| The Tattoo sports a great design, the design is basic | | | | hardware as all their Android devices so far released |
| but that just means that it's sporting a already proven | | | | (the Qualcomm MSM7225) and quite frankly does the |
| design that has worked in the past and still holds true. | | | | job. We are waiting for the first HTC Android cell |
| The device has all the buttons we always see from | | | | phone that sports a Snapdragon CPU (HTC Dragon is |
| HTC, menu, back, home and search, call. Instead of a | | | | rumored). Enough of the sidestepping now, the CPU |
| trackball this time they choose to install a four way | | | | does its job, and because the Tattoo has a smaller |
| directional pad that works, only just feels less fast than | | | | resolution then its predecessors the UI should run |
| the HTC Hero/Dream and the HTC Magic. Less | | | | smoother then the Hero, though as said before it is |
| smooth but workable, the interface is as snappy as | | | | smooth, and that is more then enough. |
| the HTC Hero (and the sprint version) with their current | | | | The camera is 3.2 mega pixels and it’s a bit of a |
| software upgrade. One thing we haven’t seen | | | | downgrade comparing it to the Hero but it makes |
| before though is the removable covers, HTC is really | | | | decent pictures and it’s fine for using it for |
| trying to get to the 'general public' with this affordable | | | | facebook/twitter and other social networking from |
| and personal looking device. | | | | your mobile device. The battery life is the same as any |
| Ok now we get to the thing that really makes this cell | | | | other android phone we tested so far from HTC. |
| phone different and we guess cheaper then the other | | | | When used heavily you get a day, with less use you |
| Android smartphones HTC has released thus far. The | | | | get 48 hours which is acceptable. There is nothing |
| touch screen is only 2.8 inches in diagonal and has a | | | | more to say without basically copying it from the other |
| resolution of 320×240 (QVGA) where all the other | | | | HTC Android cell phone reviews, a bit the same thus |
| Android phones released thus far have a resolution of | | | | far. |
| 480×320 (HVGA). This is quite a drop in resolution | | | | The android device is profiled as a low end device, |
| also considering these days lots of smartphones have | | | | and even though it has the same CPU speed as all its |
| been coming out with WVGA screens, though not in | | | | predecessors the device really is just that. The Tattoo |
| the Android segment yet. | | | | is just a bit less powerful at all things then the other |
| There is a resistive LCD instead of a capacitive, which | | | | devices out there. Lower resolution, worse camera |
| means the LCD is pressure sensitive and it's not made | | | | then the Hero, the other phone that runs Sense by |
| of hard glass. The screen does seem quite | | | | HTC. The resistive screen is disappointing, but other |
| responsive but not as responsive as the devices with | | | | than that it's a good device. Why not pay a small |
| capacitive touch screens. It's decent enough, | | | | amount more and get a HTC Hero? If there is no |
| considering this is meant to be a budget phone. | | | | budget holding you back go for the Hero over the |
| The Android smartphone is made around the same | | | | Tattoo for sure. |