HTC Hero on its way to Sprint! Confirmed!

[boredandtattooed]

http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/nxt/hero/index.asp im sure not everyone goes to HTCs or Sprint site that often, i just saw this tonight and figured id bring it here, since everyones always here..

its just a sign up for exclusive info, releases, etc... figured most people would probably sign up

[Rafy0003]

It's already been posted...On the main page.


http://www.ppcgeeks.com/2009/09/02/the-chinless-hero/

[fixxxer2012]

well come november when i upgrade im buying the hero.

[mario23]

I guess in the meantime I should read up on google Calendar and see if that's a viable outlook replacement or where it falls short...

[boredandtattooed]

Originally Posted by Rafy0003

It's already been posted...On the main page.


http://www.ppcgeeks.com/2009/09/02/the-chinless-hero/

i saw nothing on that article that is my link... this isnt about "hey, the hero is coming" this is a link on sprint to sign up with your email address to get upto date release info from sprint directly..

[miamicanes]

A few questions...

1) What safeguards does it have (either out of the box, or at least downloadable & existing today a-la-S2U2) to prevent you from accidentally placing calls or triggering input events if you carry the phone in your back pocket? Prior to discovering S2U2, I literally came within minutes of smashing my Touch in rage one night when an incoming missed call turned on the phone in my back pocket, and I ended up making a 47 minute call to my parents' voicemail (it had done other things in the past, that just happened to be the all-time low point of my relationship with the phone).

2) Will it be able to do phone-as-modem with Sprint's full knowledge and blessing? I currently pay Sprint the extra $25/month to get PAM instead of whatever they call their unlimited pda-only data plan this month and only use it occasionally... but when I want it (maybe a few hours per month), it's REALLY nice to have. I don't use it often enough to justify a USB device and second plan, but I've come to regard casual tetherability as non-negotiable requirement. If "Unlimited Everything" means "(except PAM)", is it at least available as an option?

3) Does anyone know what I can do with a developer-edition G1 that I WOULDN'T be able to do with a Sprint Hero (at least, not until someone figures out how to root it)? Specifically, what restrictions will the version of Android shipped with the phone enforce against user-installed apps? One of my pet development projects in the emulator has been a graffiti input method editor (overloading the volume-up button to activate full-screen finger-able graffiti input whenever it's pressed and held > 500ms). Up to now, it hadn't really sunk in that I wouldn't necessarily have carte-blanche access equal to that provided by a developer edition G1 with Sprint's phone, and I'm worried.

[tokuzumi]

Originally Posted by slbailey1

If the Hero does not sync Tasks, I will not get it - this is a deal breaker for me!

Google has a tasks function on their calendar. I know you can sync your outlook calendar with your google calendar. I have never messed with outlook tasks, so I don't know how they work, but you could probably import your tasks to the google tasks, which could easily sync with the hero.

[tokuzumi]

1) Phone has a capacitive screen. Responds to input from your finger. Not pressure.

2) Not sure. Android is open source, so if this isn't available now, tethering, such as WMWiFiRouter, will be available.

3) Hero has more ram, faster processor than G1, so your android experience should be faster.

Originally Posted by miamicanes

A few questions...

1) What safeguards does it have (either out of the box, or at least downloadable & existing today a-la-S2U2) to prevent you from accidentally placing calls or triggering input events if you carry the phone in your back pocket? Prior to discovering S2U2, I literally came within minutes of smashing my Touch in rage one night when an incoming missed call turned on the phone in my back pocket, and I ended up making a 47 minute call to my parents' voicemail (it had done other things in the past, that just happened to be the all-time low point of my relationship with the phone).

2) Will it be able to do phone-as-modem with Sprint's full knowledge and blessing? I currently pay Sprint the extra $25/month to get PAM instead of whatever they call their unlimited pda-only data plan this month and only use it occasionally... but when I want it (maybe a few hours per month), it's REALLY nice to have. I don't use it often enough to justify a USB device and second plan, but I've come to regard casual tetherability as non-negotiable requirement. If "Unlimited Everything" means "(except PAM)", is it at least available as an option?

3) Does anyone know what I can do with a developer-edition G1 that I WOULDN'T be able to do with a Sprint Hero (at least, not until someone figures out how to root it)? Specifically, what restrictions will the version of Android shipped with the phone enforce against user-installed apps? One of my pet development projects in the emulator has been a graffiti input method editor (overloading the volume-up button to activate full-screen finger-able graffiti input whenever it's pressed and held > 500ms). Up to now, it hadn't really sunk in that I wouldn't necessarily have carte-blanche access equal to that provided by a developer edition G1 with Sprint's phone, and I'm worried.

[cordevil95]

Anybody know the base retail on this phone?? I'm up for a 1 year phone upgrade Nov. 1 but I don't know if I want to extend my contract another 2 years to get $150 off.

[maxxed]

a note to sero users...i posted this at spusers aswell

16:50:56 System
Connected to sprint-ap1.cnxchat.com
16:50:56 System
Session ID: 7202238
16:50:56 me
Initial Question/Comment: I would like to know if the upcoming HTC Hero will be available for those customers subscribing to SERO F&F 500.
Shavon has joined this session!
16:54:52 System
Connected with Shavon
16:54:52 System
Thank you for contacting Sprint. My name is Shavon. In order to better assist you; may I please have your first and last name?
16:54:57 Shavon
Yes, it will
16:55:28 me
Can you please make note of this on my account so upgrading will go smoothly?
16:57:17 Shavon
The chat will be emailed to your email address and you have the option to print it out at the end of the chat. I have researched the phone and it is not stated that it cannot be activated on a SERO plan. The only phone that cannot be activated on the SERO plan is the Palm Pre.

...