Last week, we got our first glimpse of the gray/silver HTC Desire that’s heading to BelCompany in the Netherlands.  This morning we woke up to find a link to a video that shows off an all black version of the Desire courtesy of AndroidSuomi.fi

Right now, we don’t have any details to do with the video, though it looks like HTC will be rolling out several different colors of the HTC Desire as the phone is released on multiple carriers across Europe.  Maybe HTC should simply make the Desire a little more like the HTC Tattoo.  Customers could choose between a rainbow of available colors and then go a step further and add their own customizations, names, pictures, or logos.  I’m waiting for an all white HTC Desire with Silver accents.  How about you?

HTC has promised Android 2.1 for the Hero (CDMA & GSM) and the DROID Eris. We’re still looking for an exact date, but it should be coming soon.  But what about the HTC Magic, Dream or even the Tattoo?  There has not been much talk about these phones from HTC, but we have just learned that the HTC Tattoo will indeed be getting an Android 2.1 update with Sense.  Frandroid is reporting that a new ROM is in the works which will give Tattoo owners the much anticipated Android 2.1 update. 

Kindly note we understand that now that a phone running Android OS 2.1 is available that you are excited to get an update for your Tattoo. We are still working hard to building Sense for this new version but we expect to have the upgrade finished and ready to go soon. Please understand that it takes time to customize any Android version to ensure you have the intuitive experience Sense provides, and we hope you can be patient for just a little while longer.

Since the HTC Tattoo is note sold here in the U.S. market, we don’t have a real grasp on how well the handset is selling.  We would find it hard to believe that the Tattoo is more popular than the HTC Magic even with its lower price and interchangeable face/back plates. We’re still hoping to hear something from HTC in regards to the Magic and the Dream, but at what point does out hope turn into a delusion?

Source: Frandroid

HTC newest Sense UI Android device is coming in October. The specs are quite abit lesser to his big brother the HTC Hero, but according to rumors this will be half the price. See a list of specs below. Apparently the HTC Tattoo has a resistive screen which is a bit of let-down as we all have come to love the capacitive toucschreens shipping with the android devices. But i guess keeping the costs low was the reasoning behind this.

Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA / HSPA 900/2100 MHz
OS: Android
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7225, 528 MHz
Memory: 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM, a slot for microSD memory cards
Display: 2.8-inch touchscreen TFT, with QVGA (240×320 pixels)
Camera: 3,2 Mp
Communication: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g
Navigation: GPS
FM-radio
Audio: MP3, AAC (AAC, AAC +, AAC-LC), AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Media Audio 9
Video: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media Video 9
3.5-mm audio jack, HTC ExtUSB
Accelerometer, digital compass
Battery: Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Hours: talk mode up to 390 minutes and standby up to 340 hours
Dimensions: 106×55, 2×14 mm
Weight: 113

Popularity: 28% [?]

Things are moving fast these days, Vodafone just anounced that they will be exclusivly releasing the HTC Tattoo, see the press release below.

VODAFONE UK ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE HTC TATTOO

Following last week’s announcement of the Nokia E72, LG GM750 and Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X2, Vodafone UK will be ranging another innovative smartphone exclusive. The new Android-powered HTC Tattoo is a smartphone which will keep you entertained and up to date wherever you are.

The HTC Tattoo, available exclusively in black on Vodafone UK, lets you customise your own mobile experience using the latest HTC Sense technology. It delivers lots of the features of the enormously successful HTC Magic at an affordable price, for example, you can create shortcuts to your favourite internet sites, social networks, games, widgets and applications – and there’s an amazing opportunity to personalise your phone further with thousands more applications and widgets available for download in the simple to use Android Market. Android also gives you quick and easy access to popular Google services such as Google Maps, Google Mail and Google Search as well as favourites like YouTube.

Take your favourite snaps with the 3.2 megapixel camera with sharp focus, and view them on the HTC Tattoo’s high resolution screen or upload them to your social network via the handset’s superfast internet connection. And you are able to alter the look of your phone further with the unique covers that you can design yourself and purchase, or simply choose one from popular cover designs available.

Key features of the exclusive black HTC Tattoo include:

• 3.2MP Camera
• Android technology
• FM Radio and MP3 player
• 2.8″ Touchscreen
• Unique personalised covers

Available in October, customers can pre-register for the Vodafone exclusive HTC Tattoo here: http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-tattoo

Popularity: 2% [?]