HTC Hero on its way to Sprint! Confirmed!

[Killabee44]

Originally Posted by jbearamus

for those that already have the hero, does it sync to any media program, particularly, Windows media player?

Sorry, but Im using Ubuntu Linux. Im sure someone else will answer for you.

Originally Posted by ink718

Any confirmation that it can be activated on the SERO plans?

No confirmed cases that I know of yet. Just many hopeful peeps. Some people were able to order through telesales, but when they get it home and call to activate it, it might be a problem.

[Killabee44]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

will this work, http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_u...&v=wQhXrIDg8VQ its the g1 but its android.

As far as the tethering, it is only possible on a rooted phone. So, that will need to happen first.

Here is another link to the program developer's site:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

[notrock]

I hope The Hero gets a sub forum here. All this flip flopping between different online communities is 'scary' and I feel safe here

[quiqnezz]

Originally Posted by jbearamus

for those that already have the hero, does it sync to any media program, particularly, Windows media player?

I'm gonna try WM later today as I know it can read external memory cards to sync with but if it will be able to read the Hero like that is the question. I just copied some songs over and put it in the music folder that I had from my mogul.

Man i'm LOVING this phone, I keep finding more and more to like about this phone. Can't wait till I have it setup and customized to my liking.

The one issue i've found so far though is with the auto brightness. Is anyone else noticing that it'll stop working sometimes? Like it will stay bright in dark/low light when it's it's suppose to be dim? I don't think it's a hardware issue since it'll start working again if I turn the autobrightness off then back on or if I soft reset the phone. But for now it looks like it's still kinda quirky.

Please let me know if it's just me or if I should go get another replacement.

And i've been using taskiller as well but what I don't like is how you get a list of the apps and if you click on any of them it'll kill it instead of recall the app. You have to hold down on the app to open up the option screen that lets you select "display" to bring the app back up. I want something that does the opposite, let's me bring the app up by just selecting it FIRST then another option to close it if I want to.

[jbearamus]

i know you can sync Windows Media Player directly to a memory card but if the Hero's media player runs like Windows Media Player Mobile then it will detect the synced songs but it would pick up on the play lists which is why i'm hoping to not have to worry about that and it'll sync directly to the Hero

[notrock]

Hey Hero owners lets move this convo to the Android OS forum until the hero gets it's own home.

[fixxxer2012]

3 weeks and ill be able to get my hero!

[reyrey127]

Just got back from the Sprint store to play with the HTC Hero. Here are my first impressions... This is brief since I didn't have much time...

The phone did not have a significant lag as many have mentioned but there is a noticeable 3-5 second delay when opening apps. Also I noticed that the screen would turn off extremely fast. It could be a settings issue but I did not have time to go through it. However, flipping through the homescreen was very fluid as many video reviews have shown. Sense UI was impressive but I would put it slightly above TF3D 2.0. The keyboard in portrait was not as accurate as I had hoped. I kept mistyping the words but perhaps with practice it will get better. The resolution on the screen was impressive, and I want to say it is similar to the TP2.

That is all I have. Thanks.

Rey

[lawsofpower48]

LOVE THIS F-ING PHONE!!! screw my tp compared to this hero!!!! its amazing...kills the iphone anyday... this compared to the tp is like comparing a motorcycle to a bicycle....lmao. i just got my tp maybe like 3 months ago (switched from mogul)...i loved windows mobile..im a windows person...but giving the android a try..man that thing is nice..... i was going to get the tp2...but screw that winmo stuff....

[quiqnezz]

Originally Posted by reyrey127

Just got back from the Sprint store to play with the HTC Hero. Here are my first impressions... This is brief since I didn't have much time...

The phone did not have a significant lag as many have mentioned but there is a noticeable 3-5 second delay when opening apps. Also I noticed that the screen would turn off extremely fast. It could be a settings issue but I did not have time to go through it. However, flipping through the homescreen was very fluid as many video reviews have shown. Sense UI was impressive but I would put it slightly above TF3D 2.0. The keyboard in portrait was not as accurate as I had hoped. I kept mistyping the words but perhaps with practice it will get better. The resolution on the screen was impressive, and I want to say it is similar to the TP2.

That is all I have. Thanks.

Rey

minimal lag of a few things but overall I think it runs pretty well. Still playing with it and about to try out a few task managers that promise to kill processes and running apps to help with the battery life and maybe speed things up a bit, not like it's slow or anything.

The quick shut off is easily fixed by changed the shut off setting. I have it set to 1 minute as the default 30 seconds was shutting it off too fast and doesn't seem like 30 seconds but more like 10-15.

The resolution on this thing is amazing compared to my mogul, the facebook pictures and albums are so clear! My brother in law is picking up his tomorrow since he liked it so much as well as being a google fan.

It's gonna be fun trying out all the nice free apps from the market place.