MobileTechReview Forum, News and Reviews: HTC Today Releases the HTC Wildfire

HTC today introduced HTC Wildfire, a new HTC Sense-based Android phone that integrates the most popular social networks to help bring your friends closer to you. The HTC Wildfire is a social networking centric phone that comes with HTC's Friend Stream application seamlessly gathers and displays content from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr into one organized stream of updates. HTC Wildfire enables you to stay up to date with your friends' posts, comments, alerts and photos, wherever you are. More info, specs and a photo:

In addition, each contact viewed in HTC Wildfire?s address book includes a thread of recent communications with that person, including when you last spoke, recent text messages and emails, and social network updates. When your friend calls, HTC Caller ID displays their Facebook profile photo and latest update, as well as a reminder if their birthday is fast approaching.

Thanks to a new app sharing program, HTC Wildfire enables you to recommend an application by email, text message or over social networks. Your friends will receive a link allowing them to find the application on the Android Market with a single click and download it to their phone.

HTC?s latest advanced smartphone is great for viewing and sharing photos on Flickr and for surfing the internet thanks to its 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen. A five-megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash allows you to capture special moments, while a 3.5mm audio jack and micro SD card slot mean you are never without your favorite songs.

Specs:

CPU Processing Speed
528 MHz
Power & Battery

Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1300 mAh
Talk time:
* WCDMA: Up to 440 mins
* GSM: Up to 490 mins

Standby time:
* WCDMA: Up to 690 hours
* GSM: Up to 480 hours

Camera
* 5 megapixel color camera
* Auto focus and flash
* Geotagging

Connectors
* 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
* Standard micro-USB
(5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Sensors
* G-Sensor
* Digital compass
* Proximity sensor
* Ambient light sensor

HTC Widgets
* Bookmarks, Calculator, Calendar, Clock, FM Radio, Friend Stream, Mail, Messages, Music, News, People, Stocks, Weather, Settings (such as Profile, Ringtone, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), and more
* Downloadable widgets

Social Networking
* Facebook for HTC Sense
* Friend Stream
* Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
* Video sharing on YouTube
* HTC Peep for twittering

Special Features
* HTC Caller ID that shows the caller?s Facebook status and a birthday reminder
* App Sharing that lets you recommend apps straight from your phone
* Full Flash support on the web browser
* In-built, dimmable flashlight
* Ringer that automatically lowers the ring volume when you lift up the phone or mutes when you flip the phone face down

Display

Type: Capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
Size: 3.2 inches
Resolution: 240 x 320 QVGA
Platform

Android 2.1 (?clair) with HTC Sense

Storage
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 384 MB

Expansion slot:
* microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Supports up to 32 GB

Network Bands

Europe:

* HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
* GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Asia Pacific:

* HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
* GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Internet

* 3G:
Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
Up to 384 kbps upload speed
* GPRS: Up to 114 kbps downloading
* EDGE: Up to 560 kbps downloading
* Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Tethering
* Internet sharing through USB

Bluetooth

* Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
* A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
* FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
* Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile

Multimedia

* Gallery application for viewing photos and videos
* Music
* FM Radio
* Audio supported formats:
Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Recording: .amr
* Video supported formats:
Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv
(Windows Media Video 9)
Recording: .3gp

Location
* Internal GPS antenna
* Google Maps
* HTC Footprints

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