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Originally Posted by mrzieman

1) Flash is pretty good, but not infallible. I'd give it a 7.5/10 in terms of what it can load and the overall speed. It takes a while to load in some cases, but most of the stuff I've thrown at it can handle eventually. If I were to compare it to skyfire coming from WM, I'd say perhaps a little slower, about the same in supported content, but much better resolution.

2) NFL mobile app works great on the whole. It's about the same as the WM one in terms of functionality, but a bit more finger friendly and it includes a convenient widget for the desktop. I've found it can be a little flaky at times, as I've encountered a force close once or twice and sometimes it gets kind of choppy - but that's about the same experience I had with the WM version. Overall I like it more than WinMo's contribution, if nothing else, just for the finger friendliness.

3) I don't believe there is any app yet which will work as easily and hassle free as Wifi-Internet Sharing was on WM. Even PDANet can't match the ease of that program. That is the lone feature of my TP I am missing with the Hero.

4) I bought my hero new off contract on eBay for just over 350 after shipping and it has exceeded my expectations and has been worth every penny. I hated a lot about my touch pro, from the lag of WinMo to the piss poor build quality and the Hero has corrected every beef I had with my previous smartphone. The UI is zippy, the build quality is extremely solid, the capacitive touchscreen is a joy to use, the 3.5mm headphone jack and multimedia capabilities are surprisingly good, and did I mention - a seemingly limitless app store with mostly everything for free. The added value of the free apps alone is amazing. If you like your Diamond a lot (which I also owned prior to the TP and can say it was an infinitely better device) and don't have problems with WinMo, the Hero experience is roughly similar to the Diamond (as you don't have a physical keyboard), except everything is smoother, faster, more finger friendly, and just a bit sleeker. If you are close to upgrading and can wait it out, Sprint's bound to have a 2.0 Android device with a Snapdragon processor by Q1 of 2010, but if you are having a miserable experience with your WinMo device as I was and still have lots of time left in your contract (1 year+), I think the upgrade would be totally worth it.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for the response, I think based on this I might as well wait until my contract is up. It ends this April, so hopefully i'll be able to hold out. I really have no real gripes with my diamond. I am just having a case of phone envy. I guess by time my contract is up they'll have the snapdragon processors, wifi internet sharing, a slingplayer app, and maybe even a flash update as well.