HTC Wildfire
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The HTC Wildfire is a smartphone
developed by the HTC Corporation, that was announced on 17 May 2010 and released in Europe in June of the same year. It is powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm
processor and runs the Android operating system, version 2.2. It includes an TFT LCD
capacitive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera. It has been described as a "Mini HTC Desire
", and is perceived to be a follow-up model to the previous year's Tattoo
.
, T-Mobile
, 3 (Hutchison 3G)
, Vodafone
, Telenor
, Tesco Mobile
and Virgin Mobile
.
In Australia, the carrier announced is Telstra
. The Telstra branded HTC Wildfire is a special version supporting 850 MHz/2100 MHz UMTS, with the model number A3335.
In Taiwan, the carrier announced is Taiwan Mobile
.
In Malaysia, the carrier announced is Maxis
.
In Mexico, the carrier announced is Iusacell
however it has been incorrectly marked as HTC Desire A. The name 'Desire A' may have been chosen due to pressure from North American operators not wanting this phone in their market, as this Wildfire variant operates on the North American 850 MHz/1900 MHz UMTS bands. One thing notable about this name is how difficult it is to find relative information among the results of internet searches which are predominantly swamped with pages concerning only the HTC Desire A8181, a significantly more popular but completely different phone.
, which resulted in 50% of the votes for "Wildfire" and 24% for "Zeal" which came in second place.
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A leaked build of Android 2.2 and 2.2.1 subsequently surfaced from China and Europe respectively, but with limited language support. It was modified and released by developers on the XDA Forums. In addition to this, several unofficial builds based on AOSP 2.2.1 and 2.3 have also surfaced on XDA.
On the morning of the 20th December 2010, the 2.2 update was released as a modified build of the HTC Glacier's
code. Many customers were surprised at the news, some previously so much as speculating that it would not appear, as the majority of Wildfire users had been waiting in anticipation for the update (heightened by limited news on the subject from HTC) since mid-2010.
Customers with unlocked HTC Wildfires received the update first, followed by operator-locked users that received the update shortly after the original release.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
developed by the HTC Corporation, that was announced on 17 May 2010 and released in Europe in June of the same year. It is powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
processor and runs the Android operating system, version 2.2. It includes an TFT LCD
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
capacitive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera. It has been described as a "Mini HTC Desire
HTC Desire
The HTC Desire is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation, announced on 16 February 2010 and released in Europe and Australia in the second quarter of the same year. The HTC Desire runs the Android operating system, version 2.2 "Froyo"...
", and is perceived to be a follow-up model to the previous year's Tattoo
HTC Tattoo
The HTC Tattoo is a phone manufactured by the HTC Corporation for the Android platform. It is the second phone to feature the HTC Sense interface. The phone was announced on 8 September 2009....
.
Availability
In Europe, the carriers announced are Meteor, Play MobilePlay Mobile
Play, P4 is a brand name of the fourth Polish cellular telecommunications provider.Icelandic-led Novator acquired a large stake in the company.- Network :...
, T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
, 3 (Hutchison 3G)
Hutchison 3G
3 is a brand name under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and Broadband Internet Providers are operated in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom...
, Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
, Telenor
Telenor
Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
, Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Slovakia. It is operated by Tesco, using the O2 network as its carrier.-United Kingdom:...
and Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
.
In Australia, the carrier announced is Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
. The Telstra branded HTC Wildfire is a special version supporting 850 MHz/2100 MHz UMTS, with the model number A3335.
In Taiwan, the carrier announced is Taiwan Mobile
Taiwan Mobile
Taiwan Mobile is a GSM mobile phone operator based in Taiwan.Taiwan Mobile started as part of a strategic divestment from the now defunct Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. Ltd...
.
In Malaysia, the carrier announced is Maxis
Maxis Communications
Maxis Communications Berhad is a Malaysian cellular operator company headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was started in the year 1993. It uses the dialing pref ix identifier of "012" , "017" and “0142”. Their mobile services are provided over the 900 & 1800 MHz GSM band and as July 2005,...
.
In Mexico, the carrier announced is Iusacell
Iusacell
Grupo Iusacell is Mexico's #3 mobile operator.-Services:The company provides cellular services reaching about 90% of Mexico's population, including Mexico City and received more licenses to cover the remaining regions in early 2005. It has more than 3.5 million subscribers...
however it has been incorrectly marked as HTC Desire A. The name 'Desire A' may have been chosen due to pressure from North American operators not wanting this phone in their market, as this Wildfire variant operates on the North American 850 MHz/1900 MHz UMTS bands. One thing notable about this name is how difficult it is to find relative information among the results of internet searches which are predominantly swamped with pages concerning only the HTC Desire A8181, a significantly more popular but completely different phone.
Name
The name "Wildfire" was decided in a poll on FacebookFacebook
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, which resulted in 50% of the votes for "Wildfire" and 24% for "Zeal" which came in second place.
Wildfire S
The HTC Wildfire S is a refresh version, which features many enhancements.Software updates
HTC announced in June 2010 that the HTC Wildfire is among their list of phones to receive the Android 2.2 "Froyo" update. The update to Android 2.2 includes support for USB tethering, enhanced bluetooth support, multiple keyboard languages, Wi-Fi hotspot tethering and more. However, live wallpapers and Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player
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A leaked build of Android 2.2 and 2.2.1 subsequently surfaced from China and Europe respectively, but with limited language support. It was modified and released by developers on the XDA Forums. In addition to this, several unofficial builds based on AOSP 2.2.1 and 2.3 have also surfaced on XDA.
On the morning of the 20th December 2010, the 2.2 update was released as a modified build of the HTC Glacier's
T-Mobile myTouch 4G
The T-Mobile myTouch 4G is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation for T-Mobile USA. HTC's name for the device during development was "Glacier". This is T-Mobile's second "4G" phone, after the T-Mobile G2, and the third smartphone by T-Mobile that runs Android 2.2 Froyo software...
code. Many customers were surprised at the news, some previously so much as speculating that it would not appear, as the majority of Wildfire users had been waiting in anticipation for the update (heightened by limited news on the subject from HTC) since mid-2010.
Customers with unlocked HTC Wildfires received the update first, followed by operator-locked users that received the update shortly after the original release.
Key Software Availability
| Software | Availability |
|---|---|
| Email Reader Email Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the... |
Yes |
| Android Market Android Market Android Market is an online software store developed by Google for Android OS devices. Its gateway is an application program called "Market", preinstalled on most Android devices, allows users to browse and download mobile apps published by third-party developers... |
Yes |
| Voice Search | Yes (requires download) |
| Photo Search Google Goggles Google Goggles is a downloadable image recognition application created by Google Inc. which can be currently found on the Mobile Apps page of Google Mobile. It is used for searches based on pictures taken by handheld devices... |
Yes (requires download) |
| Turn-by-turn GPS Navigation | Yes |
| Google Maps Google Maps Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API... |
Yes |
| Facebook Facebook Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as... |
Yes (requires download) |
| Twitter Twitter Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July... |
Yes (requires download) |
| Skype Skype Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system... |
No Voice Only in some markets |
| Google Latitude Google Latitude Google Latitude is a location-aware mobile app developed by Google as a successor to their earlier SMS-based service Dodgeball. Latitude allows a mobile phone user to allow certain people to view their current location. Via their own Google Account, the user's cell phone location is mapped on... |
Yes |
| QR Code Reader QR Code A QR code is a type of matrix barcode first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white... |
Yes (requires download) |
See also
- List of HTC phones
- Comparison of smartphonesComparison of smartphones-Hardware and OS:-Networks and connectivity:...
- Comparison of Android devices