best device i have ever owned. I give it a 9/10

overall speed is very snappy, it has its slight hiccups but faster than my old Touch Pro and Palm Pre overall so im very impressed with speed having seen the old firmware bashes on speed.

The device is so rock solid that it looks and feels like its never gonna break, the glass screen is a huge plus for me

i gave it a 9/10 cuz the Browser is a tad on the slow side, and not as smooth as the Pre's browser when it comes to panning and pinching. I bet its because of the flash add-on and auto text reflow. Its faster than Opera but not Palm WebOS browser. Overall i love it, it renders beautifully and i can use all the sites features with HTC flash player (bummer it wont play directly from the browser though)

whhat i LOVE the most is that what you see is the ACTUAL OS!!! (let me explain) WinMo is basically take the OS and add what you like in a attempt to hide the native apps and menus to get a better experience. Now Android is OPEN SOURCE so HTC REWROTE the apps with their version and REPLACED them with the new ones, so HTC's version is the native one when it comes to the Hero. No coverups, no nothing. just improvements

ill get deeper when i get more time with it....