HTC Wizard

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HTC Wizard
Qtek 9100
Manufacturer	High Tech Computer Corporation
Type	Pocket PC
Connectivity	GSM/GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, IR
Retail Availability	Q4 2005
Operating System	Windows Mobile
Camera	1.3 Megapixel
Media	MiniSD, 128 MB Internal Flash, 64 MB RAM
Input	Keyboard/Touchscreen
Power	Battery
CPU	TI OMAP 850
Display	64k-color QVGA TFT
Touchpad	Sensitive Touchscreen

The HTC Wizard is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition-powered left-side QWERTY slide Pocket PC phone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan under the code name WIZA100, WIZA110 and WIZA200. WIZA100 and WIZA200 are different in the design of the case and the keyboard, most reviews state that the WIZA100's keyboard is more usable (WIZA200 is shown on illustration). WIZA110 has the same design as WIZA100, but does not have a camera.

Since the fourth quarter of 2005 it is available as Qtek 9100, as Cingular 8100 / 8125, as T-Mobile MDA (U.S.) or MDA Vario (International), as Dopod 838, as i-mate K-JAM, O₂ XDA mini Pro and XDA mini S, as Orange SPV M3000 and as Vodafone VPA II compact. See HTC name chart for details.

1 Information
2 Registry fixes
3 Customer complaints
4 External links

[edit] Information

Pre-installed programs include:

Bubble Breaker (Game)
Solitaire
ActiveSync
Calculator
Pocket Excel (Excel Mobile)
MIDlet Manager
Pocket MSN
Pocket Powerpoint (Powerpoint Mobile)
Pocket Word (Word Mobile)

[edit] Registry fixes

All incarnations of the HTC Wizard except the i-mate K-Jam come shipped with the 802.11g wireless mode disabled. You may re-enable it by using any Windows Mobile compatible software that supports registry editing such as Total Commander CE [1] (tip: to browse the registry, set the location to \\\registry\). You simply need to add a Dword named dot11SupportedRateMaskG with a value of 8 to the following location in your HTC Wizard's registry:
\HKLM\Comm\TNETWLN1\Parms\.

A widely recommended tweak also significantly speeds up performance of the device with no apparent side-effects. Using a registry editor lookup and change the following three values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\CacheSize=0x1000(4096)

(default decimal value is 0, on a Qtek 9100)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\EnableCache=0x1(1)

(default decimal value is 1, on a Qtek 9100)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt\ReplStoreCacheSize=0x1000(4096)

(default decimal value is 0, on a Qtek 9100)

Remember to take care when editing your registry as it contains sensitive data which could cause malfunctions if not used properly. After editing the registry, power off the device to save the changes to ROM and then perform a soft reset.

[edit] Customer complaints

As a cellphone, this model has many problems and may not be suitable for all users. Particular difficulties users may experience include:

No hard-keys for numeric keypad. The on-screen keypad is a) difficult to activate and b) finicky to use w/o the stylus. *UPDATE*(The on-screen keypad can be easily activated by pressing the dial key.)*UPDATE*
The screen constantly needs re-alignment. The stylus can be up to 1/2" away from where you think you are pressing it. (This can be resolved by not allowing a large amount of pressure on the screen [as from being in your pocket]: For this reason it is advisable to use the provided belt clip)
Synchronizing to Exchange server requires downloading certificates to the phone; a complex procedure many are never able to complete successfully. (Contested reports on this matter. certificates can simply be copied across via usb and activesync software)
Too complex for the average customer. This phone requires advanced knowledge of windows that most people don't have. T-Mobile for example, has users call a special data services group to get support for this phone. Getting the most out of this phone may require you to put more work into it than your standard phone. However this applies to most smartphones anyway, so it is not a unique feature.