News HTC Rolls Out Android-based ‘ Tattoo’ in India

[vijayninel]

HTC Rolls Out Android-based ‘Tattoo’ in India

Special offers to Vodafone customers

HTC Corporation (HTC), formerly High Tech Computer Corporation, has finally rolled out its Android-based smart-phone ‘HTC Tattoo’ in the country.

The newly launched gadget is the second handset in series of HTC Sense, a mobile experience which mainly revolves around three main basic principle viz. Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.

It should be noted that HTC Tattoo is the first phone by the company that can be customized from inside as well as from outside, i.e. from hardware to software.

HTC Tattoo comes with 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 240×320 QVGA resolution, 3.2 megapixel color camera, G-sensor, Digital Compass, FM Radio, 3.5 mm audio jack, and expandable microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) slot. The device has 4-Way navigation control with Enter button.

Apart from this, the smartphone provide tons of connectivity options, which includes Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g and HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0).

HTC Tatto offer supports for various type of audio formats viz. MP3, AAC (AAC, AAC+, AAC-LC), AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Media Audio 9, while Video supported formats includes MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media Video 9.

The handset is powered with rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (1100 mAh), which offer talk time of up to 390 minutes and standby time of up to 520 hours.

HTC Tattoo comes at a price tag of Rs 18,400 in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, while it is available at a price of Rs 16,990 for rest of India.

Recently, Vodafone Essar has announced an exclusive offer for its customers. The company stated in an advertisement, that any Vodafone subscriber, who will buy an HTC Tattoo phone, will get an exclusive offer to surf the web and download 20MB of data per month free of cost, for first 3 months. The offer will remain valid till 31 January, 2010.

Source: HTC finally rolls outs its Android-based ‘Tatto’ in India | The First Reporter

[Cyn1c]

I pretty much despise anything that reminds me of the shape of a Nokia 3650 but hey, this is HTC + android which is win. Given the fact that this phone is out there to counter the horde of nokias in that price range, a Qualcomm 528 processor is just fine. Maybe people will now consider this when going for an Xpressmusic 5800 coz this has a resistive screen on it? Any word on which version of android it's on?

[Ad1tya]

Well, atleast it has the Sense UI. Although its spec's are otherwise lackluster.

Wait a min, Resistive touchscreen?.. what the fruit?...

@Cyn1n, it's on Android 1.6 and 256MB of RAM. What's screwed up is that it has a Resistive Touchscreen, and no hardware keyboard.

The 5800 price has fallen to like 14000 Cyn1c

[ViKiD™]

^ Correction 5800 XM 13k max!

[Cyn1c]

Originally Posted by Ad1tya

Well, atleast it has the Sense UI. Although its spec's are otherwise lackluster.

Wait a min, Resistive touchscreen?.. what the fruit?...

@Cyn1n, it's on Android 1.6 and 256MB of RAM. What's screwed up is that it has a Resistive Touchscreen, and no hardware keyboard.

The 5800 price has fallen to like 14000 Cyn1c

haha..don't tell you don't know how badly has HTC been criticized as well as praised for hiding WinMo's ugly face with their own Sense UI. They've gone to the extent of changing the calendar!

I'd say these phones are placeholders and nothing more. It's not HTC's flagship product but does have the flavor of Sense UI at a lower budget than the higher end models. So it would sell just fine. It is indeed screwed coz they haven't compensated for the resistive touch with a h/w keyboard. Oh well, let's just hope XM drops to 10 so that people are better off getting the non-masqueraded version of a phone!

[Virus.exe]

Originally Posted by Ad1tya

Wait a min, Resistive touchscreen?.. what the fruit?...

Originally Posted by Cyn1c

It is indeed screwed coz they haven't compensated for the resistive touch with a h/w keyboard.

Reviews on this phone have it that this resistive touch is quite good and close enough to the capacitive one. You would realize the difference only when you compare it side by side with another capacitive touch

[Cyn1c]

Originally Posted by Virus.exe

Reviews on this phone have it that this resistive touch is quite good and close enough to the capacitive one. You would realize the difference only when you compare it side by side with another capacitive touch

Capacitive is the only truth and the only win. Rest all is phail.

[IshanSaluja]

I don't like its shape .... and it looks to me like just another stupid touch phone....(except Iphone)
can't say anything about the touch and other stuff till I actually use it

[Virus.exe]

YouTube - HTC Tattoo Overview

[ReekingArchvile]

Pricing matters a lot in our country, so me thinks this here = win

[Aumkar™]

The newly launched gadget is the second handset in series of HTC Sense, a mobile experience which mainly revolves around three main basic principle viz. Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.

This is win. BSOD!