HTC Kaiser 6.1 Update Official Any Day Now

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Dieter Bohn

 Articles 08 05 Htc-Tytn-Ii

A Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the HTC TYTN II / Kaiser will be officially available any day now (likely by the end of the week). So says Paul of MoDaCo, adding:

The update is for HTC TyTN II devices, and will be followed later by a AT&T branded update. The update adds Windows Mobile 6.1 with improvements such as the 'Getting Started' wizard, Threaded SMS and general performance and battery life updates, as well as HTC's 'video performance' update. So what's it like? Performance IS improved, however with no real video acceleration, don't get your hopes up TOO much!

...So it looks like our fears last week that the update would never be seen on the Tilt were unfounded. We're happy to hear that the update is 'improved' and though we understand (and partially agree with) the decision not to try to develop better video drivers, the lack of them here still stings, just a little.

(Oh, right: following that MoDaCo link will start you on a path towards hunting the leaked version of said ROM, which is indeed out on the internets as of this moment.)

Thanks to surur for the tip!

 
 

Comments

To heck with the Tilt, where's the Touch/Touch Cruise update?
This is the best ROM I've ever used on a Tilt, including the crazy stuff from Dutty. It's speedy!
Reading this I get the impression that the video improvements come from either HTC or Microsoft or both removing inefficiencies from a few video intensive applications. While any improvement is welcome, this would fall far short of the potential gains that a well written driver would produce.

I agree with JGold and further, where are the Diamond and Raphael updates? Their video sub-system design is in all likelihood virtually identical to the previous Qualcomm chip sets. Unfortunately, Qualcomm has pulled all their detailed specs off their website due to ongoing patent problems, so it's hard to tell.

Dieter, I hope you have a chance to read this. Can you quantified "speedy" for me? You have a good eye for what works and doesn't on WM based phones, but this HTC/Qualcomm MSM72xx and MSM75xx video performance discussion has gone on long enough without hard data. Benchmarks please!

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