Hi all!

[Sumo]

Am thinking of getting a tattoo, after being shafted by samsung with the galaxy can someone confurm that it will be up dated to 2.0 or 2.1.

Is there any isues that i should know about? I am thinking of going with orange uk so is there any isues with there software?

Thanks in advance!

 

[BTaylor]

Well, Sense has been updated to 2.1, so I don't see why the tattoo shouldn't get it.

I would also not recommend getting it on Orange, they severely cripple their software by removing the google apps which are, for many, the main draw of the android. And their grey theme is ugly as sin.

 

[Sumo]

Oh so orange remove the app market then? Thats the whole reason i wanted a android phone!

Thanks mate

 

[BTaylor]

Nah, they still have the market, but not Gmail, Google Talk or Youtube.

 

[Sumo]

Oh i see,you got a tattoo then?

 

[BTaylor]

I do, but I flashed it with the standard htc firmware instead of the crap orange one.

 

[Sumo]

Do you rate it? Whats the battery life like?

Thanks again.

 

[BTaylor]

I'd rate it quite highly

Battery life is great. On a standard day I use the music player a lot and the browser on HSDPA and it still has around 20% battery left when I get home. In standby it lasts ages. I unplugged mine at about 1pm today and it still has 86% battery left.

 

[Sumo]

thanks, do you get automatic updates like the g1 over the air?

Sorry mate last question.

 

[jporch316]

Yeah - l ike my tattoo - I used winmo for years and just come off touch diamond (they had to drag it from me what a phone) - but i tried the touch diamond 2 and wasnt that impressed

Got me a tattoo and havent looked back.

Just one major major issue (with android as a whole) - no bluetooth file transfer ......... yet

 

[BTaylor]

It should do, but we haven't had any updates for the device yet.

 

[Huw]

If you get the Tattoo on Orange you'll be beholden to them for software updates. I emailed HTC about this very issue last night. Their reply:

No mention of the update as of yet im (sic) afraid.
As your (sic) a (sic) Orange customer, you will need to get the update from them.
sometimes we host the updates for Orange but as its (sic) not out we have no info if we are to host the update.

I then emailed Orange and have yet to receive a response.

 

[daiking]

Vodafone ftw

Been impressed by battery life - better than the N95 I had before.