HTC Tattoo Review - A Closer Look at the Newest Budget Sense UI Smartphone From HTC

Tattoo looks great design wise, it's a standard designthat in a few weeks Android phones with WVGA
phone and feels great in the hand. HTC is putting theresolution will start coming out.
HTC Tattoo out there kind of as the cheaper versionInstead of a capacitive screen the device uses the
of the HTC Hero. The hardware it sports is a little lessresistive technology, which means that the screen is
high end then it's bigger brother. The difference is withinsensitive to pressure and is not made of hard glass
the screen size and type of the phone.that we see in other Android devices. The screen
The Tattoo has a well made design, the look is quitedoes seem quite responsive but not as responsive as
basic but that just means that it's sporting a proventhe devices with capacitive touch screens. The screen
design that worked great in both the past and currentdoes the job though, considering this is for HTC
times. The device has all the buttons we always seestandards a budget phone.
from HTC, end, home, menu, back and search. InsteadThe Tattoo is made with the same hardware as all
of a trackball this time they choose to install a 4 waytheir Android devices so far released (the Qualcomm
navigation pad which works, only just feels lessMSM7225) works decent but does not impress much.
snappy than the HTC Dream/Hero and the myTouchWe are waiting for the first HTC Android cell phone
3G. Although it is less smooth, it works fine, thethat sports a Snapdragon CPU (HTC Dragon is
interface is as speedy as the HTC Hero (and HTCrumored). Enough of the sidestepping now, the CPU
Hero Sprint) with their current software upgrade. Thedoes its job, and considering the Tattoo has a smaller
Tattoo has a new feature, removable covers, HTC isresolution then its predecessors Sense UI should run
really trying to get to the 'general public' with thisfaster then the Hero, though as said before it is
affordable and personal looking device.smooth, and that is more then enough.
Ok now we get to the one thing that really makes thisThe camera is 3.2 mega pixels and it's a bit of a
smartphone different and we guess more affordabledowngrade comparing it to the Hero but it makes
then the other Android phones HTC has put out thusdecent pictures and it's fine for using it for twitter
far. The LCD is only 2,8 inches in diagonal and runs atfacebook and other networking from your mobile
a resolution of 320x240 (QVGA) where all the othersmartphone. The battery life is the same as any other
Android phones released thus far have a resolution ofandroid phone we tested so far from HTC. With
320x480 (also known as HVGA). A big decrease inheavy use you get a day, with normal use you get 2
resolution all together. And even more so if you knowdays and that is fine.