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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
A great entry-level smart phone
+ Packed with features (GPS/WiFi/3G/Bluetooth).
+ Usual smartphone apps all present and correct, either preinstalled or free from the Market (Web/Maps/GPS Tracks/Weather/Mail/Contacts/Facebook/Flickr/Twitter/Drop7/YouTube/etc).
+ Nice, compact size; fits in your pocket.
+ Android 1.6 OS gives great power & flexibility.
+ HTC Sense user interface...
Published 5 months ago by P. Barnfather
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
Too cheap
The attraction of an Android phone was too much for me and I went for the HTC Tattoo due to price.
It's great at home and most of the time on walk-about. There are both fun and serious applications available free or cheaply. I have Facebook, Twitter, a Skymap that knows which way I'm facing, etc.
Unfortunately, while it has Android, it falls...
Published 7 months ago by DavidN
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
A great entry-level smart phone, 22 Mar 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
+ Packed with features (GPS/WiFi/3G/Bluetooth).
+ Usual smartphone apps all present and correct, either preinstalled or free from the Market (Web/Maps/GPS Tracks/Weather/Mail/Contacts/Facebook/Flickr/Twitter/Drop7/YouTube/etc).
+ Nice, compact size; fits in your pocket.
+ Android 1.6 OS gives great power & flexibility.
+ HTC Sense user interface looks great and is easy to use.
+ Sensible connectors (3.5mm headphone + Mini USB). Actually it's an HTC "enhanced" variant of USB so it looks different but a standard USB cable works fine.
+ Great value at the discounted price - under £200 for a fully featured, SIM-free smartphone!
+ Surprisingly good signal and call/audio quality.
- Poor battery life if you use it a lot (1-2 days).
- Camera is rubbish (blurry in low light and lacks autofocus so useless for reading barcodes)
- Occasional quirks/crashes; seems no worse than many smartphones.
- Not all Android apps are available in the Market (due to the smaller screen size).
- Very limited Bluetooth capability (audio only, no file transfer). Will be fixed if/when HTC upgrade the OS to 2.x
- No voice dialling. Should be fixed if/when HTC upgrade the OS to 2.x
- Small, resistive touchscreen makes text entry cumbersome in portrait mode; it is fine in landscape.
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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
Who could resist the HTC tattoo!, 27 Oct 2009
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
Firstly I would like to point out that I have only had this device for 2 days, but WOW! what a lovely bit of kit this is. Extremely easy to use once you get your head around the android OS, and fully customisable to your personal requirements. I mainly used to use my mobile for texting so when deciding which phone to buy this time I was a little worried how I would find a touch screen phone, especially after trying a few of my collegues mobiles with capacative screens as they seemed rather flighty and random as regards text imput. With this in mind I chose to go down the resistive screen route and chose this lovely HTC Tattoo, and how pleased am I, texting is a dream, the contacts list is intuitive, calling is simple, and connecting to the internet and wi-fi and absolute doddle. Email set up was just as easy as long as you have your POP settings from your provider and notifications come through instantly.
This device also supports A GPRS which means it can also be used as a Sat Nav, I was a little concerned at first that the screen would not be large enough but no worries there it's fine. Loads of useful apps are included with the device, but plenty more are available from Google android market, to download, most of which are free. The 7 home screens hold your shortcuts and apps so that everything you use frequently is right at your fingertips e.g. My main screen has the time and weather app and shortcuts to messages, contacts, browser and camera, and subsequent screens have an app for bookmarks which are shown as thumbprints, another has a photoviewer and calender etc,. If I had one niggle it's the camera, it's not wonderful, but as I don't use phone cameras much - preferring my canon, which goes everywhere with me - this is not an issue for me.
Summing up this is a brilliant device which brings a whole new dimention to the mobile phone and a whole lot of fun - HTC not just giving the user a fully customisable user interface but also provide a service to customise the outside too, as you can buy covers that have been pre-designed or get this! Design your own - how cool is that! It's a fab little device that will change your whole perception of mobile phones forever....
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Cute, intuitive and very good value, 9 Jan 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
I have to admit that I chose the HTC Tattoo for two main reasons: firstly, it was nice looking and smaller than most touch screen smart phones, and secondly, it was one of the best value or cheapest. However there are many, many more plus points to the phone than I anticipated.
The phone is simple to set up and you can customise your home screen so that it contains the icons you use most often (mine has text messages, alarms, contacts list and settings). You can then scroll to four other home pages which you can also set up to your liking (mine have links to all my favourite websites so that I can access them instantly, such as hotmail, youtube and of course amazon!)
Internet browsing is excellent on this phone - the screen is large and bright, I can pick up a signal almost anywhere and the internet speed is really impressive. The phone quickly loads up even large files such as youtube videos (and the quality of watching these is excellent as well).
Texting takes a while to get used to if you've not had a touch screen before, but it's not impossible. You can choose between having the screen portrait or landscape and you can also have either a normal phone keypad or a QWERTY keypad on the screen.
The connectivity with social networking sites is great as well. You can link your contacts in your phone book to your facebook friends, so that their status and facebook profile pic appear next to them. The phone gets constant updates from facebook too, which you can access via a small bar at the top of the home screen.
A few things could however be improved upon:
-The battery life is quite poor if you are surfing the net, and you will need to charge it every night, if not more often, if you're doing a lot of internet activity.
-The camera is not great, but if you're looking for an excellent camera you won't be looking at this phone anyway.
-Most annoyingly, the alarm is MUCH too quiet. Even on its loudest setting and with vibrate, it's not loud enough to wake me, and you also can't put your own music on to wake up to. This is why the phone has lost a star.
Aside from the alarm though, this is a fab little phone which I highly recommend.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
Too cheap, 19 Jan 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
The attraction of an Android phone was too much for me and I went for the HTC Tattoo due to price.
It's great at home and most of the time on walk-about. There are both fun and serious applications available free or cheaply. I have Facebook, Twitter, a Skymap that knows which way I'm facing, etc.
Unfortunately, while it has Android, it falls short ... it's not as good as it's supposed to be.
Bluetooth is crippled (like the iPhone) to only talking to a headset. Have I ever used a headset? No. Have I ever used Bluetooth to talk to printer, laptop, or other phones. Yes. But I can't with the Tattoo.
Screen size is smaller than any other Android phone, so many applications are not available. You also spend forever scrolling sideways when browsing.
Camera is weak and only fixed-focus. This mean the clever app that reads a barcode on a shop product and tells you the prices in stores nearby won't work. It can't focus on the bar-code :(
GPS is only 'A-GPS' meaning it only knows roughly where you are.
Cannot be used on a corporate wireless network. This is the worst of all for me. There's nowhere to tell the wifi that you're working behind an authenticating proxy. I don't know how anyone organisation can provide wifi access and stay legal without requiring this.
Finally, battery life is appalling. Has to go on charge every night - and I DON'T leave Wifi, bluetooth or GPS on all the time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great value for money, 8 April 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
I originally had a Nokia 5800 Xpress music on contract with Vodafone but it was absolutely useless. After the 9th replacement handset in 4 months I was offered the HTC Tattoo. I've never had an HTC before but the reviews were all pretty good so I gave it a go and I'm glad I did.
I've had it a week now and only charged it twice after the initial charge so the battery is pretty good. I listen to a lot of music and do a bit of web surfing which is all fairly demanding on the battery but so far I get a good couple of days use out of it.
The software is very different to your usual Nokia or Sony Ericson so it did take a while to get used to and I've still got a few teething problems to work out. Messaging isn't very straight forward at first and there aren't many options for changing certain settings.
The screen it self is an ok size for a touch phone although my massive fingers do sometimes hit the wrong letter when I type. The screen can sometimes be a bit over sensitive when scrolling through web pages. It's also pretty tough and I haven't managed to scratch it yet. The camera isn't very good however, 3.2mp and the quality of the pictures is a bit grainy and there's no flash. Video isn't much better either. My phone was supplied with a 2GB memory card which seems sufficient for music although I haven't tried putting any films on yet.
The phone connects to to my PC very easily and you don't need to use any special software like you would with a Nokia or Sony, I always found the software a pain any way so just being able to drag and drop or copy and paste files over is very quick and easy. The phone also has a very easy to use WiFi connection icon that is very quick to connect. WAP/mobile internet is also fairly speedy depending on the area. BlueTooth connects very quickly with my car and I've had no issues with connecting to other phones.
As I said earlier I've had problems with some of the settings and learning how to do general navigation but after a couple of hours playing I seem to be working through most of them. A bit of a let down is that you can't (or I haven't figured out how to do it yet) use mp3 as ringtones.
All in all a very good little phone and I will deffintely consider getting another HTC when my next upgrade comes round. Hopefully in a years time there will be something like the HTC HD2 which is in my price range. Only a few little things like the camera and the settings stopping it from getting a full 5 stars.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Uber cool!, 23 Nov 2009
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
The HTC tattoo is a great mobile phone! I am a total new comer to touchscreen/internet/all singing-dancing phones having owned a motorola pebble for many years (finally in retirement!). The tattoo looks great and the touchscreen is so easy to use - its kind of like having four different computer screens that you seamlessly scroll between. The screen is very bright and colourful, and combined with numerous features, you can set this up to your own needs and tastes, thereby ending up with a phone that suits your needs perfectly!
There are a few points however that might be improved but in no way should these put you off considering the purchase of the tattoo:
the camera is pretty poor to be honest - its so blurry and the definition is not good. however, with patience an ok shot can be taken, but only if the subject is standing perfectly still! However, being able to upload pictures of your friends and contacts so that they appear on the screen when they ring you is cool.
The speaker distorts at high volumes.
Typing in a text can be a bit of a fiddle, although by tilting the phone on its side you get a bigger keyboard.
The battery life isn't great - the power drains quite quickly, so always make sure you have the power cables handy! I have found though that in practice I just plug mine in to the PC at the end of each day. So, no great deal really.
I think this phone is definately worth considering - its certainly caught the attention of many of my friends and colleagues and I love using it. You can buy screen protectors for the phone, but I haven't done so yet - I did purchase a small grey and black "sock" from an orange shop in town that serves the same purpose, although of course you have to take the phone out to answer it!
All I can say is well done HTC! I'm very pleased!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
HTC Tattoo, 21 Feb 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
This is my first HTC mobile phone, and so far, I am very pleased with it. It took a little while to get used to the OS but after a few days I was able to navigate through the menu with ease. I would recommend having an internet package on your contract as this phone is all about conecting to the web. It was extemely easy to set up email accounts, and I particularly liked the ability to sync with varios address books and calendars.
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Not an easy phone to use, 26 Aug 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
I bought this for my wife based upon it's so called ease of use but that was not our experience.
The phone may have been OK but the Android OS killed it for me.
I was completely put off the Android OS as compared to Blackberry or iPhone due to silly limitations.
For example the notification tone could only be set jointly for SMS and Email with no easy way to set different tones for either notification. This meant the same tone kept repeatedly playing for text and emails which after a while became tiresome.
Believe me I spent enough time Googling possible fixes for this.
In the end I gave up and bought my wife an iPhone and sold the Tattoo.
Try to get hold of a Tattoo to test before parting with your cash as you will be disappointed!!!
Regards
DM
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Excellent phone but not the best HTC, 24 July 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
This HTC phone boasts Android 1.6. While this is not the newest version of this widely acclaimed operating system, it is certainly still a fantastic piece of kit. iOS vs Android aside, the phone really delivers pretty much everything any type of user would want -- but it doesn't really excel at anything.
It's small and curvy -- maybe better for the females -- and has a fairly average battery life. The camera is mediocre and the screen is fairly decent, though not a patch on other HTCs such as the Hero. For all the great feature you'd expect from an Android phone, you are met with a slight "humph" as this phone only just manages to deliver them sufficiently.
For the price, I think you can certainly contemplate another HTC phone, or, dare I admit it, an iPhone.
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Good touch phone with some flaws, 16 May 2010
This review is from: HTC Tattoo Android SIM-Free Mobile Phone - Silver (Electronics)
This is my first touch screen phone and was a little unsure if HTC Tattoo would have the quality but I was pleasantly surprised. When I open the box I could not believe just how good this phone is, it is a nice weight, a good size and gives the feel of quality. The phone was easy to set up although removing the rear casing to get to the battery and SD card proved difficult. The screen format is logical and easy to use. After a couple of days of use the only dislike that I have is the touch screen QWERTY keys are too small and fiddly although after a bit practise I soon got the hang of it. In addition, the battery runs down very quickly but this can be limited by adjusting phone settings. The 3.2 mega pixel camera gives nice clear pictures providing you have to have a steady hand
In summary this is handy little phone for the occasional texter who likes to check their email and update their facebook. Do not buy this phone if you make frequent calls, send loads of texts, and have fingers like sausages you will be throwing this phone against the wall.
Personal I like this phone and if battery life were better I would have given five stars, hence the four.
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