The HTC Tattoo (formerly known as the HTC Click) is a phone manufactured by the

HTC Corporation HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...

for the

Android Android may refer to: Science and technology * Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human * Android (operating system), Google's mobile operating system ** Bugdroid, a Google mascot sometimes referred to ...

platform. It is the second phone to feature the HTC Sense interface. The phone was announced on 8 September 2009. Unlike other Android handsets from HTC, the Tattoo has a resistive touchscreen instead of a capacitive touchscreen. The device's designer explained that it was tested with a capacitive display, but that multi-touch simply wasn't practical on such a small screen, while the company's Twitter feed states that a capacitive screen is insufficiently accurate at this size. The resistive screen may also reduce costs. It has been confirmed by HTC that the company’s future Android handsets will use capacitive screens, making the Tattoo the only one to use resistive.

Specifications

The specifications on 9 September 2009: *Screen size: *Screen resolution: 240 x 320 *Input devices: resistive touchscreen *3.2-megapixel fixed-focus rear-facing camera *

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(GPS) * Digital compass *RAM: 256 MB *ROM: 512 MB *

microSD Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices. The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDis ...

slot (

SDHC Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices. The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanD ...

compatible) *Operating system: Android 1.6 and HTC Sense *

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...

( 802.11b/g) * Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR &

A2DP In order to use Bluetooth, a device must be compatible with the subset of Bluetooth ''profiles'' (often called services or functions) necessary to use the desired services. A Bluetooth profile is a specification regarding an aspect of Bluetooth-b ...

* HTC ExtUSB ( Mini-B USB backward compatible) *3.5 mm audio jack, microphone, speaker *

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with RDS

Customisable covers

The HTC Tattoo was the first smartphone from the company with fully customisable covers hence the name Tattoo. The phone's plastic shell can be removed and replaced with one of a design of the owner's choice. The now no longer available TattooMyHTC website was launched on 12 October 2009, offering pre-made designs for €11.99 or personalised designs for €14.99.

References

HTC Android Series Mobiles released in 2009HTC Android Series Mobiles released in 2009
, HTC Top Story - Techno-Entertainment blog.

External links

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HTC Tattoo at PDAdb.net

Tattoo My HTC
{{Linux devices Android (operating system) devices HTC smartphones Mobile phones introduced in 2009 Discontinued smartphones

Specifications

Customisable covers

See also

References

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