Tattoo and in playboy pocket

© Leningrad - Cowboy

Today, the communicator from HTC, on the Android platform, HTC Tattoo, came into my hands.



Judging by the box, you can immediately understand - the budget model.
Especially in comparison with the HTC Hero (the flagship of the HTC line on Android):
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Actually, today's review will have to be built on a comparison of these two children. Why? Apparently because they will inevitably be compared. And also because I bought a Hero for the week. Do not blame me.

The communicator itself is much simpler than its older brother.
The screen has a resistive Tattoo. Coating - film (plastic).
No metal, no glass.

Unusually, after capacitive screens, poking a finger where you need to poke a stylus ...


The set of the Hero and the Tattoo is the same. Even the cards are the same (2 GB), but even here the budget of the Tatoo is shown.
A less stylish charger, a simpler headset ...


The screen is grainy. The resolution is noticeably lower than that of the Hero.
It reminds communicators and PDAs of three or four years ago ... It's a shame ...
But, since the phone is youth - there is a radio (normal, FM radio, with autosearch, RDS)


In general and in general, after the Hero's impressions are strangely disappointed ...
Too cut down ... Overdid it.
Even autofocus from the camera was cut! Even a compass! (oh, no. compass was found! I apologize !!!)
But they left the accelerometer.
Made replaceable panels ...
But with the price something dropped only 20%! And the difference between the devices is almost twice ... Well, well, one and a half ...
If the price of the device was 13-14 thousand, there would be a very interesting variant of the transition from WinMobile. But…
I do not even know yet who will buy such a communicator. Geek will save money and buy Hero. Or samsung. Or even Highscreen.
Young people better buy iPhone or Nokia. The old guard will buy ... the same winmobile.
Maybe what I do not understand in marketing?
Maybe yes.
But I am disappointed in the Tattoo.

One more note - the communicator has no USB data transfer mode (works as an external drive) - only shared internet or synchronization! The situation is not so deplorable. Habrayuser nobody_ru he informed the presence of such a mode. You can connect aki flash drive. I apologize!


Yes, the resistive screen also means that if you press the “menu” twice in your pocket - and this is not difficult - then you can call or open something without the need or even without the knowledge.

Google services all work. Twitter works. The market works. Facebook works.

Bonus track

COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND NAVIGATION 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G: UMTS 900/2100 (WCDMA) GPS Navigation: there is DISPLAY AND CONTROL Main: 2.8 ", TFT (touchscreen), 65K, 240x320 Enter and navigate: interface sense INTERFACES AND SLOTS Wireless: Wi-Fi b / g, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP) Wired: 3.5 mm for audio, ExtUSB (mini-USB with headset connectivity) PROGRAM BASIS Operating system: Google android Synchronization: Synchronization with Windows INTERNET AND COMMUNICATIONS Data transfer: GPRS EDGE HSDPA Mail and web pages: e-mail client (POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP) Message Services: SMS, EMS, MMS CPU Model: Qualcomm MSM7225 528 MHz MEMORY Operational (RAM): 256 MB Permanent (ROM): 512 MB Add. storage device: Not Expansion cards: microSDHC CONTACTS Photo contacts: Yes Assigning a melody to a group of numbers: Yes Assign melody number: Yes Information on recent calls: Yes WORKING WITH FILES MP3 playback: there is SOUND FUNCTIONS AND CALLS Vibrating alert: Yes Call Formats: WAV, MIDI, MP3, AMR, WMA, AAC, AAC + Melodies: embedded, downloadable MP3 ringtones: Yes CAMERA Image storage format: Jpeg Video storage format: MPEG-4, H.263, WMV, H.264 / AVC Camera resolution: 2048x1536 Number of megapixels: 3.2 MP Flash: Not Autofocus: Yes Video recording: Yes ADD. MULTIMEDIA FM radio: there is TV tuner: Not WORKING HOURS In standby: 520 h Talk time: 6.5 h Battery: Li-Ion, 1100 mAh DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT Length: 106 mm Width: 55.2 mm Thickness: 14 mm Weight: 113 g ADDITIONALLY Features: Digital compass. Comments: Functional communicator of an average price category. It will be available in three colors.