HTC TyTN

HTC TyTN
Manufacturer	High Tech Computer Corporation
Carrier	AT&T Mobility Orange UK, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3 (telecommunications) Orange T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone Swisscom, Orange CH Docomo, SoftBank Rogers Wireless
Available	June 2006
Screen	240×320 px, 2.8 in (71 mm), 65536 color LCD, 3:4 aspect ratio
Camera	1.9 megapixel rear
Operating system	Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
Input	QWERTY Keyboard, Touchscreen
CPU	Samsung SC32442A ARM Processor at 400 MHz GPU: ATI Imageon 2282
Ringtone	AMR, MIDI, MP3, SMF, SP-MIDI, WMA
Memory	64 MB RAM 128 MB ROM
Memory card	WM5 microSD WM6 microSD & microSDHC
Networks	Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900, GPRS, EDGE Tri band UMTS 850, 1900, 2100, HSDPA
Connectivity	USB Mini-B Headphone jack Bluetooth 2.0 IrDA Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Battery	1300 or 1350 mAH Lithium-ion polymer battery, user accessible
Physical size	112.5 mm (4.43 in) (h) 58 mm (2.3 in) (w) 21.95 mm (0.864 in) (d)
Weight	176 g (6.2 oz)
Form factor	Slide
Media	Windows Media Player Mobile 10
Series	HTC TyTN
Predecessor	HTC Wizard
Successor	HTC TyTN II

See also: HTC Titan.

The HTC TyTN (also known as the HTC Hermes and the HTC P4500) is an Internet-enabled Windows Mobile Pocket PC smartphone 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 including 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, EDGE, UMTS, and HSDPA. It is a part of the first line of phones 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 Also on AT&T, the TyTN was superseded by the HTC TyTN II, known as the AT&T 8925 and the AT&T Tilt.

Versions

A Dopod 838Pro.

An Orange SPV M3100.

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:

• HTC TyTN 100
  • AT&T/Cingular 8525^[1][2][3][4] (US)
  • Dopod 838Pro^[5] (Asia)
  • i-mate JASJAM^[6] (Middle East)
  • NTT DoCoMo hTc Z^[7][8] (Japan)
  • O2 XDA Trion^[9]
  • Orange United Kingdom SPV M3100^[10]
  • Qtek 9600
• HTC TyTN 200
  • Dopod CHT 9000^[11]
  • HTC TyTN P4500
  • SoftBank X01HT^[12] (Japan)
  • Swisscom XPA v1605^[13]
  • Vodafone v1605^[14] (Europe)
  • Vodafone VPA Compact III
• HTC TyTN 300
  • T-Mobile MDA Vario II

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

• Screen size: 2.88 in (73 mm)
• Screen resolution: 240×320 pixels at 143 ppi, 4:3 aspect ratio, flips into 320x240 landscape mode when keyboard is slid out.
• Screen colors: 65536 (16-bit) colors
• Input devices: Touchscreen interface, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and jog wheel
• Battery: 1300 or 1350 mAh, user-accessible
• Battery has up to 5-6 hours of talk on 3G network and up to 250 hours of standby.
• 1.9 megapixel camera with fixed focus lens, LED flash, self portrait mirror, and macro mode
• Location finding by detection of cell towers and Wi-Fi networks (through Google Maps Mobile)
• Samsung SC32442A (400 MHz ARM ARM920T processor)
• ATI Imageon Graphics Processing Unit
• RAM: 64 MB DRAM
• ROM: 128 MB flash memory
• Removable Media: microSD, up to 4 GB (microSDHC, up to 8 GB if running Windows Mobile 6^{[citation needed]})
• Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 stock ROM with Windows Mobile 6 available to upgrade through HTC e-Club. Unofficial cooked roms for Windows Mobile 6.1 available.
• Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900)
• Tri band HSDPA (UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100) A UMTS 800 band option appears on some updated phones, but has not been confirmed to work.^{[citation needed]}
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Mini USB combo jack for data transfer, charging, and muti-purpose headset.
• Stereo headphone jack (certain models only?)
• IrDA
• Size: 112.5 mm (4.43 in) (h) 58 mm (2.3 in) (w) 21.95 mm (0.864 in) (d)
• Weight: 176 g (6.2 oz)

Pre-Loaded Software

(Varies by operator)

AT&T 8525 and Cingular 8525

• AOL Instant Messenger
• ClearVUE PDF
• Excel Mobile
• Good Mobile Messaging
• Pocket MSN
• PowerPoint Mobile
• Smart dialing
• TeleNav
• Windows Live Instant Messenger
• Word Mobile
• Xpress Mail
• Yahoo! Instant Messenger

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.^[27]

Early models of the TyTN (HT624xxx - HT632xxx) have been known to suffer from screen alignment problems and should be avoided.^[28]

See also

• HTC Wizard
• HTC TyTN II
• High Tech Computer Corporation

References

Discussion Forums

• 4WinMobile HTC TyTN Forum
• HowardForums HTC Forum
• HowardForums Windows Mobile Professional Forum
• HTCGeeks Forum
• PDAPhoneHome HTC TyTN Forum
• PPCGeeks HTC TyTN Forum
• XDA-Developers HTC TyTN Forum

External links

• XDA-Developers HTC TyTN Wiki
• The Hermes Guide, a website dedicated through guiding users through upgrading safely
• Custom built WM6.1 ROM for HTC TyTN and compatible devices