HTC Wildfire

Manufacturer	HTC Corporation
Carrier	Play Mobile, T-Mobile UK, Cellular South, 3, Maxis Mobile, Vodafone, Tesco Mobile UK, Virgin Mobile, Telstra, O2
Screen	3.2 in (8.1 cm) TFT LCD QVGA 240 × 320 capacitive touchscreen
Camera	5 Megapixel autofocus with LED flash and Geotagging
Operating system	Android 2.1 (Eclair) with HTC Sense Upgradable to 2.2 (FroYo)
Input	Multi-touch with HTC Sense interface
CPU	Qualcomm MSM7225 528 MHz
Memory	512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM
Memory card	Supports up to 32 GB microSD
Connectivity	Europe/Asia Pacific: HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz; GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR;
Battery	Li-ion 1300 mAh
Physical size	106.75 (4.2) × 60.4 (2.4) × 12.19 (0.48) mm (in)
Weight	118 g (4.2 oz)
Form factor	Candybar smartphone
Predecessor	HTC Tattoo
Other	Proximity sensor, FM Radio, Facebook, Twitter, MS Exchange, compass, GPS, A-GPS, Google turn-by-turn navigation, Full Flash support enabled / FlashLite

The HTC Wildfire is a smartphone developed by the HTC Corporation, that was announced on 17 May 2010 ^[1] and released in Europe in June of the same year.^[2] 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.

Availability

In Europe, the carriers announced are Meteor, Play Mobile, T-Mobile, 3 (Hutchison 3G), Vodafone, Telenor^[3] and Virgin Mobile.^[4][5] The HTC Wildfire is now available as PAYG or contract on the Tesco Mobile carrier in the UK.
In Australia, the carrier announced is Telstra.^[6]
In Taiwan, the carriers announced is Taiwan Mobile.^[7]
In Malaysia, the carrier announced is Maxis.^[8]
In Mexico, the carrier announced is Iusacell however it has been incorrectly marked as HTC Desire A.^[9]

Name

The name "Wildfire" was decided in a poll on Facebook,^[10] which resulted in 50% of the votes for "Wildfire" and 24% for "Zeal" which came in second place.

Software updates

HTC announced in June 2010 that the HTC Wildfire is among their list of phones to receive the Android 2.2 (FroYo). On the morning of the 20th December 2010 after a long wait and much anticipation as to whether HTC would actually release the update ^[11] the 2.2 update began rolling out ^[12] to customers with unbranded HTC Wildfires, with operator branded models expected to receive the update in the next few weeks.^[13]
The update to Android 2.2 will include support for USB tethering, enhanced bluetooth support, multiple keyboard languages, wi-fi hotspot tethering and more. However, live wallpapers and Flash support in the browser will not be supported.^[14]

A leaked build of Android 2.2 and 2.2.1 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.
It has also been rumored that the HTC Wildfire will receive the recently released 2.3 Gingerbread update^[15]

key Software Availability

Software	Availability
Email Reader	Yes
Android Market	Yes
Voice Search	Yes (requires download)
Photo Search	Yes (requires download)
Turn-by-turn GPS Navigation	Yes
Google Maps	Yes
Facebook	Yes
Twitter	Yes
Skype	No Voice[16] Only in some markets
Google Latitude	Yes
QR Code Reader	Yes (requires download)