[augy]

Chimming in...I"m on my 3rd HTC Phone in a row. Touch to Diamond and now Hero. The build quality has improved each time and I'm pretty happy so far with my Hero even though it isn't perfect. The phone doesn't really lag too often unless you forget to use the back button when you are done using an application like the browser. That said, it could stand to be a bit snappier.

The thing that bugs me the most (and HTC seems to do this a lot) is how they slow play their technology to get us to keep shelling out for the better, higher resolution, and faster phones. I can't say I blame them, but why couldn't they put a faster processer and higher resolution screen on the Hero?

It's similar to watching Iphones come out with subtle changes that could have been part of the 1st gen. phones but apparently doing the right thing and making loads of money just don't always go hand in hand.

I'm definetly glad I've got ppcgeeks to help me with my phones so the novelty doesn't wear off.