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July 2009
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The editors liked
Impressive interface
Good call quality
Responsive touch screen
Standard 3.5 mm headphone jack
Nice hardware
Awesome integration with Google services including Google Voice
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.
Excellent build. Capacitive touch screen. Lots of new
Useful applications. Inexpensive.
HTC Sense provides great selection of widgets
Highly accurate touchscreen with haptic feedback
Very good Web browser
Sprint Navigation and Sprint TV included
Subtle
Elegant
Longlasting design
Sense UI a significant help to Android
Good call quality on at least HSPA networks
Android more flexible for thirdparty apps
Multitouch and inbrowser Flash
Cheap on Telus and Verizon
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...
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...
Great enhanced Android UI that's fun
Fast and powerful. Capacitive display.
Syncs perfectly with social networks
Excellent internet features
Super responsive touch-screen
One-touch access to Android Marketplace. ...
Camera flaunts touchonly zoom with taptofocus. Responsive touchqwerty more or less comparable to iPhone. Battery lasts for DAYS (36hours!). 3.5mm headphone jack. Flashenabled. Deadsimple USB mounting
Plug in
Drag down top menu
And voila
The phone is c
The HTC Hero offers a highly customizable user interface thanks to HTC Sense. It also improves on past Android devices with Outlook e-mail
Calendar
And contacts synchronization
A 3.5mm headphone jack
And a 5-megapixel camera. Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
GPS
...
HTC Sense Android OS
Multi-touch interface
Outlook contact/calendar sync
Visual voicemail
Android handset
Flash capable
‘TouchFLO' UI
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
Fantastic interface design. Great Twitter and Facebook apps and widgets. Solid messaging features. Desktop-grade Web browsing. ...
Ergonomic design with solid construction
Sense UI is attractive and customizable
Great UI
Hugely customizable
3.5mm headphone port
5mp camera
The editors didn't like
Sluggish speeds
Poor camera
Lackluster multimedia performance
Could use beefier processor
Not on AT&T but I am
Some key productivity apps still missing from Android Marketplace
Sluggish at times
Flash video is dodgy
No easy way to back up and restore
Button and menu overkill.
Some bugs. Slow Internet speeds. Lousy camera.
No camera flash
Lackluster camcorder
Still running Android 1.5
Same CPU as the Magic/myTouch 3G
Camera not much of an upgrade
Flash support somewhat oversold
Expensive on Sprint.
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...
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.
Needs a reboot every 3 days to keep things speedy.
Camera can’t capture night or motion shots
Phone may slow down when storage fills up.Look and Feel...
SD slot is only accessible by removing cover. This Hero has Flash
But how about a camera with a flash? Optional haptic feedback is about as subtle as a 6.5 earthquake. Lack of image stabilization produces videos reminiscent of Cloverfield. 340 x 280 vide
The smartphone can occasionally be sluggish. Flash content didnt always work from the Web browser. Apps must still be downloaded to the phones internal memory. Media syncing software would nice
As would be a file manager.
5MP photos often out of focus
No flash
Sluggish operation
Confusing USB connectivity
Short battery life (4 hrs. talk)
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Not able to update over the air
Non-standard Google OS
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
Multimedia playback
Especially with pre-recorded videos
Was difficult to manage. Camera was disappointing. Design could be more exciting. ...
Abstract: Verdict: A smart, well-built Android phone with many improvements over the older Magic, but suffers from the same short battery life. HTCs Hero is the latest Android phone to land on these shores, following T-Mobiles G1 and Vodafones Magic (below...
Abstract: The HTC Hero has set gadget geek tongues wagging since its announcement last year. While exciting, the first generation Android devices, the Magic and Dream, just lacked a certain degree of sophistication in terms of user-interface and styling. With bi...
HTC Hero - the iPhone killer?: Detailed Review The HTC Hero is a path-breaking smartphone that introduces the HTC Sense technology to the Google Android operating system. HTC Sense promises to take the Android's user-experience to the next level. With f...
Camera performance, no dedicated camera key or flash, Back button placed on chin
HTC has decent amount of Android handsets in the market but Hero is by far the most superior attempt of all. Right from the hardware set to the software, HTC has tried to emphasize on everything and has, in fact, succeeded in some areas but not all. Hero ...
Abstract: After learning a few lessons from the HTC Magic, HTC has pulled up their socks with the Hero. As far as Android hardware goes, this is a big step in the right direction. A very well built device, the Hero has a large 3.2-inch capacitive multitouc...
Excellent Interface, Responsive Screen, Great designa and good built, Tight integration with Google services and social networking sites, Excellent Browser, Multitouch support, 3.5 mm jack
Mediocre Camera, A little sluggish
Excellent design and interface made the Hero a top notch Android's phone....
Design and build, display quality, interface superbly complimented by HTC Sense UI, music playback, integration with social networking sites, web browser
Interface is still a bit sluggish at times, awkwardly placed BACK key, camera performance is mediocre, expensive, only 2GB card provided with phone
The HTC Hero is the second Android phone to arrive in India after its sibling, the HTC Magic. We had recently reviewed the Magic and although the phone was pretty good, the absence of the Android Market did not go unnoticed. The phone also did not have...
Sooth and responsive UI, Very user friendly Widgets, Music player is superb, Video playback is great
Camera is slow and image quality is average, Phone was just a wee bit sluggish, Limited Bluetooth
Misc. FeaturesWhen it comes to the simpler applications like a Calendar, Alarm, Notes, Stopwatch and such if you can’t find it on the handset already just get it from the AM, it’s all there. The Hero came preloaded with QuickOffice (read only)...
Abstract: If you go back to page one of this review, youd probably be over and over that long list of disadvantages in disbelief. We did but hell… in HTC Hero we still trust. Really, some of them are big enough like the flawed video playback (which seems more ...
