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HTC Wildfire Smartphone
The HTC Wildfire looked like an offshoot of theHTC Desire if it actually grows like a tuber plant. At closer look, you’ll realize that it’s just that in looks; the HTC Wildfire is, in fact, closer in terms of the HTC Tattoo by conception and purpose. That is, an entry-level smartphone that offers a lot more than its price.
It’s definitely easy to mistake it as the HTC Desire, because it retains most of its design characteristics; a chin, optical Trackpad and round edges, though it does take a leaf from the Nexus One to implement touch –sensitive keys as oppose to Desire’s click buttons. It’s a slim, light phone that has a solid built; something normally absent from entry-level devices.
The Wildfire is also smaller, and due to cutting costs the screen is plain old LCD (no AMOLED here), which sadly displays at 240 x 320 QVGA resolution. It’s not so bad on images, but when it comes to reading websites, it makes it difficult, and video quality takes a hit. It’s also quite reflective, but considering its price point, these might be expected. At least the touch operation is responsive.
The Wildfire runs on Android 2.1, and HTC Sense keeps up the good deed of giving an accessible, simple user interface. Navigating through the Wildfire feels natural and very similar to Android HTC devices of late. HTC also integrated the address book into social networking sites, and with Wi-Fi and HSDPA support plus GPS, an entry level phone doesn’t get any better than this set of features.
A 528MHz processor powers the Wildfire, which does a worthy job to manage most simple operations, but it hiccups occasionally when running videos and taps sometimes will fail to respond. Slow loading and crashes happen, but rarely. It’s a lot to ask from an entry-level device, and as such, we won’t complain as much.
The HTC Wildfire is a nice looking, solid device to fill HTC’s cheaper line up, thanks to its populated features and good design senses. It does suffer from its low screen resolution and performance limitations, but for its price, it’s a bargain.
Pros : Solid built, Wholesome functionality
Cons : Low-resolution screen, Some performance hiccups.
HTC Wildfire Specifications :
Operating System : ndroid 2.1
Frequency :HSPA / WCDMA 900/2100MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Screen :3.2 inch LDC capacitive touch screen at 240 x 320 QVGA
Connectivity : WiFi, HSPA, USB2.0, Bluetooth
Others :5MP color camera with geotagging
Dimensions :60.4 x 106.75 x 12.19mm
Weight :118g
Motorola Droid 2
The Motorola Droid 2 is the latest Android smartphone from Motorola and the successor to the popular Motorola Droid. The Droid 2 features a 3.7 inch FWVGA TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 854.
Other specifications on the Motorola Droid 2 include a 1GHz processor, 8GB of built in storage plus a microSD card slot that comes with an 8GB card as standard, and this can be upgraded to a 32GB micro SD card.
The Motorola Droid 2 features the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 2.2 (Froyo), which comes with built in support for Adobe Flash 10.1 right out of the box. On top of that there is also a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash, that is capable of of recording video in a 720 x 480 resolution.
