Multimedia Phone Reviews

CNET have published a review of the powerful AT&T Tilt smartphone. 'Whether you know it as the AT&T 8925, the HTC Kaiser, or the HTC TyTN II, this highly anticipated Windows Mobile 6 smart phone officially got its crowning today as the AT&T Tilt. And we'd say the name is quite fitting given that it has a slide-out screen that tilts 40 degrees for a better viewing angle. It's a nice touch that we enjoyed, but there's more to this smart phone than an innovative design. It's packed with all the features a mobile professional could want in a smart phone: the full range of wireless options, including UMTS/HSDPA support and GPS, Windows Mobile 6 (AT&T's first WM6 device, in fact), and strong messaging capabilities. It can also entertain with support for AT&T Music and AT&T Video and a 3-megapixel camera.'

PC Magazine have published thier review of the AT&T Tilt / HTC 8925 Windows Mobile Pocket PC. 'The Tilt looks like a whole bunch of other Pocket PCs out there, including the Sprint PPC-6800, the AT&T (formerly Cingular) 8525, and the T-Mobile MDA. It's a thick (4.4 by 2.3 by 0 .7 inch, 6 ounces) PDA that slides open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard of tightly spaced but decent-size keys. The device is festooned with buttons, a cursor pad, and a scroll wheel, all of which can make Windows Mobile's click-heavy interface faster to use if you master them. A stylus to tap on the 320-by-240 touch screen tucks into the lower right-hand corner of the device. The Tilt's signature feature is its tilting screen, which turns the whole handset into what looks like a mini-laptop and lets it sit on a desk comfortably. Despite this capability, the keyboard isn't designed to be typed on like a laptop keyboard: The small keys will make you want to pick up the device and use your thumbs.'

The Gadgeteer have published a review of the Pantech Duo (C810) Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone. ‘In hand it is solid, but almost doesn't pass the gadgeteer squeeze test due to some slight flexing and creaking of the plastic casing. Most people won't go around squeezing their phones like I do, so I think this phone will be fine for normal day to day use. I'm not sure I'd want to use it in environments that would need a more rugged device though. I sure wish it had a metal casing instead of plastic, as I think that would raise it to another level.Made of shiny dark Grey plastic, the Duo is a smudge and fingerprint magnet. I find myself constantly polishing it on my pant leg to wipe the marks off. Most of the front surface of the phone is occupied by the 2.2 inch color display, which is bright, crisp and easy on the eyes. Above the display is the speaker and status LED. Below the display is the navigation button grouping.’

InfoSyncWorld have published a review of the AT&T BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone. 'The AT&T BlackBerry Pearl 8110 uses RIM's unified BlackBerry media menu for multimedia features, but these hardly enhance the device. The phone can play back videos and music files of various compressed formats, like MP3 and AAC on the music side, as well as MP4 videos, and we found the simple media player to be easy to use, even for creating new playlists. We definitely like being able to plug in our own headphones, a more significant plus than most manufacturers realize.