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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
Epic customizability; well-designed home screen widgets with live updates; easy-to-use keyboard; convenient Android Market for apps; multitouch capability; Flash support; 3.5-millimeter headphone jack; Facebook integration.
Sluggish at times; Flash video is dodgy; no easy way to back up and restore; button and menu overkill.
If you can stand the Heros occasional sluggishness, its a fantastic smartphone packed with great features. We like its distinctive looks, and its innovative user interface brings Android much closer to being as fun and good-looking as the iPhone OS, ...
Published: 2009-07-21, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: There’s no underestimating the appeal of the HTC Hero; since we shot our unboxing video and preliminary hands-on at the end of last week it’s been watched more than 300,000 times. The third Android device to reach the market, the Hero promises not onl...
Abstract: There is a fairly standard montage in the canon of bad 80s movies. It involves the protagonist(s) working hard to build/do/invent something to beat the stuck up and dismissive antagonists. See, for example, Summer Rental, a John Candy vehicle in which ...
Abstract: It wouldnt be correct to judge the Heros reception quality by its engineering sample, but its worth mentioning that we never had any issues with it on this front, nor did our signal drop off in areas even with so-so coverage. Its earpiece was prett...
Abstract: Once again Korean owned Helio a virtually new 3G carrier has made another splash by releasing their second EV?DO handset, the all-new Pantech Helio Hero/Pantech 8300. Helio a virtual carrier, also recently released the Helio Kickflip spinner, their...
Abstract: In keeping with our latest round of reviews, we bring to you a phone from Helio, the new up-and-coming mobile service that was launched in April. The Helio "Hero", the top-of-the-line phone from the new service, is an EVDO-enabled multimedia powerhous...
Abstract: It's the Android phone we've been waiting for. Almost. The HTC Hero is as much a champion for HTC as it is for Android: It's the first genuinely gorgeous piece of hardware running Android, and the Sense UI is the most ambitious, polished softw...
Abstract: Take the most daring Android phone yet, but make it faster, stronger and better (but blander). You have the Sprint take on the HTC Hero, which happens to be the best Android phone you can buy. I said the original version of the Hero was "daring" and "...
same beautiful display found on G1 and myTouch; optimized version of HTC's Sense improves performance over earlier version; possibly the best virtual keyboard design currently available (though it will require more powerful hardware to surpass iPhone...
RAM/processor duo are a bit tired in tomorrow's market, though not as bad as many claim; keyboard performance seems to break down long before other apps show signs of distress, and the keyboard should be prioritized; ability to multi-task and load the...
I, along with most of you, am anxiously awaiting a Sense device with a 1 GHz+ processor and huge memory banks. When one does come out, people will wonder why I rated the Hero so high. But this is what we have right now. It the current market, I think ...
