| Device Profile: HTC TyTN Pocket PC phone |
(Jun. 16, 2006)
The TyTN is the first Pocket PC phone HTC has shipped under its own brand. The focus of this combination PDA and 3G mobile phone is on worldwide connectivity, via Tri-Band UMTS, Quad-Band EDGE, Bluetooth, and WiFi.
The device, which is based on HTC's "Hermes" platform, sports a slide-out, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch color touchscreen. It also packs a 2 megapixel camera with macro mode, on-screen controls, and DSC (Digital Still Camera) functionality, along with a second camera for video telephony. A jog wheel offers easy, one-handed operation, according to HTC.
 
Two views of the HTC TyTN Pocket PC phone
(Click each image to enlarge)
The TyTN's bundled productivity software package includes a PDF viewer plus the mobile versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Additionally, the device is equipped with support for Windows Mobile 5.0 Direct Push technology. Microsoft's direct push, announced one year ago, uses Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to push compressed Outlook information to devices equipped with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) for Windows Mobile 5.0. Updates to email, calendar items, contacts, and tasks are transmitted to the devices as they arrive at a corporate system running Exchange Server.
Summary of features and specs
Key features and specs of the TyTN, according to HTC, include:- Operating system -- Windows Mobile 5.0 with Messaging and Security Feature Pack
- Processor -- Samsung "stacked" CPU, clocked at 400 MHz
- Memory -- 64MB RAM; 128MB flash
- Display -- 2.8-inch 240 x 320 pixels, 64K-color transflective touchscreen TFT LCD with LED backlight
- Communications:
- Dual-mode, HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz for Europe; 850/1900MHz for USA)
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad band (850/900/1800/1900)
- Internal antenna
- Dual cameras:
- 2 megapixel color CMOS camera with macro function
- Second color CMOS CIF camera for video telephony
- Audio:
- Built-in microphone
- Loudspeaker for hands-free operation
- AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec
- Wireless:
- Bluetooth v2.0 (without EDR)
- WiFi supporting IEEE 802.11b/g (build option)
- Battery:
- 1350 mAh Lithium-ion polymer
- Standby time -- up to 200 hours for GSM, up to 250 hours for UMTS
- Talk time (screen off) -- 4 to 5 hours for GSM; 2 to 4 hours for UMTS
- Media playback -- 8 hours (WMV); 12 hours (WMA)
- Size -- x x inches 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 inches (113 x 58 x 22 mm)
- Weight -- 6.2 ounces (176 g) including battery pack
Availability
According to HTC, the TyTN will be available in late July, 2006. Pricing was not disclosed.
HTC, widely thought to be the ODM (original design manufacturer) source of some 80 percent of the world's Windows Mobile smartphones and PDA-phones, announced in June that it was purchasing Asian mobile phone-vendor Dopod. HTC reported on May 10 that its total revenues for April 2006 reached NT$7,596 million (approx. US$237 million), up 48.59 percent year-over-year, and that its total 2006 year-to-date revenues were NT$31,608 million (approx. US$986 million), up 72.14 percent over the same period of 2005.
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