HTC HERO Review By PB
 

ok it's Wckediden time for a review.I've now have the HTC Hero for about 2 days,And to be honest i don't miss windows mobile. everything that i had on my pro is now on my hero..It was a bit confusing to how things work but i managed to learn the features and functions.And I'm very impressed.

There a few things i didn't like and hope android make adjustments.The web browsing is awesome, i like the clarity but its a bit slow for me when connecting or searching to any web site

For the life of me where the hell is the speaker button on the phone??? hahahaha The voice mail is off the hook i like the setup, and lastly android need to improve the email setup and the delete all button which this one don't have,I would have to delete each email one by one.

But overall i'm liking this device and it has everything i need t do no extra stuff...I'm glad i waited.

Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

I'm glad you like it wcked. I'm enjoying the hell off my hero also. Although i do notice the hiccups in smoothness when it comes to the cpu i dont miss winmo at all either, the glass screen is kick ass and im typing soo fast on the keyboard. now next in line for next year... the htc dragon

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htc dragon yea i heard something about it in the U.K region i'll look into it.yea bro I'm like an old kid with a new toy..my wife tells me am i ever going to put it down...hahahaha but now having it on my hands it feels smooth ...aint complaining tho...

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Time to update your profile then haha

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Thanks for the Review wcked my upgrade is due in December so i think i am gonna go one. So far i have not hear a bad thing about the Hero yet ....

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hahaha yea i forgot about that

yea bro ..trust me you wont be disappointed.

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Imo there isnt anything bad to say lol. I was also impressed with the grand mayority praising the sprint hero with the exeption of those that prefer a hardware keyboard.

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Yeah that would be one thing i would miss how is the keyboard on that phone ?

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Awesome imo. I use the compact qwerty in portrait and full in landscape. After a calibration setup i type fast as hell and almost never miss a key. But dont take my word for it. Try it out yourself.


Im replying from my hero btw

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well the keyboard aint to bad.Its not a hardware board but once you tilted to the side then you'll have the full qtwery look.

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Yes will have to go to a store an play with one for a while. I had a diamond for a while so compact qwerty is nothing new to me. I have a pro an it a lot lol!!!!

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is that the same as the snapdragon? this one? http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/u...snapdragon.jpg......... hey wcked, what you think of the round sprint design over the squared one?

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to be honest its not that bad....i thought it was going to be a bulky look but i'm happy tho

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I wonder if the dont include the delete all because you can manage the email from your gmail acount also if you had to do some serious cleaning up in it I think that would be the easier way to do it or grab a ITouch and piggy back off the wifi haha.

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yeah, i think it looks better round. i havent felt it yet, but i think it looks way better. it looks more high-end, lol. i'll be joining you hopefully soon too. gonna be doing some android themes hopefully also.

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lol true i can do that..but they still should have a feature already built in...so i dont have to go else where and do it.

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well. for me i might just do my favorite wallpaper the grunge look...

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cool thanks for the review wcked, how is the speaker on the beast? im gonna get it when it ocmes out early 2010 for verizon..... are all the other basic features good on the device like earpiece, call quality, build sturdyness (doesnt feel cheap), etc

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yea bro the speakers are great, not awesome but i can hear my favorite music.Its funny even tho i can use the 3.5 ear piece jack..but i'm using my pro ear piece and works good and i can use it to make calls hahahah...call quality is great i was on the phone with mom for almost 2 hours and dont have any issues at all, it's loud and clear...the structure looks fine and feels fine but because of my clumsiness i'll get a hard case protector for it.sprint got that rubber thing but i dont like the way it looks.

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sweet and no one really has touched on battery life how is that looking?

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no complainants so far going on a day and a 1/2 and I'm on 70% minimal usage beside he 2 hour talk.

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I'm going to chime in here. I have only had a chance to play with for a couple of hours, but loving it w/o a doubt. I have my Mail2Web (ActiveSync) hooked up, so all my contacts and emails were accepted w/o a problem. I used the Google Calendar to sync my calendar, because it will keep all the labeling I have done. It doesn't have a true Delete All button, however if you are in the email, looking at all your emails. you can click on menu, then delete, and it will let you check whichever emails you want to delete in one quick action. So, actually it'll let you accomplish the goal with more control, so you can pick and choose. The keyboard has done better than I would have expected, sound quality is great and everything seems to work like it has a purpose. It's very satisfying when getting around with such ease. I was like wcked at 1st, because of being a WM Junkie, you knew the insides and out of a WM device and it had a way you understood and were use to. Then you go to this other device and much is same concept, but still different, so took a second to understand the logic to it, but once you get going, it's smooth like butter ;) lol I really don't have anything negative to say. Good Luck for now and I'll update if anything else come along.

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yea eventually i'll get it...one more thing i forgot to mention as many of us like to sync our contact to a 3rd party software like pimbackup and the one i used mostly was myphone form MS i had issues syncing the phone to my desktop outlook so i can import all of my contact from there.but i was acting like a noob and forgot all about the fire wall hahhaahah i just wanted to bring this up just in case if anyone else goes thru a noob moment.....but i'm all good i have all my conatct and calendar....

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thanks for all the reviews i have to wait till march 2010 for my upgrade so i cant wait.........

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Also i forgot to mention that the hero also has the same functions that webOS has with synergy by integrating your online accounts with contacts and such but MUCH better!l!! I mean i integrated my contacts with facebook and i can even see the status update and profile photo albums in the contact app!! I was freakin blown away

Also the camera pics dont show its full sharpness till you start zooming in. For a second i thought it was garbage till i saw that. Now WoW im so impressed. Maybe the full resolution is too sharp for a hvga screen..better to have too much than lack rite? Lol

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You are exactly correct Mike. That's some of the info that lured me to making the switch.

If you go to the link on HTC's site. Click on the link on the left that says HTC Sense (watch the video)... do that. It made me want one even more :)

Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

You can delete more than one e-mail at a time. You have go into your e-mails and click the menu button, tap delete and select the e-mails you want to delete and tap delete. Try it out.

P.S. I'm with you HTC hero is a great phone.

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lol..yea i've seen that but i prefer the select all options.I'm just a lazy person doing 101 emails one by one is kinda a pain...lol:soldier:

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ok i found the first issue with the Hero and its a doozie.... there is a problem with text messages not working especially when memory is low and Android force closes processes to free up memory kills your ability to recieve text messages all together. Since i bought this phone i sent like 3 messages and recieved none. At first i thought nobody wrote to me till my GF told me that the indeed did and a few to be exact. This is not a small issue and needs to be addressed. Also, stay away from task killer apps in market cuz these also create this problem when it closes everything without exception... I uninstalled the task killer, rebooted and the problem remains, ima take it to sprint in a minute but, wow what a way to rub me the wrong direction...

there is another thread on this and it looks like to be a common problem that Sprint is prioritizing on...

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wow didnt know about it..i was wondering because my oldest daughter text me about 2 or 3 a day checking up on me and since i got the phone i hardly got any ....wow going to look into this now...thanks for the heads up

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uninstall and reboot did not work... i just factory reset mine to see if it fixes it. If you read the thread i linked you to, Sprint HQ is working on it and another user stated that if you add the system processes to the exclusion list so it wont close, it should not happen.... ill try it out when its up and running and give you the update

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sorry bro i didnt see that other thread you started i'll continue convo over there...

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hey wcked or mikepr, does the hero have internet sharing? cause thats the only thing that will keep me from going over to android, i need internet sharing........ thanks.

Re: HTC HERO Review By PB
 

na not that i noticed..didn't look into it but I'm sure there's programs out there for it.

Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

I saw a post saying that there was some sort of internet sharing option when connected to htc sync, although i havent tried it myself. But there is also pdanet and apps like wifi sharing also, so you can indeed tether with no issues as far as i know

rooting the Hero will open up so many possibilities

Re Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

Mike is correct. HTC Sync can get you connected to the internet on your lappie or Desktop and of course PDANEt will get the job done as always. Once the CDMA side is Rooted, then you be able to WiFi Tether, which is a nice feature to have. Only a matter of time for that ;) I'm lovin' the HERO. Good Luck.

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anybody lookin to upgrade i would highly recommend this phone is so easy to customize its rediculous. Especially those who were afraid to unlock there Moguls and Touch Pros and etc. This is definitely the way to go. I am glad i played wit a lil bit at the sprint store i knew nothin of this phone but i am definitely satisified with it battery life is great specially since i stay conncected to the internet 24/7 and have my location change as i drive that is really cool, since i drive alot for work i like the way it changes cities as i drive. They say it drains the battery that way but it still lasts all day for me. Jus a great phone and the camera is wonderful u can definitely see the difference between 3.2 and this 5.0 well thats jus my 2 cents.

Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

Thanks for the review. It's good to see more detailed reviews from other members. I think any feedback is great, but if we can get a little more insight as to why you really like something, makes wanting it or disliking it much easier :) Thanks again.

I do think the battery life in this is amazing. I could not get this type of life on any other CDMA PDA (regardless of ROM) type phone or even regular phone for that matter. Not with my usage, which by most standards are ridiculous, because I live off of mine and at work it's mostly plugged in, but on my days off, all the running around, and with the usage, it really amazes me.

Re HTC HERO Review By PB
 

im sooooo hooked on Gameboid....

still speechless on how the framerate is FLAWLESS compared to the Vogue and Touch Pro.


YAYYYYYY GPU Drivers!!!!!

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i didnt see if yall talked bout it but does it have copy cute n paste bc i am gettin 1 sunday n i never checked when i played with it

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