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HTC Wildfire
Hi all,
Got this phone yesterday on impulse and after so many years of being used to a keyboard, I'm really struggling with the touch keypad!! I've been searching for ages for a decent phone that had a keypad but when going into CPW yesterday, I really struggled to find one. I spent a good half hour in there deciding whether to choose the Wildfire or stick to what I know and go for the SE X10 mini, as that had a keypad. But both the salesman and OH convinced me to 'try something new'. I do 'like' the phone, although am finding it a bit fiddly and keep hitting the search touch button when trying to text. I've only got small hands so the phone is a bit wider than what I'm used to. However I do like the way my contacts sync with FB (and saves me trying to find photos to link to my contacts) Am also finding the apps a bit naff, compared to iTunes - any recommendations for apps/games? (Preferably free?) Also is there anyway to sort my photos into any kind of order? My last SE sorted them into month, which was quite handy if I knew when it was taken. I guess it'll take some getting used to, have got it for 2 years!! Just dont think I'm appreciating it fully at the moment. |
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I got one of these 2 days ago, previously I had a G1 and then a Samsung Galaxy Portal for 1 day before returning it because it was crap.
Personally I love the Wildfire, yes the keyboard takes getting used to but then again I am a veteran of using the G1 on screen keyboard (couldnt be bothered sliding the hard keyboard out alot of the time). My wife was a keyboard addict and on impulse went for a LG Intouch Max which she returned and swapped for a Wildfire two weeks ago (prompting me to get one). She now loves the on screen keyboard. My recommendation is persevere with it . |
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Try calibrating the screen again, or download an alternative virtual keyboard. I stuck a multi-touch one on my Desire which I sort of prefer to the default one, but not entirely conviced after a week.
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I do 'like' the phone, although am finding it a bit fiddly and keep hitting the search touch button when trying to text. I've only got small hands so the phone is a bit wider than what I'm used to.
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Am also finding the apps a bit naff, compared to iTunes - any recommendations for apps/games? (Preferably free?)
Most are free. Tell us what you've used from iTunes and we'll give you an alternative for Android. Failing that, there are tonnes of Desire/Android threads that have list upon list of recommended apps.Quote:
Also is there anyway to sort my photos into any kind of order? My last SE sorted them into month, which was quite handy if I knew when it was taken.
Not with the stock app, but there are plenty of gallery apps that allow you to do this (and more).
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I do 'like' the phone, although am finding it a bit fiddly and keep hitting the search touch button when trying to text. I've only got small hands so the phone is a bit wider than what I'm used to. However I do like the way my contacts sync with FB (and saves me trying to find photos to link to my contacts)
Am also finding the apps a bit naff, compared to iTunes - any recommendations for apps/games? (Preferably free?) |
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As soon as you can (because it is closed again at the moment) try the swype beta. It really is a work of genius and, if it ever becomes available in the marketplace, I would happily pay whatever they want to charge.
Standard Android keyboards aren't the best but swype allows me to ''type' faster than any other phone I have ever had. I can see this becoming THE standard keyboard on all touch screens eventually. |
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I too am a Swype convert and now love texting as I found it a chore before.
I text for no reason now.
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Texting on screen always takes a bit of getting used to, but you can always turn the phone 90° to get a (bigger) landscape keyboard that's eaasier to press the correct letter on. That said, I tend to type mostly in portrait, hitting roughly in the right place and the keyboard software chooses probably about 95% of the time the correct word for me, whether I've pressed the letters correctly or not. I find if you learn to "trust" it, typing becomes a whole lot easier.
Most are free. Tell us what you've used from iTunes and we'll give you an alternative for Android. Failing that, there are tonnes of Desire/Android threads that have list upon list of recommended apps. Not with the stock app, but there are plenty of gallery apps that allow you to do this (and more). I calbrated the phone and I can text a bit better on it now but whilst before I could walk and text, I have to stop! Am also finding it hard to reach the alternative words bit with my thumb cos of my small hands and find it a bit annoying that if I want to put an ! or ? on the end of my words that I have to keep going into the arrow bit, whereas I would have quite liked it to recognise that I use ! or ? more than an @ sign. I mainly used a few games, like Bejeweled nnd paper toss (have noticed an alternative) and started using vouchercloud and a walk/jog/run app. Quite interested in a photo editor app but not sure which ones are good and maybe any camera type apps. Figured out the GPS today but tried to download the text-voice app but it killed my battery after 82% downloaded. ETA - are there also any apps out there to be able to either seperate the conversations into 'inbox' and 'sent' and to maybe change the colour of the message screen box? |
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ETA - are there also any apps out there to be able to either seperate the conversations into 'inbox' and 'sent' and to maybe change the colour of the message screen box?[/quote]
Try ChompSMS its free and has some very nice features for txt'ing |
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I wonder when, or even if, this handset will be available on O2 any time soon?
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I wonder when, or even if, this handset will be available on O2 any time soon?
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I am thinking of getting a Wildfire, is there any major issues with it that anyone has found. I am still using a N95 but my wife has a 3GS so I am used to the touch keypad for text. I think at £15 a month this sounds like a really good phone
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I am thinking of getting a Wildfire, is there any major issues with it that anyone has found. I am still using a N95 but my wife has a 3GS so I am used to the touch keypad for text. I think at £15 a month this sounds like a really good phone
For what I pay I am very very happy with it, it has a very smooth interface and responsive screen. The size is also very convenient. |
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I have this phone on O2 but upgraded in the CPW not O2 shop. Wasn't aware I could do this until a couple years ago.
![]() I've been looking a alot of various handsets for the past 2-3 months and never been able to make up my mind. The problems being the high cost of the hansets I like and an unhelpful and difficult to deal with O2. They just refuse to negotiate any extra on their contracts. So I've ended up buying a pay-as-you-go Wildfire which I'll use with my O2 simplicity SIM. For the price it seems a decent comprimise on the top-spec (£450+) smartphones out there. First impressions are quite favourable. I like the feel and look of the phone. Fits nicely in the hand and in my pocket. ( a phone I've been reading about alot is the Galaxy S and it seemed huge hanset in terms of length) It's going to take a bit of getting used to and will probably take me a fortnight to set everything up properly. For such a capable phone.the user guide in the box is quite pathetic. However I've downloaded, (to my laptop) a more detailed manual from the HTC website. HTC Wildfire-user manual |
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It's going to take a bit of getting used to and will probably take me a fortnight to set everything up properly. For such a capable phone.the user guide in the box is quite pathetic. However I've downloaded, (to my laptop) a more detailed manual from the HTC website.
HTC Wildfire-user manual |
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The manual is actually on the memory card supplied with the phone, as I discovered yesterday, after doing the same thing you did! The sync software is also pre-installed on the memory card so you can copy it to your computer, if you haven't already found that.
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