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Review - The HTC Hero

Advantages: Too many to list in this small space...
Disadvantages: A little sluggish

The HTC Hero I test and review a lot of mobile phones, but in a mobile phone market dominated by Apple, Blackberry, Samsung and Nokia, I can't help but have a soft spot for HTC; I think it is a British thing, a love for the underdog? But as much as I admire HTC, I can't help but worry that in trying to take on competitors like the iPhone their new HTC Hero is punching above its weight. So I turned it on to find out? Appearance When I was told that I was finally going to get my hands on HTC's latest handset, I thought I'd better do a bit of research? but when saw the publicity pictures I feared the worst? It looked a lot like its predecessor the T-Mobile G1, with that Jimmy Hill like chin. This was a bad start for me; I love the design of all of HTC's handsets, except one? the T-Mobile G1, so I wasn't expecting ...

Luc2oo9 27.08.2009 (11.09.2009) · Read full review
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Holding onto my Hero 'til the morning liiiiiggghhht

Advantages: Infinitely customizeable, easy to use, limitless potential, amazing value
Disadvantages: Battery life isn't great, video camera is poor, volume rocker too large

Ok, first of all, to anybody of a younger age reading this, the title of the review is a play on the popular Bonnie Tyler hit, "Holding out for a Hero". I do not advocate the practise of all night love-ins with any telecommunications devices. Anyway, here we have the HTC Hero, the difficult third album to follow up the cult favourites, the Magic and the Touch. This phone is being touted as an iPhone killer, and many reviews will be written with only this in mind. I, however, will try and judge the phone on its own merits before squaring it up to Apple's most recent effort. I bought this after several happy years with the Nokia N series phones, so this is my first experience with the highly praised Android operating system. LOOKS Most noticeable on the Hero is its distinctly superhero-esque "chin". Opinion is divided ...

badongism 20.12.2009 · Read full review
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At last The Hero.

Advantages: customizable UI, 5.0 megapixel camera and high resolution display.
Disadvantages: It is mostly oriented to appearance rather than performance.

The Hero is HTC's third handset to be powered by the android operating system. Announced at a press event in London in June, the HTC Hero is one of the best spec'd HTC Android devices to be launched across Europe. The HTC Hero is a purely touchscreen device that features a 3.2-inch TFT-LCD display with a 320 x 480 resolution, 5 mega-pixel auto-focus camera, 3.5 mm audio jack, and a custom built HTC user interface. The Hero's interface is one of the bests i have ever seen as it allows user to customize making the phone unique to all users. Here's the full specification of the HTC Hero handset: Qualcomm's MSM7200A proc running Android at 528MHz 512MB/288MB ROM/RAM 3.2-inch TFT-LCD display with a 320 x 480 resolution 900/2100MHz HSPA and Quad-band GSM Trackball Internal GPS Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP support 802.11b/g Wi ...

sime92 16.08.2009 · Read full review
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