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HTC Tilt is called this way due to the tilting screen, but it also offers a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, runs on Windows Mobile 6, wireless options, 3G and GPS, push-email and it boosts a 3 megapixels camera. The phone promises a lot and it does have some nice features and strong points, but in some occasions you might encounter some problems.

If you take a look at the phone without sliding out the keyboard and all, it doesn’t look much. But once you tilt the screen to 40 degrees, you will find a slight resemblance to a mini laptop computer. In this way you will be able to view better what is on the screen and if you place it on a flat surface, you can easily read news, your e-mails, documents and you can even watch some movies. You can also type messages from this position, but it turns out to be uncomfortable, so in the end you can lift the phone and use your both hands in order to get the job done.

The full QWERTY keyboard deserves some extra credits for being roomy and offering rectangular buttons. They are nicely backlit and very tactile, so with few mistakes, you can type your long messages, write e-mails and so on. The number buttons are highlighted in white, so you will distinguish them without any concerns. The touch screen of the HTC Tilt measures 2.8”, supports 65.536 colors and features a pixel resolution of 320x240. You will see that both text and images look sharp and accurate and in various lighting conditions, the screen will remain readable. You can choose to change the themes, add some background images and the screen will automatically turn from portrait to landscape each time you slide the cover. You will have to wait a bit though until the phone processes the move.

The navigation array is below the screen and it consists in two soft keys, the Talk and End buttons, Start menu, OK button, shortcut for the inbox and for the Internet Explorer Mobile and the five-way navigation toggle with the central select button. Most of the controls are easy to use, especially the directional keypad. On the left side of the HTC Tilt you will find the push to talk launcher, the OK button and the scroll wheel, which you can use to select a menu item. The right side has the power button, the camera activation key and the stylus. On the bottom you will find located the microSD expansion slot and the mini USB port. The measures of the phone are 4.4 inches long by 2.3 inches wide by 0.7 inch deep and the weight is 6.1 ounces. You will have some hard moments trying to slip the phone in some tight pockets, because it is both heavy and bulky. But with its rounded corners, the black sleek look and the soft touch finish on the back, the phone takes your mind off the other negative aspects.

Being a real smartphone and a mobile professional, the phone comes with the Microsoft Mobile Office Suite, which enables creating and viewing Word documents, Excel, PowerPoint files. And for opening PDFs you have the Acrobat Reader client. In case you are not satisfied with the internal memory, you can make an upgrade for maximum 4GB.