This is my first post on my IT Blog, so here goes! I recently purchased the HTC Wildfire, I know I'm a little bit behind technology wise, but I've never been big into phones! The first thing I noticed when buying the phone was that there were four colours to choose from, black, grey, red and white. Although to you it may seem very trivial, it made me wonder. Apple is a multi-billion dollar company, so clearly it's been doing something right, and has been listening to their customers. So why do they offer such a limited range of colours? The only reason I can see behind this is brand. All of their products are clean colours, which even carries through to their logo and website. Although brand is very important, I really think they could do with spicing it up a little! Anyway I digress.
Straightaway the Wildfire let me down in the overall smoothness of use. Not only did menu's and apps take some time to load, merely scrolling side to side was often sluggish. Neither was I impressed by the quality of the screen. I was left begging for crisp corners, and higher resolution, vibrant colours, and sharp lines. None the less, like a man on a mission I delved into the app store to see what I could conjure up. After a short download I was presented with "Drag Racing", which is not suprisingly, a drag racing game. Even on my first race the phone started to jump, and the game ran much slower than on my friends Dell Streak. Unimpressed so far I trundled on for a couple more hours, finding the in's and out's of the phone.
After only a few hours, the phone began to get hot. The back of the phone got warm, and the phone wasn't even charging! This heat gradually disappeared, although unfortunately the problems regarding lag didn't. However it's not all doom and gloom, oh no ! The HTC Wildfire has a respectable 5 megapixel camera, which is more than suffice for your average user, along with this the Wildfire can use 3g which it's Blackberry counterpart can not. The Wildfire can also take up to a 32gb SD card to use with that camera, which far outways the iPhone with no option for memory upgrades. It also boasts an impressive weight of only 118 grams, which although trivial makes a first impression difference.One feature that impressed me was the battery. Running this phone on low brightness with internet and WiFi disabled, allowed me to use it for almost endless amounts of time without charging it. This is something I sorely missed in my previous phone.
The most important feature, which will always make me love this phone regardless of it's faults, is the ability to run Flash. Apples brick wall approach to Adobe has always aggrivated iPhone users, and this could just nudge HTC that little bit closer to overtaking the giant that is Apple. In conclusion, this phone has it's faults but what device doesn't? I hope you enjoy my IT Blog and return regularely to check for new content! Although it could be a mistake to inflate his ego anymore, to quote Jeremy Clarkson, "and on that bombshell, goodnight!"
