htc-tilt-2-coming-october-18/Oct 8th 2009 2:13PM