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July 2009
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The editors liked
Overall this is a massive improvement. The phone is well worth buying. What HTC has done is deliver an excellent consumer experience and bucket loads of functionality
From Google Maps to camcorder to easy access to applications.
Distinctive design
Teflon-coated casing
Sense UI is excellent
User-friendly and a joy to use
Android platform
Fully customisable
Polished Web browser
3.5mm headphone jack
Contacts integration with social networking
Responsive capacitive touchscreen
HTC's outstanding Sense UI
Great range of apps and widgets preinstalled
Web browser is a pleasure to use
Great range of apps and widgets pre-installed
The editors didn't like
Needs more processing grunt
Menus not as smooth to scroll through as the iPhone
I've really enjoyed my time with the HTC Hero and it's going to be hard to send back the review unit. In some ways it "out iPhones the iPhone" with ease of use and tight integration with Google and social networking sites such as Facebook and Flickr, ...
So, what do you think? Is the HTC Hero the much anticipated fairytale hero? The smartphone of the future? The best Android cell phone to date?It´s only the last statement that holds true, at least in our own lights. Still, the HTC Hero demonstrates t...
Different, but ergonomic design, Teflon coating that protects the device from scratches and fingerprints, Customizable and intuitive Sense interface, Excellent browser, Facebook and Flickr connectivity and functionality, Handy screen keyboards, Awesome incall quality
Gets rather sluggish at times, Mediocre camera, Feeble video playback functionality, Bad sound quality through the boxed earphones, Teflon coating only available on the white version
So, what do you think? Is the HTC Hero the much anticipated fairytale hero? The smartphone of the future? The best Android cell phone to date?It´s only the last statement that holds true, at least in our own lights. Still, the HTC Hero demonstrates the...
Abstract: Time, at last, for an HTC Hero Review round-up. After working feverishly on the new look MobileMentalism for what seems like the past 100 years (still not finished - give me time, people, itll be worht the wait ;), I remembered that I said Id do a re...
Published: 2009-07-28, Author: Russell , review by: mobileburn.com
Great UI, hugely customizable, 3.5mm headphone port, 5mp camera
No music player equalizer, no camera flash or night mode, poor video recording
The HTC Hero is a great handset that I thoroughly enjoyed using. Its older brother, the Magic, was great fun when I tested it a while back, but the Hero is better still and Id happily use one as my everyday phone. Its quite something for me to heart...
Killer virtual keyboard; Sense UI is inviting and full of wow; gorgeous 3.2", 320 X 480 display with oleophobic coating; design is sophisticated but makes a statement; 3.5mm headphone jack; 5MP cam; Teflon on select colors; Hero represents a new day for A...
You need to go without the Sense extras for a snappy experience; my browsing experience on EDGE was very slow (issue for running on unsupported carriers); video camera isnt even worth using; some people hate the chin and asymmetrical button layout.
I am as excited about the Hero as I was about the G1 at launch. I think this phone represents something big. I think it signals a sea change in the way people use their phones, and a major bump for the Androids profile in the eyes of the average cons...
So what’s the wrap-up with everything that’s been said? It’s a really tough one. This for me personally was harder than just reviewing another Android handset to cross the desk because I really, really wanted this damn thing. Would I take it over the ...
The Hero represents a valiant effort from HTC -- though unfortunately, the company appears to have bitten off more than its last-generation hardware can chew. If this build of Android were to be loaded atop the guts of a 3GS or Pre, the performance would ...
