HTC has launched the HTC TyTN, a tri-band 3G Windows Mobile Pocket PC, under the HTC brand identity. The TyTN will be available in late July.

From the news release:

The HTC TyTN is the latest innovation from HTC. It delivers a wealth of rich
features, showcasing the ultimate ‘Office in your pocket’ experience for
business users on the move. Business critical functionality, encased in a sleek,
stylish form factor, offers the ultimate range of connectivity options including:
tri-band UMTS 3G which will allow users to roam across Europe, US and Asia, plus
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a mini-USB port, making data transfer
simple, anytime, anywhere.

Designed with easy messaging in mind, TyTN features Direct Push email
technology available with Windows Mobile 5.0, internet browsing,
synchronization with Microsoft Outlook® Calendar, Contacts and email, and the
ability to work on applications in the Microsoft Office suite such as Word, Excel®,
PowerPoint® and viewing PDF documents. TyTN comes equipped with a
slide-out, ergonomic QWERTY keyboard and 2.8″ colour display with
touch-screen. It also features a jog wheel for easy, one-hand operation.

Florian Seiche, Vice President of HTC Europe added: “TyTN is our strongest
combination of functionality and connectivity in a device to date. It’s the
world’s first tri-band UMTS 3G device, which will allow users to roam freely across
3G networks for a higher speed experience across Europe, US and Asia. The
TyTN has been designed to closely replicate the Windows desktop experience
on a mobile device. It will appeal to heavy messaging and business users as it
makes browsing and internet surfing a fast reality.”

TyTN is not all work and no play. It’s easy to sync-up to a PC to download music,
video and pictures, and store them on a micro SD card to play back on the go.
It is also a sharp shooter, featuring a 2 Megapixel camera with macro mode,
on-screen controls and DSC (Digital Still Camera) functionality plus a second
camera for video telephony. Available in Black & Silver, the TyTN doesn’t
compromise in style. TyTN offers maximum functionality packaged in a sleek
form factor, weighing in at 180g but extremely compact in size.

HTC TyTN Reviews

MobilityToday gives us a first look at the HTC TyTN with both a load of pictures and a video preview that’s quite indepth. See the video review here.

Trusted Reviews has a review up of the HTC TyTN and writes, “The processor in the HTC TyTN, a 400MHz offering from Samsung, seemed well up to the task, and HTC provides 64MB of RAM and 128MB of ROM. After a hard reset I found my review device to have a shade under 50MB of free Storage memory which is not a huge amount. You can expand on this using the awful little microSD cards that I loathe. … I’d been waiting for a smaller format 3G connected Pocket PC for a long time, and the TyTN lived up to my expectations. It’s neat, tidy, well designed and pocketable. The keyboard works well and it is nice to see the scroll wheel return. I would have liked a hold button as it is easy to accidentally hit some of the side mounted buttons. A bit more memory either built in or on a supplied card would have been nice too. And the stylus is poor too. But taken as a whole the TyTN brings the Pocket PC format up to date nicely.”

TechDigest has a review up of the HTC TyTN and writes, “The HTC Tytn is a good Pocket PC. The design is attractive and ergonomic, and it’s not heavy enough to make you walk with a limp when it’s in your pocket. Functions wise, it’s all fairly intuitive and doesn’t take long to set up ready to go. However, whilst HTC believe it should appeal to business and leisure users alike, the business functionality and the common sense design means that it’s unlikely to get in Paris Hilton’s handbag any time soon. ”

3G has a review up of the HTC TyTN and writes, “the TyTN is an ideal mobile email system. Holding it in two hands and tapping at the keyboard with thumbs allows for fast typing – faster, this reviewer found, than that possible with the likes of a BlackBerry or other device with a smaller front facing keyboard – and as yet there is no 3G BlackBerry anyway. … The TyTN isn’t for everyone. It can be used to do a huge amount and is best suited to professional users or those who simply need a lot of ‘stuff’ in their pocket at all times. It is going to be overkill if all you do with a 3G handset is the odd bit of browsing and video calling.”

Pocket-lint reviews the HtC TyTN and writes, “Now you have the functionality of 3G (HTC tell us it is also HSPDA and Edge ready) with a QWERTY keyboard and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 functionality. If you’re only ever going to be typing long emails or checking the odd spreadsheet then this certainly saves having to drag the laptop with your on your journey. … Where the TyTN succeeds is in its connectivity options. The inclusion of Wireless, 3G, Edge and even the new HSPDA standard means there is bound to be some connection on offer wherever you are in the world. Combine this with an easy to use keyboard, a large screen and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 (it’s the OS that now features push email) and we struggle to find faults with the device.”

Mtekk has a review up of the HTC TyTN and writes, “Small, light weight, stylish, feature packed with 3G, hardware keyboard and more buttons then any user ever dreamed, the HTC TyTN is certainly a dangerous rival in the marketplace. It could be called the Atom of 3G devices, and certainly offers users a viable pocket pc entrance into the 3G realm. Overall I believe the HTC TyTN Deserves an 9 out of 10. This score would have been higher if not for the fact that HTC did drop the ball when it comes to Quality assurance on the TyTN series. The magnitude of complaints amongst forums and cautious retailers is sure to have an impact on this device in its initial quarter. Also HTC also lost marks for a lack of value-added software despite a growing trend towards including more software (Dopod, Atom Exec) and also for not releasing the device in Australia.”

Mobile Gadgeteer at ZDNet has a review up of the HTC TyTN and writes, “The RF reception was outstanding and beat almost every other device I have ever tried. … The TyTN also switches between landscape and portrait much faster than the HTC Wizard models. Battery life was quite impressive and I never saw it go down below 50% even with quite heavy data and phone usage over the weekend. … The TyTN is very well constructed, has a professional looking gray and silver finish, has a very usable keyboard that I was able to type very quickly on and just feels great in your hand.”