The HTC Tattoo is the latest development of HTC’s Android mobile phone. It offers a clean and simple design, with sleek lines and minimal buttons. It offers a wealth of features while retaining its air of sophistication and ease of use. The phone measures 106mm x 55mm wide and 14mm thick. The phone weighs 113 grams.
The phone comes with a 2.8 inch TFT touch screen. The screen is 240 x 320 pixels in size and displays 65,000 colors. Images are displayed with excellent color representation and image clarity. The touch screen uses the Sense user interface, which is an intuitive and efficient means of accessing the phone’s features. The addition of an accelerometer sensor to automatically rotate images to their correct aspect is welcome.
The phone comes with a 3.15 megapixel camera that works at a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. The inclusion of autofocus ensures that this feature helps image quality. The camera can take good quality images and the images are of sufficient resolution to allow them to be printed when required. The video recording alternative is available on the phone, through the camera.
Internet access is provided by HSDPA and Wi-Fi offering speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. Elements of GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, Bluetooth and miniUSB ensure the means to connect to a multitude of devices and share files and sync with other devices. The GPS feature of the phone comes with A-GPS support and offers satellite navigation.
An MP3 player and an MP4 player are included for music and video entertainment. The players will play most file types, including MP3, eAAC+, WAV, MP4, and WMV9. The phone comes with internal memory of 256 Mb RAM and 512 Mb ROM.
The HTC Tattoo uses the Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor which is an excellent processor while using the Android operating system called Cupcake. Very similar in looks and features to the HTC Touch Pro 2, this phone is destined for greatness.