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That said, we still found it comfortable to hold while messaging, and the screen orientation also automatically switches from portrait to landscape mode so you can enjoy more screen real estate. What does that all mean? Here is some background information to dispel some of this cell phone alphabet soup.

Still lost? OK, the bottom line is both technologies are designed for better mobile phone performance by bringing broadband data speeds to your phone. You get the Microsoft Office Mobile suite with full editing capabilities and a PowerPoint presentation viewer. We tested this feature by trying to configure our Yahoo account, and after downloading the Xpress Mail application and entering our user ID and password, we started receiving our messages within 15 minutes.

The address book is only limited by the available memory the SIM card holds an additional contacts , and can store up to 12 numbers for a single entry as well as home and work addresses, an e-mail address, an IM screen name, a birthday, and a spouse's name. For caller ID purposes, you can pair a contact with a photo, a caller group, or one of 31 ringtones. You also get a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, and voice dialing.

The supports a number of the latest Bluetooth profiles, including A2DP for stereo headsets, dial-up networking, wireless headsets, and car kits. The features an upgraded camera over its predecessor. For still images, you can take photos in several resolutions, ranging from x to 1,x1, pixels, and four quality settings basic, normal, fine, and super fine.

You also get an 8x zoom though not available for all resolutions , a self-timer, various effects, and white balance and saturation settings. The options are a bit more limited in video mode, but you can record clips with sound in MPEG-4 format and choose from one of four resolutions x96, x, x, and x Video quality was as we expected from a camera phone, which is to say, not great.

It's fine if you're in a pinch and really need to capture something, but definitely not worth ditching your camcorder over. We are more impressed with the photo quality as the images boasted sharp lines and bright colors. Despite some very minor background hiss, we could hear our friends loud and clear, and our callers were particularly impressed with the clarity of sound and said they couldn't tell we were using a cell phone.

Better yet, activating the speakerphone didn't have an adverse effect on the audio and volume was more than adequate. Early versions of the Hermes O2 XDA Trion and the first TyTNs had problems with screen alignment and a stylus that was too stiff to telescope easily and prone to falling out.

The Cingular and current version of the TyTN fix these problems: the screen stays aligned and the stylus fits snuggly in its silo and telescopes naturally when pulled from the silo.

I strongly prefer this keyboard thanks to the larger keys and good feel. Though the keys are fairly flat, they do have a slight dome to keep you on target and a tactile click so you know you've pressed the key.

The keys are backlit in blue and that backlight is triggered by a light sensor on the keyboard. It has to be pretty dark for the light sensor to trigger the keyboard backlighting, and I found myself covering the sensor in dim lighting to trick it to turn on. Keyboard backlight duration is equal to the display backlight duration.

As with all Pocket PCs, you can set the display backlight timeout, but the Hermes lacks separate settings for keyboard backlight timeout. There is no dedicated number row and you must press the Fn key the one with a blue dot to switch to numerical and symbol entry. That doesn't mean you'll be wearing out that Fn key dialing numbers; like all Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones, the has an on-screen dialer with large number keys you can press with a finger.

If you're in the dialer screen, you can enter a phone number by pressing the keyboard numbers without using the Fn key the device will first try to find address book matches based on the keys you've hit, then dial the number once it finds no matches. The Cingular has a gunmetal gray finish with a metal bezel running along 3 of the 4 sides of the display. The TyTN is finished in a light to mid-gray with a brushed aluminum bezel that completely surrounds the display. Both models have the same controls but the d-pad and arrangement of the buttons surrounding the d-pad are styled differently see photo, right.

Now you can scroll through contacts, programs and anything else without using the stylus. The call send and end keys are on the farthest reaches of the d-pad cluster on the TyTN a better design, I find while they're crammed under the softkey and Windows convenience keys on the The TyTN has a dedicated video call button and a VGA camera just above the display but this feature and hardware have been removed from the Cingular Above the display you'll find buttons that launch e-mail and IE and these are very organically designed and integrated into the device's front face they don't scream "I'm a button!

LEDs to indicate phone, charging and Bluetooth status live just under these buttons as does the earpiece. On right right side you'll find the power button, Comm Manager button one stop shopping for phone, WiFi, Bluetooth, mute and ActiveSync settings and camera button.

The afore mentioned scroll wheel and OK button are on the left along with a button to launch voice dialing press and hold for voice recorder on the TyTN. On the Cingular the voice command button has morphed into a non-functional Push-To-Talk button Cingular says the feature will be enabled at a later date. As you'd expect, the camera lens, flash and self portrait mirror are on the PDA's back. The battery lives under a large plastic door on the back and that door releases with the slide of a latch on the bottom of the device.

The phone does not power down when you open the battery door. The SIM card slot is under the battery and most thankfully, the MicroSD card expansion slot is on the PDA's side, which means you need not disassemble or power down the phone to swap cards.

Gone is the standard stereo headphone jack-- you'll need to use the included stereo earbud headset with inline mic that plugs into the USB port. Yes, that means you won't be able to charge or sync while listening to music, unless you get a Y cable.

Here in the states, only Cingular offers 3G, though T-Mobile plans to roll out 3G unfortunately on the and MHz bands starting in Though few folks are using Cingular's 3G network now and throughput may drop as more users get on board. Just as clearly, the device needs to function well as a phone and it does indeed. Though Pocket PC phones are more PDA oriented, and aren't the best for one-handed dialing, slipping in a slim pocket and the like, the 's scroll wheel, side-mounted OK button and voice dialing ameliorate other design and OS issues.

And there's always that big on-screen dialer that works with even the fattest of fingers, though you do need to bring up the dialer window by pressing the call send button to use it.

In terms of call quality, the phone is superb for both incoming and outgoing voice and call recipients commented on how good we sounded. Call volume through the earpiece is loud by GSM standards and the speaker phone is one of the few that can compete with a NYC subway or World Series game. Hugely loud and clear! The phone offers voice commands and voice dialing though this isn't true speech recognition; you'll need to record voice tags.

The software is very good at recognizing recorded voice tags, doesn't make dangerous guesses like certain otherwise beloved Nokia S60 3rd Edition smartphones our Nokia N80 and E70 have a nasty habit of picking and dialing international contacts from our address books when they couldn't understand us.

It also works with Bluetooth headsets and car kits, unlike Microsoft Voice Command which does true speech recognition. On the TyTn, you need only press the voice speed dial button on the phone's left side to initiate voice dialing and commands. Sadly, the Cingular re-purposes this button as the Push to Talk button; a feature that isn't even yet implemented on the That button isn't remappable using the Buttons settings applet, but Sleuth on XDA Developer's web site has developed a small app that allows you to re-map it to the voice dialer or another application if you prefer.

In addition the Cingular and TyTN have speed dial, support for call waiting, call barring and auto-answering of incoming calls. The TyTN and pretty much all Hermes except the have video call feature for use in 3G coverage areas but Cingular has removed both the hardware and software from the We left it in auto mode and it did a good job of preferring 3G when available and falling back to GSM when out of 3G coverage, then returning to 3G when back in coverage.

Phone calls will not drop if you transition from 3G to GSM. If you live and work in an area that doesn't yet have 3G, set the phone to GSM mode to save power and speed up signal acquiring time the device spends about 1 minute looking for 3G when the phone's radio is turned on when set to auto mode.

Again, we were really impressed with the devices' ability to run for several days on a charge in a 3G area and in mixed areas where the radio has to switch between the two towers. Our area is well blanketed in 3G, so we suffered relatively little hunting and switching, so your mileage may vary if you're in a spotty coverage area. That's a good capacity battery, though not the highest among Pocket PC phones.

Description Reviews The Cingular is a feature-rich Windows Mobile Pocket PC providing access to your personal or corporate e-mail, Internet, and your critical personal or business applications - all at broadband speeds.

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