Click becomes Tattoo, packs more than it appears to (?)

I was chatting with an online friend last night and he mentioned that Tattoo – named after its customizable shell – wasn’t that interesting because of the low specs. Turns out that this one’s innards are closer to the Hero than to the G1. But yeah, it does look kinda low-end, doesn’t it?

It has a 3.2 MP auto-focus camera, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a 528MHz processor, 512 ROM, 256 RAM, compass, accelerometer, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a 2.8″ LCD *resistive* touchscreen at 240×320 – QVGA. Ugh, I knew there had to be a chunk of glass in the ice. HTC says the screen is to small to be an effective capacitive.

I know QVGA support is coming to Android (the Agora, Lancaster, and Heron were nixed because of their QVGA displays), but is that really the direction the Android ship should be sailing? I say forget the QVGA support and hold Android to the minimum standard set by the G1. I know HTC is going for the masses here, but the cost of G1-esque hardware should be more affordable by the time this one hits the shelves, no?

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So, How do we start a petition to get the tattoo to a G1's screen specs... I really like this phone. Sense UI is a must on my next phone. And since there won't be any 1Ghz Android cell phones with Sense UI any time soon. I wanted this phone to tied me over the next couple of years under contract. But that screen is not going to cut it. The size is not exactly the issue. Heck, if the screen was a 2.8" 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution capacitive touchscreen... I would be ready to sign a 2 year contract for 3-4 of this phones on what ever carrier that would release it first. And if it was a Android beta tech G1 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with capacitive 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution... I would be camping out on launch day... Guess ATT Was right to kill the Lancaster & Fiesta... Sucks for a cheap phone to come so close to what I would gleam to be perfection, just to throw all those great specs away because of a resistive (stylus dependent) windows mobile screen. There is a reason why most resistive screens belong in the windows mobile family... They go "great" with a crappy OS, & by great I mean they suck as much as the Windows Mobile does... Sense UI deserves better then that... If one goes back and looks at the only vid so far of a running Tattoo aka Click... http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-videos/htc-s-click-and-an-ion-running-sense.aspx ... One can see how truly the resistive screen really sucks... Catch the end when he tries to do the browser zoom pinch. He quickly changes stride and begins tapping the phone like his finger is a beak/stylist. So close, yet so FaiL HTC... At least try to match the Pixi with a capacitive screen on this thing when it hits the US... At least try to refurbish the screens of G1's on to this almost perfect little phone...

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So, How do we start a petition to get the tattoo to a G1's screen specs... I really like this phone. Sense UI is a must on my next phone. And since there won't be any 1Ghz Android cell phones with Sense UI any time soon. I wanted this phone to tied me over the next couple of years under contract. But that screen is not going to cut it. The size is not exactly the issue. Heck, if the screen was a 2.8" 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution capacitive touchscreen... I would be ready to sign a 2 year contract for 3-4 of this phones on what ever carrier that would release it first. And if it was a Android beta tech G1 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with capacitive 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution... I would be camping out on launch day... Guess ATT Was right to kill the Lancaster & Fiesta... Sucks for a cheap phone to come so close to what I would gleam to be perfection, just to throw all those great specs away because of a resistive (stylus dependent) windows mobile screen. There is a reason why most resistive screens belong in the windows mobile family... They go "great" with a crappy OS, & by great I mean they suck as much as the Windows Mobile does... Sense UI deserves better then that... If one goes back and looks at the only vid so far of a running Tattoo aka Click... http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-videos/htc-s-click-and-an-ion-running-sense.aspx ... One can see how truly the resistive screen really sucks... Catch the end when he tries to do the browser zoom pinch. He quickly changes stride and begins tapping the phone like his finger is a beak/stylist. So close, yet so FaiL HTC... At least try to match the Pixi with a capacitive screen on this thing when it hits the US... At least try to refurbish the screens of G1's on to this almost perfect little phone...

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This phone is all about price-point. While there are a lot of folks buying up iPhones, PREs, MyTouches and other high end phones, some people simply can't spend $200. It's worse if they are mid-contract. If this phone is sub $99, it will be in competition with other messaging or feature phones, but still offer the benefits of a modern mobile OS. The chipset used was specifically designed for this http://j.mp/cUAkf. Granted it's almost 3 years old :/ Cheers, Breon

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This phone is all about price-point. While there are a lot of folks buying up iPhones, PREs, MyTouches and other high end phones, some people simply can't spend $200. It's worse if they are mid-contract. If this phone is sub $99, it will be in competition with other messaging or feature phones, but still offer the benefits of a modern mobile OS. The chipset used was specifically designed for this http://j.mp/cUAkf. Granted it's almost 3 years old :/ Cheers, Breon

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