I just purchased this to replace an HTC Touch Diamond that I have only had since March. The Diamond was very frustrating to use but this is an amazing phone.
Everything works really well and the phone is very responsive.
Typing on the onscreen keyboard is easy and the auto correction works well.
If you value your sanity buy this over the Windows Mobile devices you will not regret it.
Chris Ferns
Wimborne, UK
11th August 2009
Overall Satisfaction
My Hero - Well almost!
108197
I have had this phone for four days and it is a very good all-round phone apart from one or two minor points. It is easy to set up and use with almost intuitive menus and prompts. I have had minor problems with the phone menu list in that it is so easy to dial someone by mistake when scrolling through the lists. Maybe I am 'hamfisted' but it does concern me. Secondly cosmetics, because of the white colour it stains easily especially when using the cheap leather case supplied with the accessory kit. Mine has already a blue/black stain along the contact areas with the case. Get any colour other than white!! Apart from that it is an excellent phone. Is it an i-phone beater? We shall see.
Garry Chapman
Boston, Lincolnshire
6th November 2009
Overall Satisfaction
Great phone to unleash the mighty Android
108620
The HTC Hero is a little hero indeed, it has an excellent user interface and has so much potential, the camera is mid-range (5m, no flash) but the scope of applications is fantastic, being open source you can even pickup the Android developers manual and start coding your own little app! Enabling the wifi/gps/bluetooth is so easy using the on-screen toggle widgets. The new HTC Sense (virtual desktops) is great, it allows you to setup a number of screens with different app's running, simply swiping your finger across the screen switches the visible screen, nicely animated too. Android itself is still developing, it's looking good now but still has some way to go. The HTC Hero hardware is very good, the compass technology (not sure what the sensor is called) is okay, GPS is good but very hungry. The screen can contain *stuck* pixels, I sent my first phone back and the second phone has a stuck pixel too... not annoying enough this time to send back though ;-) Certainly a worth while investment to enter the Android world, the market place is fantastic! Google/HTC rock!
3.2" TFT LCD touchscreen display of HVGA resolution
Digital compass
Scenes quick profile switcher
Multi-touch input method
The new HTC Hero runs on the familiar Qualcomm's MSM7200A chipset, with a 528MHz CPU, 288MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM. Just like the HTC Magic and the HTC Dream, the Hero sports a 3.2" TFT LCD touchscreen display of HVGA resolution (320 x 480 pixels). It also uses the capacitive technology and will support multi-touch.
Connectivity is perfectly covered with the HTC Hero as it features quad-band GSM and dual band UMTS (with HSPA) support as well as built-in GPS receiver and a Wi-Fi antenna. The mandatory USB and Bluetooth are present too.
HTC Sense
HTC Hero pioneers the new custom UI that HTC have prepared for the Android OS. HTC Sense is based on three basic principles dubbed as Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected. Here are the three principles
Make it Mine
With HTC Hero, personalization reaches a level never before possible. Rather than burying important content under layers of menus, the HTC Hero lets you put it at glance view, with a selection of widgets that can be placed right on the home screen. The widgets themselves can be personalized with a variety of designs and sizes that best match your personality.
With Scenes, a new profile feature, HTC Hero becomes multiple phones in one. Create and switch between Scenes that reflect different moments in your life. Your Hero becomes a weekend phone that helps you relax with your choice of tunes, catch up with your favorite friends and capture some memories with HTC Footprints™. And when you go on a trip, your phone becomes your personal guide and gives you instant access to local time, weather and maps.
Stay Close
Today, staying in touch with the people in your life means managing a variety of communication channels and applications ranging from phone calls and emails to Facebook updates. HTC Hero makes staying close as simple as turning to your friend and saying hello. When you view people, you see the different ways to get in touch, you also see all your interactions like emails sent to your personal and work accounts. You can even check for social network updates and event notices as well as see the latest pictures your friends uploaded to popular photo sharing sites.
Discover the Unexpected
Many of the most memorable moments in your life are experienced, not explained. Even basic functions like the dialer will pleasantly surprise you on the HTC Hero. You can find a person by dialing their phone number or simply by dialing the first few letters of their name.
With HTC Hero, you can look at things through different perspectives. Your inbox is not just a list of emails, but a catalog of conversations, a collection of notes flagged as important, and a document library of all your emails with attachments. Your Album is not just the photos saved on your phone. It is also a gateway to online collections of you and your friends on Facebook or Flickr.
Search just about anything, anywhere on your HTC Hero. The dedicated Search button combs through tweets in Twitter™, locates people in your contact list, finds emails in your inbox, searches through appointments in the calendar and very nearly finds needles in haystacks..
HTC Hero
HTC Hero Features:
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colours
Display Size: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
Music Format:MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
Customization Download
H.264/H.263/MPEG4 player
Ringtones Type Polyphonic, MP3
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
GPRS: Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 10
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP
Micro USB
3.5 mm Jack
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Android OS, v1.5
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB
288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Micro SD Slot
Java MIDP 2.0
Organiser
Document Viewer
HTC Hero Specifications:
System: Quad Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size: 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
Weight: 135 g
Camera: 5 Megapixel, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Display: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
What's included with the HTC Hero?
HTC Hero Handset
Genuine HTC Battery
Genuine HTC Mains Charger
Genuine HTC headphones/handsfree kit
Genuine HTC USB Datacable
User Guide
Warranty Information
This handset is covered by a full 12 month manufacturer's warranty.
Important SIM Free Information
This SIM free handset is unlocked and compatible with any 2G/GSM or 3G SIM card. Some network & 3G specific services may be unavailable with this handset.
Product images are for illustrative purposes only, specific colour variants cannot be guaranteed unless otherwise specifically stated on the page.
Mobile Fun ID
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