Good news for U.S. citizens looking to “enter the Android smartphone world” – the HTC Wildfire S has passed the FCC hurdle and is now pretty much ready to hit the market. It’s likely AT&T will get to carry this pretty impressive entry-level Android smartphone, considering that the version of the device FCC got to play with supports 3G on 850 and 1900MHz bands. In other words, those are the same frequency AT&T uses for operating its 3G network.
Unfortunately this is just a speculation at the moment, and we’re still waiting for either AT&T or HTC to say something about it. The way I see it, if priced correctly (let’s say $100) and paired with a “not that expensive” contract, AT&T should be able to move quite a few Wildfire S units — as I said it’s a perfect device for first-time smartphone buyers.
As a reminder, HTC’s baby comes with a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, Bluetooth 3.0, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread is running the show.
[Via: Engadget]