Loading Up the AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser)

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981547.post-69071125629018142572007-12-09T19:13:00.001-08:002007-12-09T22:11:47.056-08:00Loading Up the AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser)What's on your AT&T Tilt (aka <a href="http://www.htc.com/support/support_htctytnII.htm">HTC Kaiser aka HTC TyTN II</a>)? What I've loaded so far: HTC Home Today Plug-In: I really like this. I was expecting it when I read the HTC Kaiser manual off of the HTC site. But it's not standard for AT&T Tilt, so like many people I went onto the net to find a version. It consolidates a lot of information (time, weather, favorite people to call, app launcher) into one plug in that is finger friendly. Connected Applications: <ul> <li>Windows Live Search: my favorite map viewing application, along with traffic. It even has voice recognition for search. <li>Google Maps: always have a Plan B. <li>Yahoo! 2 Go: (<a title="Go Phone Selection" href="http://mobile.yahoo.com/go/phones?os=wm">Yahoo! 2 Go Windows Mobile Phone Selection</a>). This was a surprise. Plan C? I hadn't really heard much about it but this is a pretty rich connected application. I just installed it and I really like the design of it. I'm (slowly) beginning to sense that folks have awoken to new design principles for mobile software. This does a pretty good job implementing those principles.</li></ul> Media: <ul> <li>TCPMP: video / media player. It's hard to find given that it's been discontinued. Consult the Wikipedia page: <a title="The Core Pocket Media Player - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpmp">The Core Pocket Media Player - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>. <ul> <li>Ends up this is kind of useless.... because the AT&T Tilt / HTC Kaiser does not have a good video driver, videos are just awful and you might as well forget about video playback / animation until the issue is fixed.</li></ul> <li>locr for Windows Mobile: <a title="locr - locate your photos" href="http://www.locr.com/clients/downloads.php">locr - locate your photos</a>.</li></ul> Device Tweaking: <ul> <li>Kaiser Tweak: via: <a title="KaiserTweak (Nov 5, 2007) - xda-developers" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=333898">KaiserTweak (Nov 5, 2007) - xda-developers</a>. This is to fine tune some of the registry options and such directly related to the HTC Kaiser, along with doing the essential tweak of turning ClearType on for Pocket Internet Explorer (geez! every device, every time...). You can also slap GPS location info into the EXIF metadata your pictures. <li>PTT_Fix_4Tilt: I'm not going to use the PTT (push-to-talk) extra service, but here I have got a button that's dedicated to it and non-assignable. Well, had. Now I can map it to two different actions (one for push, one for push-and-hold). Sweet!</li></ul> Resources for getting up to speed that I used: <ul> <li><a title="ATT TILT - htc" href="http://www.htcwiki.com/page/ATT+TILT?t=anon">ATT TILT - htc</a> and <a title="HTC TyTN II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_TyTN_II">HTC TyTN II</a> - wikis for HTC's Kaiser / AT&T Tilt. <li><a title="What programs do you have on your tilt - AT&T-Cingular (HTC) - Wireless Forums from AT&T" href="http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&thread.id=67906&view=by_date_ascending&page=1">What programs do you have on your tilt</a> - thread on suggested programs for the Tilt. <li><a title="What, in your opinion, are must-have apps for the Tilt - AT&T-Cingular (HTC) - Wireless Forums f" href="http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&thread.id=57906&view=by_date_ascending&page=3">What, in your opinion, are must-have apps for the Tilt</a> - another thread on suggested programs. <li><a title="AT&T-Cingular (HTC) - Wireless Forums from AT&T" href="http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board?board.id=cingular">AT&T-Cingular (HTC) - Wireless Forums from AT&T</a> - main AT&T support discussion forum for HTC devices including the Tilt. <li><a title="Collection of the Latest Cabs for kaisers [updating 05.12.07] - xda-developers" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332438">Collection of the Latest Cabs for kaisers [updating 05.12.07] - xda-developers</a> - repository of many CABs often discussed for the Tilt / HTC Kaiser. <li><a title="Kaiser - xda-developers" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=377">Kaiser - xda-developers</a> - Kaiser forum.</li></ul> <div align="right"> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a5f77582-631e-479b-8273-168bea4f0648" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/HTC%20Kaiser" rel="tag">HTC Kaiser</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/AT&T%20Tilt" rel="tag">AT&T Tilt</a></div></div> Eric Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12736527127441471426noreply@blogger.com