The HTC Kaiser, aka AT&T's soon-to-be Tilt, made some face time over on YouTube, and for people who haven't exactly seen the slide-and-tilt wonder in action, hit the YouTube video above for a demo. We kinda figure the Tilt would force itself into a Tilt, but as the video shows, the slide out form-factor makes it more akin to the 8525 until you... well... tilt it up. Rumors say the device will hit September 3rd for $499 with a two-year contract, so your wait is almost over Tilt-a-holics.
Looks like HTC's new drool-inducing Kaiser just went through the FCC. The Kaiser now officially rocks GPS, WiFi, HSDPA (aka 3G,) and Bluetooth. Three different models went through, which isn't surprising as HTC phones tend to have slightly different exteriors depending on carrier (Ala the MDA and 8125.) The three models do, however, diverge when it comes to camera. According to the FCC, the Kaiser 100 doesn't have any sort of camera, while the 110 has a three-megapixel camera on the rear. The 120, the international version of the Kaiser, has both the three-megapixel imager on the rear but adds a forward facing VGA camera for some video conferencing love.
Word on the street is we'll see HTC's Kaiser replacing AT&T's 8525 as the 8925 pretty soon. The Kaiser, if you're not up to your HTC internal name scheme, is the slide-and-tilt successor to phones like Hermes and Titan (AT&T's own 8125/8525, and Sprint's Mogul.) Some are reporting it'll hit in August 2007, but we, like many other mobile phone sites, don't think AT&T would risk dampening the iPhone's appeal so soon, but rather a September / October date seems more likely. Regardless, HSDPA and a hefty 128MB ram upgrade are on the way as well as Windows Mobile 6 to eat up the extra ram.
As a wise man once said, where does he get those wonderful toys? The Boy Genius has got hold of a HTC Kaiser, and he’s published lots of photos of this rather cool looking new handset. The most interesting feature is the screen: as well as sliding out, it flips up like a laptop screen. It looks to be a pretty nice handset in other ways as well; a GPS receiver is built in, and it has an impressive 128Mb of RAM. It also supports quad-band GSM and UMTS/HSDPA on both US and European frequencies. There’s no information on who will be carrying it or when it is likely to be available.