After being officially announced by T-Mobile a few weeks ago, the HTC Wildfire S looks to be hitting a few more carriers here in the states. The device cleared the FCC once again today this time with CDMA bands making it a perfect fit for U.S. carriers like Sprint. It’s almost guaranteed to hit US [...]
The HTC Wildfire S is coming to T-Mobile this fall. The Wildfire S – read our review of the European version — sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen and is running Android 3.2. It’s got a 5MP camera on the back. It’ll be available starting Aug. 3 for .99 (after mail-in rebate) with a two-year contract. It’ll be available in [...]
The Wildfire S has been available for awhile now in Europe and was recently leaked as the HTC Marvel for us here in the states. It’s been rumored to hit T-Mobile ever since the FCC filing and now, in an unexpected (but refreshing) twist, T-Mobile has decided to keep with the Wildfire S name. TmoNews [...]
HTC Desire II, HTC Flyer, Motorola Electrify (Photon), Huawei Ascend II, HTC Wildfire S LG Optimus Black – just a few of the devices headed US Cellular’s way this quarter. Amazing, no- Their entire leaked Q3 roadmap shows a crap ton of great devices and we can’t imagine this won’t put them in an upper [...]
You may have heard of the HTC Marvel before but if not we first got wind of it back in May in a leaked roadmap for T-Mobile. We heard it would be launching close to or right along with the HTC Doubleshot also known as the myTouch 4G Slide, with that phone coming sometime in [...]
So it’s not the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II or the HTC Wildfire, but the Samsung Galaxy 550 is “coming soon” to SaskTel. This low-cost Android will be available for 9.99 outright and range all the way to .99 on a 3-year. This is a little behind the times when i… Continue Reading Here SaskTel [...]
According to a screen grab a tipster just hit us with, US Cellular looks to be updating their Android family with the addition of the HTC Desire S (here called the Desire II) and Wildfire S. The sequel to the original Desire makes sense here, as US Cellular was one of the few US outlets [...]
What’s all this- Looks like US Cellular is in line to get itself the HTC Desire II (aka the Desire S) and Wildfire S (aka, erm, the Wildfire S) sometime in the near future, as it’s popped up in the regional carrier’s inventory. The Desire II/S, of course, is the follow-up of last year’s original Desire (see our review [...]
Bell has released the entry level Android HTC Wildfire S today. This will run you 9.95 on a no-contract and goes all the way down to .95 on a 3-year. For a low cost Android the specs are solid: OS 2.3, a 3.2-inch Super LCD touchscreen display (320 x 480), 600 MHz processor, 5 megapixel… [...]
HTC WildFire S being launched? The HTC WildFire S is being released to SaskTel (Saskatchewan Carrier) next month and according to sources there is more to it than that. Bell according to sources on the internet is possibly going to be releasing the HTC WildFire S on June 17th also. Devices that are launched on [...]
Even though it’s been clearly stated that Honeycomb (Android 3.0) is designed for tablets only, it’s inevitable that developers will continue to attempt to port it to phones, right? We’ve already seen a very, very early port of it running (if you can call it that) on the Droid Incredible Desire HD, and Evo 4G; [...]
At the Mobile World Congress HTC announced that they will be releasing the HTC Wildfire S, the successor to the HTC Wildfire. The phone’s screen has been updated from a QVGA to a HVGA style screen. It will be powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7227 600MHz chip with 512MB of RAM. A 5 MP rear [...]
Just posted on HTC’s support page is a new update for HTC Sync, now with added support for devices that didn’t seem to make the cut with the last update. The official release brings Sync from version 3.05481 to the new version 3.0.5511. “You can use HTC Sync™ to synchronize Outlook contacts and calendar or Outlook Express [...]
Gingerbread hasn’t even been released to Nexus One or Nexus S yet and it seems like it’s already in a bunch of Android phones with custom ROM’s, and it seems like it’s working on older phones just fine, unlike what LG has said that Gingerbread would require a 1 Ghz CPU to function. The phones [...]
What’s great about Android is that it can come to both very high-end smartphones, featuring the best specs, but also to low-end devices for people who don’t need their smartphone to do everything. HTC is now bringing their low-end Android 2.1 device HTC Wildfire to North American carriers. It comes with a 528 MHz CPU, [...]
HTC Wildfire is a device that will help you stay connected with those who are most important to you through HTC Sense, a user experience focused on putting people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. You won’t miss out on the gossip as HTC’s Friend Stream application [...]
In recent weeks, the temperature in the smartphone arena has been on the rise. There has been as much attention on the performance of new devices as on budget friendly deals all over the market. Telstra, an Australian telco company, has been offering the HTC Wildfire as a pre-paid device at $349. If you have [...]
Three’s no crowd for the Galaxy S One of the reasons they make the wonderful Samsung Galaxy S in so many varieties is largely to cope with all the various 3G standards that exist. And if you think its complicated in North America you should see Europe or the Far East. Of course, this is [...]
Here’s a couple of Android phones you don’t see every day. HTC has come out with special editions of their Desire and Wildfire handsets. The Special Edition Desire (right) is decked out in white, while the Special Edition Wildfire is boasting a silver style. Below are the stock phones so you can see how the [...]
HTC Wildfire users rejoice! Well, lets explain first. The HTC Wildfire has been somewhat rooted thanks to user MartinEve at XDA. It does not unlock NAND (no custom ROM’s, sorry), but it does allow running apps that require root access! SuperUser, YAY! As always, you need to be super careful when doing this. Here are [...]
Proud to be a virgin There was a time when people didn’t want to be associated with the word ‘virgin’ but thanks to billionaire Richard Branson that is no longer the case and nowadays the Virgin logo can be seen adorning many products from planes to trains and not least on Android phones like the [...]
Who the heck is Centennial Wireless? Well, we arent too sure, all we know is they are getting the Motorola Milestone XT720 and the HTC Wildfire. Its certainly not Verizon or Sprint, but at least these devices are making their way to America! The release date of the Milestone XT720 is expected to be August [...]
Telstra spreading the love Telstra, Australia’s largest mobile services provider are really getting the knack of the Android business. As of August 24 they will start to retail the HTC Wildfire on a pre-pay deal. At A$350 ($317) that’s a good price for a good phone. Radio shows ain’t what they used to be The [...]
4G up 4Grabs The switch to digital television here in the UK is due to leave the 800Mhz radio bandwidth bereft of signal and thus opened up for other use. Obviously the growth of the mobile handset has meant a greater demand for bandwidth and these freed up frequencies are highly sought after. Having gone [...]
Galaxy S Vodafone offer as good as it sounds? Vodafone are becoming adept at utilising social media as part of their sales strategy and their use of twitter to advertise special offers has not only been successful but has got everyone talking. Their latest tweetdeal is for the marvelous Samsung Galaxy S which they are [...]
HTC has just launched a new version of HTC Sync that allows media syncing with the HTC Wildfire. HTC claims that the new version is “Now packed with new features, this version features a media sync that is compatible with popular media players available on your PC.” It is admittedly a bit vague, as we [...]
Wildfires not burning so bright As elsewhere, the HTC Wildfire was met by a blaze of enthusiasm in the UK, and yesterday’s news that Android 2.2 for the handset is ready (appearing on launch lists in China) should have stoked the fires even further. For some though, the flames have been extinguished somewhat, by a [...]
Split Personalities Taiwanese electronics corporation Acer plan to announce another dual boot netbook like their Inspire One D250. Like its fore bearer, the Inspire One AOD255 will also dual boot Windows XP but will have Android 2.1 as opposed to 1.6. If you don’t want to travel to Taiwan or wait until next month, the [...]
One of our sources working in the cellphone industry sent us this photo of the HTC Wildfire being used for a current in-house Bell Canada Promotion for agents that clearly displays the HTC Wildfire in a current promotional Ad.While their has been no official announcement of the HTC Wildfire coming to Bell Canada this photo [...]
UK: BBC iPlayer Android App Removed From Shelf. The BBC holds a dear place in the hearts of the British. Colloquially we even refer to her as Auntie. “Making the unmissable, unmissable” is the tag line for her generally wonderful iPlayer service. Apart from being rather poor English, it would also appear that its not [...]
Telstra will be launching the HTC Wildfire Android smartphone in August to flesh out the telco’s range of Android devices after the success of the HTC Desire on the Next G network. Telstra has again sewn up an exclusivity deal with HTC to distribute the HTC Wildfire after doing well with a similar agreement covering [...]
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Carriers release them, then Android hackers crack them open — as we see today with the HTC Wildfire. Paul O’Brien (a name we all should know by now) once again circumvents the protection schemes carriers and manufacturers put in place and has rooted the HTC Wildfire. The method (see source link) doesn’t look very difficult, [...]
HTC Wildfire is a new sense based phone launching for T-Mobile UK. The phone is targeted towards the price sensitive social network user. The Wildfire will be free with a two year plan (WOW!). It will have the friendstream application. This application combines Twitter, Facebook, and FLIKR into one stream of updates. This phone was [...]
It’s turning into the day for new Androidphones showing up here at Android Community – after theSamsung Galaxy S landed on our mat earlier, a newHTC Wildfire has just appeared too. HTC’s new entry-levelhandset made its debut a month or so ago, and now we’ve one of the first review units in to see how [...]
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