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Originally Posted by MrObvious
Getting back on topic.... (sheesh)
I didn't hold a Pre but I saw a demo of it in use versus Android and I don't know why but SenseUI sold the Hero to me in a comparison of the two phones. I'm not liking how you have to touch the bottom bar of the phone for gestures instead of the screen. That said there is ONE app that I use for Windows Mobile so I'm sticking with the Diamond for now and just waiting for the HD2.
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Sense UI is cool cuz you don't have it lol... i had it for a week and hated it. I suppose it would be ok for someone who uses the twitter and social networking widget, but i don't, and without that, sense ui sucks. It takes a long time to boot (unlike the pre: when you see the UI bootup, its 100% ready and speedy).
Also, the screen is junk, out of sync with the OS (mistap links, mistap a link while trying to scroll). SenseUI lags when you get out of a phone call or going back from an app. With the Hero (and any other phone but the pre for that matter) you have to be patient with. In a sense, you have to "find a rhythm" when using an HTC device. With the pre, i can be really quick, from item to item, app to app, new card to new card. Sure if you are really trying to push the pre to its limits, it will start to choke like any device, but it rarely happens with my pre.
for example, my gf told me she wanted play one of the games on my pre, so i open the launcher to my games page, tap a game, gesture up to put it in a card, gesture up to launch the launcher and tap another game, then gesture up twice and repeat. Within a matter of SECONDS, i had 6 games opened up in cards, handed the phone over and said "make your pick, or just go down the row and play em all. They're ready to go"
anyways, time to stop rambling.
Verdict: Hero was a bust. Sorry sprint.