[mmarcz]

I just switched to the Sprint HTC Hero last week, after playing with it at the sprint store a few days earlier. I was so impressed with the the ease of use, eye candy, and simply how well it performs. Also, you cannot get a better browser on a phone. It already supports flash lite, which the iphone does not, and will be supporting full flash soon, which the iphone wont.

It basically does everything the iphone does, but better, and without the "apple virus" running in the background, enforcing its draconian/CNN style control policies.

This is coming from a dedicated winmo user, who had the Apache, the Mogul, and the Touch Pro. I had a good TP too, absolutely zero problems, and I really enjoyed using WM6.5, but the android just kills it. Im not too optimistic about wm7 at this point, so Im not worried about it. I cant wait to test out the phone's streaming ability through Orb sometime soon.

The *ONLY* feature from winmo, that I have not been able to find a simple solution for is tethering. Im using the 30day pdanet right now, and not sure what Im going to do after that. Its ok, but you have to install pdanet software on both phone and PC. I already rooted my phone, and installed a couple of wifi-tethering apps, but cant seem to connect with either one. Maybe this will be resolved with a custom rom, as usb charging/tethering is essential. But even this, is no dealbreaker for me, as the phone is just spectacular.