| HTC have impressed with their high end smartphones | | | | HTC Wildfire show that the handset is certainly well |
| that have hit the market in the past few months, | | | | specified. With regards to the camera facility, this |
| competing with the Apple iPhone and the high end | | | | boast a 5 mega pixel resolution which is fairly standard |
| Sony Ericssons. They have now focused their | | | | amongst smartphones. The snapper benefits from a |
| attention on producing a Smartphone but at the more | | | | host of other additional feature however that include |
| budget end of the market with the new HTC Wildfire. | | | | an LED flash and autofocus, both features make |
| So exactly how does this impressive looking model fair | | | | taking good quality pictures even easier. The handset |
| against the more powerful competitors available. Firstly | | | | also supports geo tagging. The Wildfire is also capable |
| lets take a look at the design of the unit. At first glance | | | | of catching video footage and the results are quite |
| the unit looks slightly squarer than others available, but | | | | impressive. With regards to Audio the handset |
| this is no bad thing and in fact makes the phone stand | | | | supports various formats that include MP3, WAV and |
| out a little from the crowd. Measuring 106.7 x 60.4 x | | | | AAC. Video playback is also supported and the results |
| 12.9 mm, the phone weighs 118 grammes. Very similar | | | | look good on the phones screen. There is a gallery |
| in looks to the HTC Desire, the handset has neatly | | | | mode, designed to make viewing both video and |
| curved edges and certainly does not look cheap, even | | | | photographs easier. The 512MB of internal memory is |
| quite the opposite thanks to a distinctive metal band | | | | reasonable but can be increased by adding a microSD |
| placed across the back of the phone. The screen | | | | card, the handset supports sizes upto 32GB. The |
| featured on the Wildfire is a 3.2" TFT display. Capable | | | | phone also features a 3.5mm headphone jack, giving |
| of producing a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, the | | | | the user the choice of which headphones they wish to |
| screen benefits from being a capacitive touchscreen | | | | listen to their material on. The HTC Wildfire is |
| rather than resistive. This means it is much more | | | | essentially a high end phone masquerading with the |
| responsive to the users touch, and navigation around | | | | price of a more mid ranged handset. The phone looks |
| the various homescreens is quick and easy. An optical | | | | an excellent option for either new smartphone users |
| trackpad is also fitted to the unit to make navigation | | | | or people wishing to upgrade without diving straight in |
| even easier. A look at the multi media facilities on the | | | | at the deep end of the smart phone world. |