The HTC Wildfire Is A Highly Versatile Smartphone

HTC has released a number of Smartphones and the last few months. This includes the Wildfire, which is more compact and aesthetically pleasing than many of its sister handsets. With a diverse array of features, it is an ideal touchscreen Smartphone for the social networking fan.

The appearance of the HTC Wildfire is initially similar to that of the HTC Desire, however it is certainly more compact thanks to its rounded off features and a soft appearance with its soft touch finish which makes it a pleasure to hold and use especially coupled with its compact dimensions and light weight of 118 g.

The confines of the 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen allow up to 16M colours to be displayed within 240x 320 pixels. This provides superb display of videos and photos. The screen also includes additional features such as multi touch input method, touch sensitive controls, an accelerometer to sensor for auto rotate of the user interface. An optical trackpad provides an alternative method of navigating the HTC Sense user interface.

This highly customisable user interface provides refreshing alternative to the standard android user interface. Whilst android 2.1 is the operating system of choice, HTC Sense allows users to customise their homescreen by including the apps and widgets of their choice as well as a host of other features such as backgrounds and images.

Users of the HTC Wildfire are alerted to incoming calls and messages thanks to the classic combination of vibration and ringing, however they have control over the ring tone thanks to the ability to assign MP3 files as ringtones allowing a degree of customisation. A speakerphone system and a 3.5 mm audio Jack provide options for handsfree communication as well as the use of earphones for listening to music via the internal media player.

Along with 384 MB of random access memory (RAM) for HTC Wildfire includes expandable storage thanks to a microSD card slot. By utilising this feature, users can install a memory card of up to 32 GB which gives them the potential to store large amounts of files. These can include media files and documents as well as additional contact information etc.

The HTC Wildfire features Internet access via both Wi-Fi connections and HSDPA at 7.2 mega bytes per second. Wi-Fi offers the fastest connection by utilising local Wireless Networks where available. Other connectivity features include GPRS and EDGE as well as Bluetooth and USB connections for connecting to other devices.

A versatile an impressive five mega pixel digital camera is also included which boasts a list of image enhancing features as well as the ability to shoot video. An LED flash is included in order to overcome the obstacle of taking photos in low lighting conditions.

Whatever you are looking for in a Smartphone, the HTC Wildfire is sure to tick most if not all the boxes. The social networking integration and the availability of several colour variants, as well as a powerful Android operating system it is a Smartphone which is sure to turn heads for all the right reasons.