| | |  | PHONES | Home » » HTC FUZE Phone, Black (AT&T) | | | | | | | Description: | | Get down to business and stay close to all your most important contacts and documents while on the go with the HTC FUZE Smartphone for AT&T, which combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC's intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touchscreen user interface. The Fuze's TouchFLO 3D user interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media--all vividly displayed as photos and artwork on the 2.8-inch screen powered by the 3D graphics processor. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you'll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents. 
The HTC Fuze features a sharp 2.8-inch touch screen, Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth stereo music, and GPS navigation capabilities. | You'll be able to quickly download video, music and more over AT&T's lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. In addition to access to AT&T Mobile Music (compatible with Napster and eMusic subscriptions), this GPS-enabled phone is compatible with the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share service, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call. This phone also features Bluetooth connectivity for both communication headsets and stereo music streaming, Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), 3.2-megapixel camera, multi-format digital audio player, MicroSd memory expansion up to 32 GB, and up to 7.4 hours of talk time. AT&T Service
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS 850/1900 MHz network, and this phone is also compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks (found in international territories). The AT&T 3G network provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. (For use outside the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.) In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming. With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) A majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so. You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search. 
With the TouchFLO 3D interface, album artwork, calendar items and snapshots are brought to life for you to interact, play and launch at your fingertips. | With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.) Instantly contact any other AT&T user with this phone's Push-to-Talk (PTT) functionality, which works across the entire network to make sure you have a clear signal so you can get things done. Easy-to-read icons let you know when members of your contact list are available, not available, or have their status set to "Do Not Disturb." You can also set your own status to let others know that you're busy. When a quick PTT call needs to be a longer discussion convert the call easily to a regular voice call--works for one-to-one calls as well as group calls. Save time on group calling by pulling up your contacts and simply "marking" those you wish to include on a call--no need to set up and save groups before calling, unless you want to. The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. Phone Features
With the TouchFLO 3D interface, HTC has taken a great leap forward in touchscreen innovation. It's designed for one-hand operation using simple, gesture-based navigation, allowing you to simply touch, hold and slide along the screen tabs. A quick slide on the home screen quickly activates the most used features such as e-mail, text messaging, music player and camera. This instinctive interface extends to the powerful Web browser, where a useful "zoom in, zoom out" feature makes it especially easy to access the Web via the included Opera browser, which provides for desktop-like Web page renderings and user interactions. An integrated accelerometer senses when you change the position of the phone from portrait to landscape viewing, and it auto-rotates the screen's orientation. The HTC Fuze features a sharp, 262K-color 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen (480 x 640 pixels) for touch-sensitive navigation control, complete with three-dimensional animated transitions. For email, messaging and other data input, the HTC Fuze also comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the smartphone's side. 
It comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard, which was designed specifically for AT&T and slides out from the smartphone's side. | Business users can choose from several popular platforms to access your corporate e-mail. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform offers seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook information including email, contacts, calendar and to-do lists. Additionally, Good Mobile Messaging and BlackBerry Connect compatibility will be offered late in 2008, while personal email can easily be taken mobile using AT&T's popular Xpress Mail service. You can access and edit email attachments using mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint. In addition, the HTC Fuze supports scores of industry-specific applications as well as Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM), an enterprise-grade mobile device management solution that also provides security, mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) and software distribution for Windows Mobile devices enabled for Windows Mobile 6.1. This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You'll also be able to access open Wi-Fi networks in offices and hotspots via the integrated 802.11b/g wireless connectivity. Other features include: - 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus on the back of the phone, additional VGA camera on the front of the phone for video conferencing
- Video capture up to CIF resolution (352 x 288 pixels)
- Windows Media Player compatible with MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV file formats
- 512 MB of ROM, 288 MB of RAM
- Support for polyphonic ringtones as well as real-music ringers
- Speaker-Independent Voice Dialing: Say the name of any entry in your phone book and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad. This feature is speaker-independent, so there is no need to train the phone to respond to any one person's voice. Receive an audible status report of your phone/s coverage, signal strength, and battery strength.
- MicroSD memory card expansion (up to 32 GB capacities)
- USB 2.0 connectivity with mass storage capabilities
- Bluetooth version 2.0+EDR with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts)
Vital Statistics
The HTC Fuze weighs 5.82 ounces and measures 4.02 x 2.01 x 0.71 inches. Its 1340 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7.4 hours of talk time, and up to 460 hours (19.3 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file. With Windows Mobile 6.1, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations. - Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
- With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
- PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
- After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.
All Windows Mobile 6.1 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way. Refurbished Phones and Devices
Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned to AT&T during the 30-day trial period. Each refurbished phone is independently quality tested and loaded with the latest software to meet current factory standards. Device includes a 90-day warranty.
| | | Features: | |
• Windows Mobile 6.1 with TouchFLO 3D interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media
• 3G-enabled smartphone compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions, AT&T Mobile Music, Video Share service, and Push-to-Talk communication
• Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth stereo music, 3.2-megapixel camera, MicroSD expansion up to 32 GB
• Up to 7.4 hours of talk time, up to 460 hours (19.3 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, mini-USB-to-3.5mm adapter, quick start guide, getting started guide
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.02 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.01 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.71 inches | | Product Weight:
| 170.82 grams | | Package Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 52 reviews |
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Slow, bulky, just overall BADFeb 09, 2010
I actually returned this phone to Amazon after less than a week. I absolutely hated it. It was incredibly slow and the touch screen was god awful. I used an iPhone from the time they came out until I ordered this, and I went straight back after returning this hunk of junk. I tried everything on every forum that supposedly increases the performance of this hog, but it didn't do much. Just plain BAD. Do yourself a favor and stick with either iPhone or a Blackberry.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Great For The Tinkerer, But How Long Until You Want A Phone That Just Works?Nov 09, 2009
Reviewing this phone is very difficult for me. It's hard to separate how I feel about Windows Mobile versus how I feel about the great job HTC has done with the device itself. I'm going to try to keep my thoughts on those matters separate, but it is a Windows Mobile device, after all.
When I first got this phone last year on 26 December, I was in love with it. This phone can just about do anything that you can imagine. 3G, including HSDPA and HSUPA, check. Wifi, check. Microsoft Exchange, contacts, 3rd party applications, all check, check, check. I was, and still am, amazed that so much functionality could be packed into one device.
The TouchFLO UI that HTC has built on top of Windows Mobile is outstanding and makes using the phone a treat. It's so great that you'll actually groan a little whenever you have to dig down into the Windows Mobile UI to change settings. HTC just cannot be commended enough on how much they've increased the usability of the phone. If this were simply a Windows Mobile device with no TouchFLO, I would have been very unhappy with it.
After a month or so of owning the device, I started to realize its flaws. The touch-sensitive screen will accidentally make and answer calls for you (butt calls anyone?). The phone was becoming incredibly sluggish. Programs would open slowly and become unresponsive, typing would lag far behind my actual keystrokes, etc, etc. We all know that Windows Mobile is slow and not so optimal.
However, I'm a programmer and love to tinker. I had read in all my research about different places on the web to get custom ROMs and applications for the phones to make it run faster. If you don't know what a ROM is, then just skip to the next paragraph. See, many reviewers had said that the Fuze can be made much better, faster, and more iPhone-like by installing "custom-baked ROMs". This is completely true. I spent a joyous month downloading and installing new ROMs on my Fuze, finding exactly the one that offered the best performance/featurest balance. The unfortunate downside of that is that most custom ROMs are unstable. I eventually settled with HTC's official ROM (*not* the official AT&T ROM that comes installed on the phone, which is slow). HTC's official ROM is fast, stable, and works great! Again they have done an amazing job with this device!
I had fallen back in love with my new, improved, speedy and responsive Fuze! But sadly, it was not meant to last. While I love to tinker, love to figure out how things work, love to squeeze that last bit of performance out of something, after a year of ownership, I just want a phone that plain works. I want to be able to check email, read text messages, surf the web, connect to Wifi, all that, but I don't want to have to manually tweak settings to make it do so in an acceptable manner. That's the ultimate crutch of this phone: It's built on Windows Mobile, which has fallen far behind Apple and Google in creating OSes for mobile devices. Windows Mobile is so slow and sluggish that you have to do quite a bit of manual tweaking to this phone to make it run in tip-top shape.
All that tinkering and tweaking was fun for a while. I'm a little older now, with a little less patience and a little less free time, and I just want a phone that works, period. No registry tweaking, no having to download .CAB hacks, just, pow, here's my phone, it works, I haven't had to restart it in three weeks.
The HTC Fuze was a great phone for the year that I've had it. It can do just about everything under the sun. With lots of research and tweaking, you can make this phone run well and be wonderfully responsive, or at least as responsive as Windows Mobile will allow. One day, though, you may become like me, and want something that just plain works well out of the box, no tweaking required.
overall awesome phoneSep 17, 2009
I'm not gonna list exact details of it's capabilities cuz they have numerous other reviews of that nature. But i will say this, the battery can be your friend or it will be like Ms. Karma and play your [...]. You need a charger and a mini generator at the ready at all times, for if you surf non-stop on the internet and love Twitter; either purchase a second battery or make sure you have a charger and you are near an outlet. I'm not saying get a better phone based on the battery *cuz all smartphones phones drain quickly when on the net*. Also it kept freezing every other 2 or 3 hours and I had to restart all the time, if anyone gets this please phone download its updates and trust me things would be a lot smoother *except battery*.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Feature-Rich, Tweakable Smartphone, With Some Multimedia DrawbacksSep 16, 2009
Much of what the Fuze is capable of/not capable of has already been written in previous reviews, so I'll just pass along my observations after owning the Fuze for just over a month now:
Pros:
Beautiful screen and resolution. Web pages and games look amazing.
Slide-out keyboard is arguably the best in the smartphone market. A joy to use, especially if you can't stand to type with your fingers on a touchscreen.
Combination touch screen, scroll wheel, directional pad, keyboard, and stylus covers every navigation base imaginable.
TouchFlo is very cool once you get the hang of it. You can do everything with one thumb.
Scroll wheel is great for enlarging Opera-browser web pages, and directional pad makes browsing menus simple if you don't want to use the touchscreen.
Bluetooth support is fantastic. I'm using two stereo Bluetooth headsets (Sony and Motorola.)
Call quality is excellent, phone interface is simple to use.
Upgradable Micro SD slot. I have a 16gb card in the Fuze now, and it will handle up to 32gb.
Mobile Windows Media Player integrates nicely with my laptop and PC, so I can create playlists and drag them to the Fuze. I'm also a subscriber to Napster, and the Fuze works perfectly with my "all you can eat" subscription.
Hundreds of modifications, 3rd party programs, and tweaks are available for the Fuze, so you're never "stuck" with an out-of-the-box phone. You can upgrade and customize forever. Type "HTC Fuze" into a search engine, and you'll see what I mean.
If you're a business traveler (like me) Windows Mobile integration with Microsoft Office is a must, and the slide-out keyboard makes it easy to work on documents in the airport, etc., without having to open my laptop.
Cons:
Video playback is atrocious. Even though the screen has a resolution of 480 x 640, it will really only play 320 x 240 video without any lag or stutter. Forget Amazon Unbox or any other video that doesn't need to be converted first.
No 3.5mm headphone jack. Seriously, who at HTC decided this wasn't a crucial feature? You can plug in a wired headphone through a charger/headphone jack cord that is incredibly inconvenient. Luckily, there are some excellent Bluetooth stereo headsets available to offset this.
Equalizer only works when a wired headset is plugged in. Perhaps this will be fixed for Bluetooth in a future Fuze update.
Weak battery life. Less than a day's juice with full use, especially if you're using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. I had a Blackberry Curve before the Fuze, and it could go more than a day without a charge.
A bit thick, especially with a protective case. Not as wide as an iPhone though, and still fits in my pocket.
Camera could be better (it's 3.2 megapixels.) Video recording is simply OK as well. However, if you're serious about photography, your phone shouldn't be your primary device.
Overall:
I would suggest loading Kinoma Play software on the Fuze for streaming audio and other multimedia features. I use that more than anything else when it comes to Shoutcast and RSS podcasts right now. It fills in the multimedia cracks nicely.
If video is a "must have" feature on your phone, then don't think twice about buying an iPhone. If a high-quality camera is a "must have" feature, then check out the latest Sony phones.
For everything else though, especially the keyboard, I'd recommend the Fuze in a heartbeat, and with Windows Mobile 6.5 (and 7 too?) on the way, it should really maximize the Fuze's potential. I plan to keep this phone for a long time.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
HTC Fuze - new ROMAug 07, 2009
There is a new ROM available from HTC / ATT. I have noticed that it greatly improved the TouchFLO interface as well as improved the stability.
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