HTC TyTN Review

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HTC TyTN
2.9 stars
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haddock26's Review of HTC TyTN

24th Dec 2006

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    3.5 stars
  • Reception
    5 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    Orange
  • Screen Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
  • Style
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Office, Internet explorer, QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, large screen, touch screen, unlocked...


Bad Points

No msn. This is my 3rd one.


General Comments

The phone is made by HTC which has many names (Qtek, iMate, T-Mobile, O2, Orange, Vodafone). HTC's brand in smartphones and pocket pc phones (or pda phones) just keeps getting stronger and stronger. HTC builds quality phones, from the small smartphone C600 to the larger Universal pocket pc. The TyTN is a pocket pc phone that runs on Windows Mobile 5.0.

The verson o the TyTN i have is the Vodafone V1605 Mercury, with my Orange sim in. It was already unlocked.

In the box, along with the manuals, was the device, bettery, leather carry case, charger, usb cable, cd, spare stylus and hands free kit.

I've had this since September, and it is such a good device, for all the reasons listed above, its like having a mini laptp with you as well as a phone. Not only can i surf the next (over WiFi if theres any around) but i can view and edit office applications!

I can also install other applications, such as Opera (web browser), themes, and useful little tricks (and in case i get carried away installing apps, i ahve a 1gb micro sd card). Unforunately it did not come with pocket msn messenger.

When the WiFi is in close range and set to "better signal" rather than "save battery" the signal is excellent.

My 1st two devices had the serial numbers HT626XXXXXX which were problematic versions of the phone. And i have herd of a few errors with the HT62 series. The problem was, that the screen was not alligning properly, making it very difficuilt to use the touch screen (and the 1st devices qwerty wasnt completely working on mine, and my 2nd one had a broke back light behind the soft keys). I now have a HT64... and its proven to be bug free so far. Which I am happy about, as this is a fantastic pocket pc phone and it would be a shame to fall out with it.

Ignoring the teething issues with this device, it is a smashing device that can do just about anything a laptop can!

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  • haddock26 Rank: Major on 3rd Feb 2007

    My third HTC TyTN Smartphone broke too. Which is such as shame, as it's a good device. However, enough is enough, and now I've gone for the E70 :-D