HTC Hero Reviews

BigDiesel07 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 02:18 PM

As the thread title states, post reviews here!

#2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 07:41 PM

best device i have ever owned. I give it a 9/10

overall speed is very snappy, it has its slight hiccups but faster than my old Touch Pro and Palm Pre overall so im very impressed with speed having seen the old firmware bashes on speed.

The device is so rock solid that it looks and feels like its never gonna break, the glass screen is a huge plus for me

i gave it a 9/10 cuz the Browser is a tad on the slow side, and not as smooth as the Pre's browser when it comes to panning and pinching. I bet its because of the flash add-on and auto text reflow. Its faster than Opera but not Palm WebOS browser. Overall i love it, it renders beautifully and i can use all the sites features with HTC flash player (bummer it wont play directly from the browser though)

whhat i LOVE the most is that what you see is the ACTUAL OS!!! (let me explain) WinMo is basically take the OS and add what you like in a attempt to hide the native apps and menus to get a better experience. Now Android is OPEN SOURCE so HTC REWROTE the apps with their version and REPLACED them with the new ones, so HTC's version is the native one when it comes to the Hero. No coverups, no nothing. just improvements

ill get deeper when i get more time with it....

Drewman247 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 10:38 PM

I like the phone a lot.. I am coming from a TP with Juicy 8 ROM. Everything seems to work really well on the HERO. I do however have issues with Pandora radio. When you are using it it tends to slow the phone down to a halt. At this time I have no other issues with the phone.

heydjbobby74 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 09:56 AM

I haven't even had it for 24hrs yet, but I did trade my TP2 in for it. I do miss WinMo features, but not enough to let go of this phone. I love the light weight of it, the size is smaller (I can deal with the smaller screen) it is thin and sexy! The TP2 wasn't any of these, except sexy. I am still getting used to this device, but so far, I have no issues at all. I think the incorporation of the Social Networking Sites on this device are FAR better than the TP2 or the TP1. The one thing I can't stand is that when I try to access my storage card, I can't view the files like I did on my TP/2. I guess this is because of the WinMo thing, but I am sure I will deal with it somehow.
The battery life is good so far, and I could be the HEAVIEST user in all the forums. I am on this thing all day long! I will add to this review as time comes, hope this helps. I had a hard time letting go of winmo, until I convinced myself that I don't even really use winmo anymore... peace-br

quiqnezz · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by heydjbobby74

The one thing I can't stand is that when I try to access my storage card, I can't view the files like I did on my TP/2. I guess this is because of the WinMo thing, but I am sure I will deal with it somehow.

Astro file manager in marketplace.

Biggjimmy7 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-16-2009, 07:39 AM

Great phone and deffinitly a step up over my old Touch Pro!

I have found two issues that are far from worrysome, just some slight hiccups:

1) The phone can only hold so many apps before it starts slowing down. The Hero is brillian in the way they insured good memory allocation and cache BUT without being able to utilize the SD card for applications and widgets the phone will have a very noticable ceiling.

2) The default home weather/clock seems to have an issue keeping the right time as it switches location to location. My suggestion is to remove the clock from the home page then reinstall it but have a fixed location for your weather/time (IE) instead of updating as you travel set the clock to only support your home city. Worked for me and helps from constant updates as you travel.

This is a fantastic phone (so far). I have only had it since Tuesday but considering what I came from and those two items above being my only issues thus far with a large amount of time glued to the screen I give this phone a 4.9/5! Definitely recommended!

riironman · #7 (**permalink**) 10-16-2009, 01:53 PM

i agree. i was so skeptical about giving up windows..but wow my phone last 3x as long as my touch pro. no lags and no soft resets. love it!

nmd17 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 06:11 AM

hey am a hero newbee so i have a couple of questions:
1- how can i put a song as a msg ringtone or as an alarm?
2- how can i change the way i send and recieve msgs that is i don want it to be as a thread and compiling all the msgs from the same person together?
3- where can i find free applications for the hero?
4-is there any way arround the bluetooth so that i can send and receive things through bluetooth?
thank you

ObsoleteE · #9 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmd17

hey am a hero newbee so i have a couple of questions:
1- how can i put a song as a msg ringtone or as an alarm?
2- how can i change the way i send and recieve msgs that is i don want it to be as a thread and compiling all the msgs from the same person together?
3- where can i find free applications for the hero?
4-is there any way arround the bluetooth so that i can send and receive things through bluetooth?
thank you

Wrong thread, there is an HTC Hero questions thread. Mods, can you please move?

hotspace · #10 (**permalink**) 10-25-2009, 10:04 PM

Just to let everyone know, I tend to use ... to tie my thoughts together. I apologize up front.

I got the Hero yesterday for my wife. Let me just say first off...it is really pretty kick ***. It's fast. Responsive!! And so far, she is really liking it. (I am too)

I really like the Sense interface. I'm not a programmer...I am more of a tweaker. I love swapping rom's on my TP...I am really thinking about picking a Hero up for myself.

Do you guys think that eventually it will be unlocked so we can custom flash?