The HTC Wildfire has been available for a while now and has proven to be popular. This hardly comes as a surprise when one looks at the spec list, as they will surely be impressed with its levels of innovation.
This is a great example of HTC doing what it does best, providing cutting edge developments, in aesthetically pleasing, yet reasonably priced handsets.
The key features of the HTC Wildfire range from Wi-Fi internet access, a 3.3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, 5MP video camera, and v2.1 of the Android OS, with the HTC Sense UI. Thanks to access to the Android Market, the HTC Wildfire is a versatile smartphone, as users can download applications, just like with the Apple AppStore.
A handy feature of the HTC Wildfire is App Sharing. This allows users to share Apps that they think they?re friends might like. The can simply sent them a direct link, or share it via FriendStream, which is a feature which shows a friends messages and updates from a number of sources, all on one screen. For example, a friends Tweets, posts, updates and messages can all be viewed on one screen regardless of whether the updates are from Twitter, FaceBook etc, or simply just a SMS. If you want to share an App via FriendStream, then it will be viewable by all your friends.
An impressive take on an otherwise mundane feature is the caller ID. Whilst many phones allow a picture to be assigned to a contact within the phonebook, HTC has decided to go one better on the Wildfire. When a friend calls you, not only is their picture displayed, but their birthday is shown alongside a countdown timer, as well as their current FaceBook status. It is feature like this which makes the HTC Wildfire perfect for the social networker, as features like this are not available on other phones.
The HTC people widget is a method of assigning lists of friends, so they can be sorted into categories, such as friends, family or work colleagues. But rather than stop there, you can then allocate the best way to get in touch. For example, you could assign email as the best way to get in touch with someone in the office, so all you need to do is touch the email icon which is displayed with their picture.
Of course, the HTC Wildfire would be nothing without the internet. An amazing feature of the browser is called ?text auto-reflow?. What this does is allow a user to zoom into a web page by pinching the screen, but rather than have to scroll up and down or side to side to read the text, it actually moves to fit the screen, so it can be read hassle-free. With a couple of taps, users can highlight text and then search it in Wikipedia, or translate it via Google.
While this review has only scratched the surface of the innovation within the HTC Wildfire, it goes to show why this is such an advanced phone. Given its levels of technology, it is also surprisingly affordable, meaning that it is easy for just about everyone to enjoy this level of technology.
By: Chris Westley
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