HTC Smartphone - Hero
Written by Agnes Lamont   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 08:06
Introducing the HTC Hero. The Android phone you have been waiting for. Running on Google's Android operating system the Hero is one to fall in love with. The design of the phone is daring to say the least. Most recent phones have all been about shedding the hard lines and angles to make slick shapeless blobs. The HTC Smartphone, Hero, is very angular, similar to those you might see in sci-fi. The phone feels more rugged and durable than most phones on the market today. The angles make it feel more comfortable and natural to hold and grasp in your hand.
by AgnesLamont


Introducing the HTC Hero. The Android phone you have been waiting for. Running on Google's Android operating system the Hero is one to fall in love with. The design of the phone is daring to say the least. Most recent phones have all been about shedding the hard lines and angles to make slick shapeless blobs. The HTC Smartphone, Hero, is very angular, similar to those you might see in sci-fi. The phone feels more rugged and durable than most phones on the market today. The angles make it feel more comfortable and natural to hold and grasp in your hand.



Display, Browser & Keypad - As with other Android run phones the display is multitouch with a crisp 480-320 screen. The screen feels bright and warm. The keyboard on this phone is very good indeed, any preconceptions about onscreen keypads you might have will be blown away with the Hero. There are three different keyboard layouts in both portrait and landscape modes. There is the standard full QWERTY keyboard, a phone keypad and a slimline version of QWERTY - which has two letters per key. The full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode is particularly a joy to type quickly with. The WebKit internet browser makes full use of the multitouch feature with pinch to zoom out and spread to zoom in. Unlike most smartphones Adobe Flash support is also incorporated into the core WebKit browser.

Widgets - The HTC Hero Smartphone is loaded with a slew of new applications and widgets. Most of which are HTC unique, meaning you won't be seeing them on non HTC phones. The standard clock and weather widgets are present but there are interesting widgets like the Twitter widget. This enables you to read recent tweets or update your status without having to open the Twitter app. The Hero comes with multiple desktop themes, each with different backgrounds, widgets and shortcuts. You can customise these and save your configurations as well. Switching between these themes, or scenes as they are called, takes only a couple of seconds and lets you completely rearrange your entire desktop almost instantly. Use one scene for home and one for work, this lets you organise better.

Social Networking - When you turn on the HTC Smartphone for the first time it asks for your Facebook, Twitter and Flickr logins. Unlike a lot of other phone this one does not dump all 500 of your Facebook friends into your contacts list; it keeps the list in the background for when you need it. The Facebook connection here is deeper and more useful than the likes of the Palm Pre. While scrolling down your phone contacts if you have linked someone to a Facebook profile you can view their most recent status. In the contact tab you can view all the usual information such as phone numbers, email addresses, photos and birthday and all recent txt messages and conversions. Also displayed are email history, recent Facebook updates and Flickr photo albums.

The HTC Smartphone, Hero, is the best Android driven yet. The phone's design, interface and features such as totally integrated profiles make it the best smartphone to date. This is a real alternative to the iPhone and Palm Pre.

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Before you waste time and effort looking for the HTC Hero online, take a look at my indepth review. Which can be found at Gadgetuser.net. Thank you for your time.