Tattoo Maker
A Cheap Android Phone that Should Be – the HTC Tattoo by Simon Drew
For a smartphone with an operating system that’s open and free, it’s been surprising to see a slew of Android phones that rival the high ends handset that use their more proprietary OS platforms like Symbian. Especially when we see them sporting features that, while decent, are quite common with many other high end phones costing less.
Predictable Features
Among those features, you get 16 GB microSD support, high speed internet with 3G HSPDA, WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, stereo FM with RDS and GPS support. That’s what many Android phones have. And the new HTC Tattoo is no exception.
It also features a typical 3.1 mega pixel autofocus camera and a decent multimedia feature starting with a gorgeous 2.8″ LCD TFT resistive touchscreen display, presumably with the usual accelerometer for automatic viewing orientation changes. HTC phones are not known to have great multimedia features as they are really meant to target the more serious corporate and business markets. But, just as a perfunctory nod to mobile phone trends, it makes business sense to put in all the bells and whistles we’ve come to expect from mobile phones.
The HTC Tattoo from the Taiwan-based mobile phone novice runs on a powerful Qualcomm CPU clocked at 528 MHz with a 256 MB Ram and 512 MB ROM, engine features that are just as powerful as any Android phone out there. People often wonder if the Android phone requires so much power to run effectively, and thus, bring up its price rather unnecessarily while sporting the familiar touch-screen form.
Outstanding Value
But what makes the HTC Tattoo stand out is its affordability in the rumored
