HTC Tattoo cut-price Android smartphone
Posted November 11th, 2009 by admin No Comments »
By Dave Oliver (via reghardware.co.uk)
Review Android smartphones are fast losing their novelty status as more manufacturers get to grips with Google’s open source operating system and go the widget way, often developing their own individual take of the basic style. Motorola and Samsung have been recent converts – with their Dext and Galaxy, respectively – but Taiwanese firm HTC was the first, and has been churning out variations on the theme with steady regularity.
HTC’s Tattoo: Android for the mainstream?
The Tattoo marks a change of positioning for HTC, since the handset aimed very much at the mid-range, and is the cheapest Android yet. It seems to have sacrificed remarkably little in doing so, since it comes with HTC’s popular Sense user interface, HSDPA 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.2Mp Camera.
The Tattoo breaks with the tradition established by HTC’s previous Androids by forsaking the distinctive style of the likes of the Magic and the Hero with their quirky little chin. Instead, HTC has here opted for the more classic look of HTC’s Windows Mobile handsets. Beneath the 2.8in, 240 x 320 touchscreen sits a circular navpad, a control mechanism not usually seen on Android handsets, and certainly not HTC’s. Read the rest of this entry »
