HTC Tattoo Review

It was perhaps inevitable that HTC would come up with a cheaper version of its exceedingly popular Android phones, and the Tattoo is the result. It suffers a little from only having a 2.8” screen, but that, along with the resistive screen and a camera that lacks a flash are the only drawback on a neat little unit.

The HTC Tattoo fits well in the hand, and the casing can be changed – a sweet little touch, but not major, even if it lets users customise their phones a little. With seven home pages there’s plenty of information available, and it’s easy to scroll between them and configure them as the user desires. It’s even possible to have Twitter updates on the phone, while Gmail contacts are synched with Facebook contacts to allow pictures of people by their names. In other words, it has all the capacity of a more expensive unit.

In spite of the resistive screen, the virtual keyboard is very efficient. Like most HTC mobile phones, the Tattoo comes equipped with both GPS and Wi-Fi, and, thankfully, a 3.5mm headphone jack.

In spite of the price, HTC could have done a better job on the camera. Yes, it is 3.2 megapixels, but not having a flash puts severe limits on picture taking.

Without doubt, a lower price is going to make the HTC Tattoo popular, and it does everything more expensive models do, and generally does them just as well. Those who can live with its smaller screen, a not-so-great camera and resistive screen will be very satisfied.