HTC announces TyTN II / Kaiser for Europe

by Evan Blass posted Aug 28th 2007 at 8:52AM

Well it's not quite as good as, say, AT&T informing us that we can walk down the block and pick up one this afternoon, but at least HTC has finally given the Kaiser / TyTN II / 8925 an official place in its lineup. Announcing the quad band Windows Mobile 6 handset for European carriers this morning, HTC revealed that Orange, Voda, T-Mobile, and o2 will all get their hands on this Hermes successor, and all the HSDPA, WiFi, and built-n GPS goodness that comes with it. We wish we had more info on plans for a US release, but with TyTN II hitting the EU in October, we suspect it's only a matter of weeks until we can toss the old 8525 into the retired gadgets drawer. [Warning: PDF link].

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: 8925, hermes, htc, kaiser, smartphone, tytn ii, TytnIi

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setclock @ Aug 28th 2007 9:19AM

hmm... contract's almost up with Sprint for me, and the Kaiser would def tempt me to switch to AT&T if they get exclusivity

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TDG01 @ Aug 28th 2007 9:50AM

setclock - curious...what would be the main reason(s) to choose the Kaiser over Sprint's new Mogul?

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setclock @ Aug 28th 2007 12:19PM

I take a lot of photo's on the job with my phone and read that the camera on the kaiser is much better (..sharper/brighter, not just the fact that its 2 vs 3 MP), also love the "leave it on your desk *tilt* view", but what would really decide it for me is if the GPS were carrier independent (like if it used a TomTom program instead of paying sprint X $$ per month for GPS), but somwhow I doubt AT&T will let us have our cake and eat it too

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fyreblazer @ Aug 28th 2007 12:55PM

TDG01,

The Mogul is the Hermes's CDMA variant. The Kaiser is the next step up.

setclock,

Don't worry, if AT&T tries to lock in the GPS, the good folks over at xda devs will figure out a way around it.

I just need AT&T to finally announce this.

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setclock @ Aug 28th 2007 1:03PM

thanks fyre, that's good to know :)

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Mark @ Aug 28th 2007 2:01PM

Actually, the Mogul is the Hermes with some improvements - its thinner, lighter, and faster than the Hermes but doesn't have the tilting screen, GPS, or the 3 megapixel camera.

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Richard @ Aug 28th 2007 2:14PM

On one of the blogs I surf, someone had a pre-release AT&T Version with a demo of TomTom's nav-ware on it. I can't imagine they (ATT) would cripple GPS, it is a nice feature to have when you are taking share from Sprint/ Nextel

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NuShrike @ Aug 28th 2007 4:48PM

Richard: so at&t can charge you to use their TeleNav GPS service for $5.99 or $9.99 USD monthly. They've done it to the newer Blackberries already, and the near-final Kaiser shots with at&t screens showed TeleNav also.