The HTC Hero!
After dealing with AT&T’s mediocre service, expensive plans, and annoying business practices I officially decided to switch carriers and get a new phone. My smartphone experience included a Samsung Blackjack and a Blackberry Curve, both of which were solid phones but lacked personality. The iPhone was ever present but I didn’t want to have to stick with AT&T, plus what better way to give up personality than to buy an iPhone. When I was seeking out a phone that would give me a feature rich experience as well as being open ended and customizable the answer was obvious: Android. A friend of mine has the T-Mobile G1 and loves it show it off, especially to iPhone toting friends.
So, to make a long story short I had my eyes set on the HTC Hero. When I became aware of it the phone was only available in Europe and had not been announced for the US yet, then Sprint announced it would be available on October 11th exclusively with them. The phone was styled differently specifically for Sprint, but I though the new design was actually better than the original. Enough talk, here’s the phone:
In the week that I’ve had it I have discovered the really great things about the phone and the not-so-great things. I will outline them simply here:
Pros:
Incredible amount of functionality
5 MP camera
Healthy amount of apps
Customizability
Great GPS including turn-by-turn
Most apps are free
Touchscreen is responsive in the right ways
Background applications
Standard mini USB cable connection.
It’s hard to say much else because this phone has pretty much everything you can imagine. You name it, it probably has it.
Cons:
Battery isn’t as great as I would hope
Phone can be kind of sluggish, I don’t think the handset can keep up with the operating system
Not a gaming platform
Here is a video and come more pictures:
These pictures were taken with the phone:
