Epic customisability; well-designed home screen widgets with live updates; easy-to-use keyboard; convenient Android Market for apps; multitouch capability; Flash support; 3.5mm headphone jack; Facebook integration
Sluggish at times; Flash video is dodgy; no easy way to back up and restore; button and menu overkill
If you can stand the Hero's occasional sluggishness, it's a fantastic smart phone packed with great features. We like its distinctive looks, and the innovative user interface brings Android much closer to being as fun and good-looking as the iPhone OS...
Excellent Sense UI, Compact design, Responsive screen, Facebook and Twitter integration
Poor camera, Laggy OS, Lack of video codec support, Slow internet browsing
At last the phone weve been waiting for has finally arrived. The HTC Hero has emerged blinking into the light, complete with the new Sense UI, to unleash a smackdown on the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. Android upgraded, this is the most powerful Googl...
The Hero is a fantastic step-up from both the HTC G1 and Magic. With the new Sense UI and Android strapped to its back its a true contender for the do-it-all phone top spot.
Sense UI, build quality, design, integrated social networks, Android OS, 3.5mm jack
Few minor software quirks, video capture rudimentary, lacks onboard storage, no radio
Weve waited a long time for a smartphone to be confident about challenging the iPhone as number one, and finally the HTC Hero arrives as a viable contenderKey specs3.5mm jack, 3G, 5 megapixels, Bluetooth, GPRS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, Li-ion battery, microSD...
It's only been a few months since the HTC Magic, but the leap forward HTC's made in the meantime is phenomenal. That's down to the new Sense overlay on top of Android. HTC's stuffed in loads more widgets to pop on your home screen - of whi...
As slick as the Hero looks, HTC could still fine tune the hardware a bit more. The camera lacks a flash, the trackball feels cheap, and that lip on the bottom juts out even more than Leslie Ash's face pillows. While it feels fine in the hand, it's...
With the HTC Hero, Android has finally come of age. It's almost the complete smartphone package now, helped no end by HTC's software rejigging and solid and sexy design stuffed with up to date hardware. iPhone, if you're listening, it's ti...
Abstract: Verdict: A smart, well-built Android phone with many improvements over the older Magic, but suffers from the same short battery life. HTCs Hero is the latest Android phone to land on these shores, following T-Mobiles G1 and Vodafones Magic (below...
