Htc Hero Review- An Object You Desire For So Long

By Author: Jerry Smith
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Sprint was the first carrier to join hands with Google Android and HTC Hero is a very good effort. A number of new features have been included in the mobile phone to make the android experience complete. The device is highly customized and HTC Sense makes it even easier to customize. The dimensions are 112 x 56.2 x 14.35mm and weight is 135g. It is not essentially a lightweight mobile phone, nevertheless, it is portable, and it can be carried in your pockets. The Li-Ion 1350 mAh battery provides talk time of 420 minutes for WCDMA and 470 minutes for GSM and standby time of 750 hours for WCDMA and 440 hours for GSM.

The chin style design of HTC Hero makes it different from other mobile phones becomes an unique feature of this phone. The phone doesn't have a plastic feel and it has a brushed metal plate just below the front display to make the phone look sturdy and solid.

Though its 3.2 inches capacititve touch screen with a resolution of 480 x 320 is no superior to other mobile screens, it shows vivid and fresh images. And ...
... There is an ambient light sensor close to the screen that allows you view images in different light conditions . However, just like any other phones, HTC Hero also has trouble to show a readable screen under bright sunlight. Interestingly, the accelerometer changes the orientation when you rotate the phone from portrait to landscape and vice versa. However, this feature works only with a few applications

There is a 5MP camera without flash at the back of HTC Hero and it takes quality pictures. Moreover, you can freely add Geo Tags and Footprints. A couple of options are available to use the camera in convenient settings. The video recording capabilities is also good and you can upload the video directly to YouTube. The built-in media player supports different file types and it is easy to organize and play your play list using touch screen interface. YouTube videos are played in the video player nicely; however, the player is not too good for other video formats

The GPS of HTC Hero combined with Googlre Maps performs well in guiding for navigation . The basic messaging features such as SMS, MMS and emails can be composed and sent to contacts easily. The web browser is sufficient for a midrange smart mobile phone, even though it has problems with flash support. Twitter and Facebook widgets let you network with your friends wherever you are.

The multi-touch features of HTC Hero lets you use the touch screen without using stylus as the touch interface is capacitive and easy to be activated with finger. Swipes are smoother and long press brings up application menus. For those users who don't always depend on touch interface, a few interesting keys below the screen will help resolve this problem. Furthermore, the HTC Hero has a virtual full QWERTY keyboard and dialer keypad which will also give you different feel.

The user interface is no more a simple android interface that you have ever seen in other mobile phones. The phone uses HTC sense will lets you customize everything right from home screen panels. Twitter and Footprints apps allow Geo Tagging of photos and voice memos can be created. Scenes feature let you change the theme of your phone depending on your daily schedule.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.