ADVANTAGES OF HTC WILDFIRE

                                        
HTC's music player is not exactly beautiful. Despite taking some design cues from the iPhone 4's iPod player (Cover Flow-style artwork, anyone?) it doesn't manage to pull it off in such an elegant manner. It ends up being a little clunky to use, although you can swipe through album covers or view them in list mode if you prefer. As always, we're glad of the 3.5mm headphone jack so we can use whatever headphones we fancy; although HTC's in-box effort isn't too bad.
Using Sennheiser in-ear headphones, sound quality wasn't noticeably better or poorer than that of the iPhone or HTC's higher-end Androids, the HTC Desire and HTC Legend. The built-in speaker is another story though; as with most handsets, it was tinny, shrill and not something we'd be keen to use on a regular basis. When it comes to video, playback of footage stored on the handset itself is quite a disappointment – although the content may be high res, the screen is not high enough quality to handle it, so you end up with quite a jaggy, pixellated experience. If you've ever used a handset with a high-end screen, like the Samsung Wave and its Super-AMOLED display, you'll be aghast at the quality.

There's no option to swipe through videos as they play, but the video gallery layout is very simple and you can nip between files in just two or three taps. It's also easy enough to share your own videos via email, media message or using a social networking link; there's no Facebook uploader though which is a shame. Not many Android handsets come with an onboard FM radio so it's a nice addition to the HTC Wildfire. The headset acts as the aerial so it has to be plugged in to use the radio, but you can then play it through the external phone speaker. Unfortunately, you can't just use any old headphones to act as aerial. Aside from that it's very straightforward to use, if a little slow to fire up, and can be left running in the background as you use the Wildfire for other things.

HTC reckons we should be able to get 480 hours of standby time out of the 1300 mAh battery – we beg to differ. A full charge barely gave us one whole day of very light use, although we did have background apps running throughout. We could also have turned down brightness, pulled off push email and switched off 3G to conserve power, but where's the fun in that? Making calls didn't seem to drain the battery so severely, although we'd still argue that HTC's estimate of 490 minutes talk time is massively optimistic. One of the great things about Google Android handsets is how wonderfully they sync your Google accounts. The calendar on the HTC Wildfire is no exception; reminders and alerts for appointments we'd added on our desktop popped up without us having to manually force synchronisation.
                 
As well as Google Calendars, it also integrates Facebook events and birthdays, leaving you with a well-populated calendar before you've even added anything via the handset. We love that when flicking through our schedule for the next three days ahead, the calendar told us what weather to expect. Perfect for planning outfits football games and picnics, unless you travel a lot, since it's based on your current location.

From here it's a one-tap process to set the phone to bedside mode, as well as perusing or setting world clocks and using the stopwatch or timer functions. The alarm function is as comprehensive as you need it to be – the Wildfire comes with three alarms pre-set up for you, but you can customise your own alarms – so if you're working funny shifts you can decide which alarm goes off on what days to save you having to set a new alarm every evening. Our only complaint is that it's a bit too difficult for us sleepyheads to get the alarm to snooze. We kept turning it off instead which led to continual over-sleeping. At least, that's our excuse anyway.

Maps

Maps saw no complaints from us, with the GPS locating us effortlessly as we travelled around London and loading maps at an acceptable speed. The built-in compass is invaluable for the directionally-challenged, and the route planner is wonderfully simple to programme with clear directions to follow either in list view or on the map.

There's not a great deal to say about the calculator on the HTC Wildfire – it's very basic and looks really dull. Obviously we're not suggesting HTC make it the highest priority, but we'd still appreciate a bit more effort on the calculator front. We'll admit that we're easily impressed by shiny things so forgive the hyperbole as we wax lyrical about the HTC Wildfire's flashlight; it's wonderful. Styled onscreen like an actual torch, you can swipe between three different brightness settings, as the light shines out from the LED flash on the back of the handset. Marvelous. If you're into gaming, you'll be pleased to head that you can save your high scores from the HTC Wildfire to universal scoreboards online – finally the world can appreciate your prowess at Jewels and Solitaire.

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