HTC TP2 or HTC Hero for web browsing?

[ikkysleepy]

I am debating getting the HTC TP2 or the HTC Hero. After months of thinking and doing research I am not sure the HTC TP2 web browsing will be good. I have an ipod touch 2g and I love surfing the web and having my multiple e-mails setup. I don't use exchange b/c that bogs down the battery. I don't use the calendar because I just don't. I don't text as much and even if I did again I have gotten pretty good at typing on the screen. I am windows person but I can do linux or mac. I love customizing windows and optimizing it for best performance, and think a windows phone would be just right, except for the fact that I think the web browser is pretty slow compared to the ipod touch's web browser.

The purpose of this phone, besides making phones calls, is to surf the web check my multiple e-mails every hour or so and to customize the phone. Yeah, a global phone is great but I only travel out once a year and am not talking on the phone when I travel, so having a global phone is not that much of a pro for me. I used my friend's TP2 on Sprint and I wasn't impressed by the jerkiness of surfing the web and zooming in and out. So my question to you guys is, can the TP2 web browsing experience be anywhere close to my ipod touch's web browsing experience on wifi?

I have read many reviews and it seem that the HTC Hero can do everything I want it to do and it can be just as good as my ipod touch's web browsing experience. Reading reviews and seeing videos hasn't really demonstrated that this too is possible on the HTC TP2 with stock ROM. So, after modifying your TP2 and tweaking it, will there ever be a point where your surfing experience closely meets that of an iphone/ipod touch?