HTC Hero Reviews

[BruceBanner]

just got mine last night and i cant put it down, theres so much more to do and way more fun than anything WM....im freakin blown away. ive used symbian, iphone, WM and android is by FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR the best OS for a phone. so far im really really lovin it.

[Chef Ben]

Is there a "MS WORD" type of program? I am so sick of WinMo and I'm ready to make the switch to Android...it's got everything I need...

They only thing holding me back is that I use WMobile Word very often and I need it or something very equivelant.

[slbailey1]

Originally Posted by Chef Ben

Is there a "MS WORD" type of program? I am so sick of WinMo and I'm ready to make the switch to Android...it's got everything I need...

They only thing holding me back is that I use WMobile Word very often and I need it or something very equivelant.

Documents To Go. The view only version is free. You have to pay for the edit version of the software. I can't remember what I paid for it, but it is worth it.

[IFMISM]

yes. it is docs to go

[nexxman]

I'm in the same boat. Is there anything out there as good or better then SPB Wallet for android? Would like to get rid of my mogul but I use this app a lot. thx

[askwhy]

First of all, to all the PPCG readers and staff, I want to wish a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Hero Review

Have Owned: i730 > Mogul > Touch Pro > Hero

The HTC Hero, just over a week out of the box, has already provided the most satisfying smartphone experience I have ever had. It seems to me that HTC and Google are a match made in silicon heaven.

It's the Big Things:

Hardware build quality
It's up there with the best of them. Rock. Solid. While I have never owned an iPhone, I have handled many, and I would have to say that imho, the Hero is comparable.

Developer support
Enough to cast a shadow on anything but the iPhone (and growing fast). Also, it appears as if large numbers of people from the awesome WinMo communities are making the move to Android, and various Android communities are booming from the boost.

OS Functionality, Efficiency, & Stability
Check, Check, and Check (and it's still a baby) It really highlights Microsoft's failures in the smartphone arena when you consider that Apple, Palm, and Google have all just recently created more impressive mobile platforms than what Microsoft has been able to refine in years and years of development with the market completely to themselves. Android, being open on top of all it's other strengths, is a real winner in this department.


It's the Little Things:

SenseUI > TouchFLO3D
HTC continues to step up their game, and Android platform lets them do so freely. No more 'hiding the OS' game -- everything is seamlessly integrated into the Android system. It's beautiful, by the way.

Trackball > D-Pads
The one smartphone feature I never knew I really needed till I had it. It never impressed me much during the small amounts of time I have had to endure on various BBs, but combined with a good touch screen and a solid platform, it's so useful it goes from 'neat' to 'necessary' in no time.

3.5mm Headphone jack > proprietary anything
HTC finally figured that one out...just in the nick of time. Quite seriously, I was not going to get another HTC phone without a regular headphone jack, ever, and I think a lot of other people felt the same way. I guess they got the message.



Bottom Line: I used to have to go 'under-the-hood' just to make my phones work properly -- now I can do it solely for fun. I feel like I was just 'saved' from WinMo -- the Hero really lived up to it's name!

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by askwhy

Bottom Line: I used to have to go 'under-the-hood' just to make my phones work properly -- now I can do it solely for fun. I feel like I was just 'saved' from WinMo -- the Hero really lived up to it's name!

AMEN!! I didnt think i would ever leave Winmo, i knew for a fact i would never do Iphone! I have had this phone for approximately 4 days and all i can say is WOW! Im loving it and I can honestly see that this is only gonna get better.

[grock]

Well I made the jump to android and being a winmo user from the start(athena from sprint, you know the phone that only had speakerphone or wired headset) to the end (touch pro 2 for me) and I only have a couple of regrets so far...
1. How pissed off I am at myself for not making the jump sooner!
2. I grabed a hero, and its small comming from the touchpro2, I figure if i had made the switch from the touch pro1 I wouldnt have this problem.
3. no physical keyboard, my fault i guess for not grabing the Sam. moment,
although the onscreen keyboard is okay

If you are thinking about making this switch and the only thing holding you back is your love for wm and desire for them to finally make an out of the box working fun productive product... ANDROID did.

I have yet to find something on WM that I can't do on Android, except for the changing of ui's, (sense,tf3d,mobileshell, etc..)

On the flipside, I have found so many great programs, silly soundboards, and 100,000 and counting apps yet to be played with, One that I'm still trying to figure out that my iphone friends are "googling" over is the metal detector 1, how in the hell did he turn the hero into a metal detector???

[spiritcrusher33]

ok here is my review..several months after buying it..

best phone ever!!!

thank you!!!