About two weeks ago I got an HTC TyTN. Now, let me tell you, before this TyTN I was using a Samsung SGH-d807. Despite it being ‘old’ in the technology sense of the word, it was a fantastic little phone. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it. Our break up was mutual; I was tired of getting forwarded garbled text messages containing three recognizable words from my latest emails, and it was tired of me dying its chrome hot pink every time I used it (let me tell you, its silver bits are not hair dye friendly… or rather, is super hair dye friendly, heh.)
So, first impressions of the TyTN:
Pro’s:
- It’s no where near as heavy as it looks.
- It feels very sturdy.
- The keyboard is really easy to use; the buttons are sloped in a really functional way so that you can feel the separate keys when you’re typing.
Con’s:
- The soft keys seem to be completely redundant… so far. Maybe I’ll find a reason for them as I get more into using it regularly.
- If you put the stylus in wrong it’s nearly impossible to get back out.
- The voice speed dial button is poorly placed as I hit it nearly every time I pick up the phone to use it and since I don’t yet have any voice commands set, it really confuses the phone and it tends to freeze up a bit before reloading the home screen.
Here are some pictures of my HTC TyTN:
The back (camera with macro switch)
The right side (power and comm manager buttons)
Bottom (lock, infrared, mini usb)
Left side (scroll wheel, voice speed dial, OK button)
Open
Size comparison to a muffin
(muffin has no GPS or keyboard but runs Internet Explorer 8 beta)
