HTC TyTN

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HTC TyTN
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Manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation
SeriesHTC TyTN
Compatible networks Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900, GPRS, EDGE
Tri band UMTS 850, 1900, 2100, HSDPA
Availability by regionJune 2006;17 years ago (2006-06)
Predecessor HTC Wizard
Successor HTC TyTN II
Form factor Slide
Dimensions112.5 mm (4.43 in) (h) 58 mm (2.3 in) (w) 21.95 mm (0.864 in) (d)
Mass176 g (6.2 oz)
Operating system Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional, Android (third party)
CPU Samsung SC32442A ARM Processor at 400 MHz
GPU: ATI Imageon 2282
Memory64 MB RAM
128 MB ROM
Removable storage WM5 microSD
WM6 microSD & microSDHC
Battery1300 or 1350 mAH Lithium-ion polymer battery, user accessible
Display240×320 px, 2.8 in (71 mm), 65536 color LCD, 3:4 aspect ratio
Media test
Rear camera1.9 megapixel rear
Connectivity USB Mini-B
Headphone jack
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
IrDA
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Data inputs QWERTY Keyboard, Touchscreen

The HTC TyTN (also known as the HTC Hermes and the HTC P4500) is an Internet-enabled Windows Mobile Pocket PC PDA designed and marketed by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan. It has a touchscreen with a left-side slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The TyTN's functions include those of a camera phone and a portable media player in addition to text messaging and multimedia messaging. It also offers Internet services such as e-mail (including Microsoft's DirectPush push e-mail solution, as well as BlackBerry services with applications provided by BlackBerry-partnered carriers), instant messaging, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity. It is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS, and EDGE, and a single/dual band UMTS phone with HSDPA. It is a part of the first line of PDAs directly marketed and sold by HTC. On AT&T/Cingular, the TyTN was the successor to the HTC Wizard, known as the Cingular 8125. Also on AT&T, the TyTN was superseded by the HTC TyTN II, known as the AT&T 8925 and the AT&T Tilt.

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Versions

Besides the branding differences, there are several models of the HTC TyTN: the TyTN 100, the TyTN 200, and the TyTN 300. The TyTN 100 has no front-facing camera or a .1-megapixel front-facing camera; the TyTN 200 has a .1-megapixel front-facing camera; and the TyTN 300 has a .3-megapixel front-facing camera.

The TyTN Model was sold as:

ROM Updates

The TyTN shipped with Windows Mobile 5 AKU 2.3. [15] HTC released AKU3 ROMs to carriers, though it was up to the carriers to provide updates to end users. [16] In July 2007, HTC released a generic update to Windows Mobile 6, freely available to the public. [17] [18] In November 2007, AT&T released an update to Windows Mobile 6. [19]

Official ROM updates are or were available for several versions of the TyTN, including the AT&T/Cingular 8525, [20] [21] the Dopod 838Pro, [22] [23] the i-mate JASJAM, [24] the O2 XDA Trion, [25] and the Orange SPV M3100 [26] (AKU 3.3.0). Some of these updates update the TyTN to Windows Mobile 5 AKU 3.n.n, others update it to Windows Mobile 6.

Specifications

Pre-Loaded Software

(Varies by operator)

AT&T 8525 and Cingular 8525

Notes

The TyTN has a GPS receiver, however it has no GPS antenna and the GPS is disabled both in ROM and physically through disconnection of certain pins on the circuit. [28]

Early models of the TyTN (HT624xxx - HT632xxx) have been known to suffer from screen alignment problems and should be avoided. [29]

See also

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