Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/htc_wildfire_3_t_mobile_virgin_mobile/
Operators line up to pitch HTC Wildfire
Budget Android 2.1 smartphone out next month
Posted in Mobile, 19th May 2010 11:34 GMT
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Three, T-Mobile and Virgin Media have all now said they will offer HTC's latest Android handset, the budget Wildfire, in the future.
Three [1] wouldn't say how much it will charge for the handset, or when it will make the phone available to subscribers, and Virgin Mobile [2] simply said it will sell Wildfire "in Q3", but T-Mobile [3] today said it will begin selling the gadget on 14 June.
The smartphone will be available from £20 a month on a two-year pay monthly contract, T-Mobile said today.
HTC launched Wildfire [4] this past Monday.
It contains a 528MHz Qualcomm processor and sports a 3.2in, 240 x 320 capacitive touchscreen display. Android 2.1 is augmented with HTC's own Sense user interface.
Other specs are smartphone standard: GPS, dual-band HSDPA 3G, quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 5Mp autofocus camera and Micro SDHC storage. The Wildfire comes with a 1300mAh battery good for up to eight-and-a-bit hours' talk time or 690 hours on standby, HTC claimed. ®