HTC has pushed the technological envelope again with its HTC Tattoo Android mobile phone. It has even more appeal than its predecessors because of being a low-cost gadget designed to bring the Android to a wider market foundation.
The HTC Tattoo is virtually as identical as the HTC Touch 3G only that it runs on the Android platform rather than the Windows OS but is still fairly similar in terms of technical specifications. Vital technical specs include a 2.8" 240 x 320 pixel touch sensitive display for looking at images crystal clear, an integrated 3.2 megapixel camera for getting high resolution pictures, an incorporated Global Positioning System and digital compass for finding directions, 3.5G functionality for instant information conveyance speeds, Wireless Internet for going online on the move, and a microSD expandable memory for storing of key data.
The Tattoo's media player can handle virtually most major formats including MP3, AAC, MPEG4 and Windows Media. A 3.5mm audio socket is also a nice and a huge improvement over the past models that has the USB earphone setup instead. There is a built-in FM radio receiver as well.
HTC Tattoo have brought the standard Android bundle and have exercised their magic on it, giving it a unified means of tracking inter-group communications, and a variant of the TouchFLO interface on top. A huge mixture of Google software program are also put into this HTC mobile phone like Google Maps.
Design-wise the HTC Tattoo has a really sleek construction. A very compact device measuring just about 106 x 55 x 14mm and weighs about 113 grams. The 1100 mAh battery is quoted as being good for 5 hours 40 minutes talktime on 3G and 21 days standby time, which will likely make it a practical phone for all-day usage.
Inside is the usual Qualcomm MSM7225 528 MHz processor, paired with 256 MB of RAM which is a standardized arrangement to most other comparable mobile devices.
HTC say that the Tattoo will be available in Europe by October with other regions following later, maybe with varying UMTS frequencies.
There are rather a few Android handsets about now, the question is, is there actually a "mass market" for this type of mass market Android phone? For now we will just have to wait for the outcome.
Jay Kent is the leading mobile telephone reviewer in the United Kingdom. He graduated in Oxford University having a degree in Information Technology. He is currently associated with PrePayMania, the No.1 e-tailer for cheap mobile telephones.
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