An overview of the HTC Wildfire

Following hot on the heels of the previous models of the Legend, and Desire, HTC have unveiled their latest handset, the Wildfire, a phone designed for the same outstanding features of its predecessors, but at a more affordable price.

Wild Fire is an HTC Android phone running on the 2.1 platform and the exploitation of the fantastic Sense HTC user. Sense what sets apart from other interfaces are the latest stylish and functional menu systems. It supports several features that really make the phone a simple and enjoyable experience. Such a feature is the Friend Stream function, which collects information and status of your friends from different social networking sites and put them all together in one easy to read, easily manageable place. The Leap feature makes it possible to immediately access all the different home screens them neatly on a screen so it easy to choose what you want instead of your finger across the screen constantly.

Flash format is also supported by Sense. The whole phone is really centered around the theme with widget applications available for anything you can think of the new flash widget that allows people to group friends together right from the start screen. The processor that powers all along been a smooth affair 528MHz and does the job better than average. A microSD card slot allows memory expandable to 32GB through the top 512 that is built into the phone.

The HTC Wild Fire is a well designed handset, managing a 3.2 "TFT screen fit into the relatively compact 106.7 x 60.4 x 12.9 mm dimensions. The phone fits comfortably in the hand with the light weight 115g combined with the nicely curved design. The screen itself is a 240 x 320 resolution and with it a capacitive touchscreen is also incredibly responsive. An optical trackpad is also included to easily navigate websites. The screen is multi-touch and thus supports pinch and zoom technology, much easier than with a separate zoom bar. a 5 million pixel camera is mounted on the phone, which benefits from also has an LED flash and an autofocus function. Wildfire includes a simple Use gallery that gives you a user-friendly overview of all the pictures you have taken.

The Wild Fire is definitely an impressive device from HTC, especially given the proposed low price. For those looking to break into the smartphone market, or mid-range phone owners looking for something extra, the handset will certainly appeal.