Let's go through the steps together, shall we? A "senior member" forum poster on the
xda-developers forums has posted the above pic as proof that the HTC Hero is coming to the US on October 11th -- a claim he's been making as far back as April, but this is the first time he's brought a picture with him. The poster says he works for a wireless developer firm, and while this picture can easily be faked, we don't think it's necessarily that much of a stretch. Let's look at some of the other phones listed. There's "Samsung Q (Android)," which could provide a missing link between the
InstinctQ and the company's
mysterious Android phone that was supposed to be out on Sprint and T-Mobile by now.
BlackBerry Aries is the CDMA version the Curve 8520, and traditionally RIM's CDMA devices wind up on both Sprint and Verizon. The LG LX610 / Lotus 2 is a new one to us, but Lotus seems to have been well-received for Sprint. So to pull all that data together, if this list is the real deal, we'd say it came from Now Network company. This
is the sort of phone Dan Hesse would be
glad to have waited for, isn't it?
Read - HTC Hero (Android) Release Date: 10/11/2009
Read - Initial release date claim
posted July 31st 2009 12:22AM
The iPhone 2G/3G/3GS' aren't the best smartphones. How would I know? I own the 32GB 3GS. They are nice phones but they are getting out dated. They are basicly giant app launchers that only run one application at a time (although some Apple made ones run in th background) unlike PCs, Macs, the Palm Pre (WebOS), Android, and even Windows Mobile. It's getting old, there UI is starting to get boring and the phone is getting dated. iPhone = Giant App Nonmultitasking Launcher.
Sorry for double post guys.
^Not a fanboy
That was a reply to the "i", stupid comment system.
I have to semi-disagree with the reviewers who portrayed the HERO in a bad light due to this 'sluggyness'.
I have been using the HERO for about 2 days now, on Orange in the UK. Ok, the boot time is longer than other phones i have used previously, but who turns their phones off nowadays?! And about the supposed laggy nature of the software, I -am- going to make a comparison to the iPhone. The fact is, most apps on the iPhone have a small delay in starting, and this is virtually the same as the HERO. Personally, I have experienced no 'freezing' or laggyness about the handset, and found that the Sense UI running on this build of Android makes a killer phone.
There also seems to be a love-it/hate-it divide with regards to the 'chin' on the device, which (ok, I am going to be bias here) photos don't do justice. Get this device in your hand, and all becomes very clear. It just feels right.
I agree. I'm also seeing a trend developing; people who have read the US reviews have convinced themselves (through confirmation bias perhaps?) that this phone is sluggish and not worth having. People who have bought and used the Hero on the other hand, find no sluggishness at all and are very impressed overall, with the design, the UI and the speed. I think that says enough really.
I got my Hero a couple of days ago. Coming from various other phones and operating systems I find the Hero really well designed and a joy to use. It has pretty much everything you would need from a phone and unlike some phones actually focuses on better communication with links to various social networking trends. The android app market is increasing in size everyday and has a wealth of tools, widgets and applications to make the phone functionality more efficient. Out of the box it did seem to stagger about a bit but after a couple of days use its increased in fluency to a point where there is virtually no lag. The capacitive touch screen and multi touch sold it for me after using the Omnia and been plagued with screens forcing me to use the stylus. I am going to order a new SD card for is as i've heard the swap file is on there and atm its only class 4 which is a possible bottleneck. Htc seem to have taken android very seriously with this device and I think its paid off.
Thanks for posting. I think I'll definitely have this phone just didn't really want it on Sprint. :)
I read on a forum that a guy using Hero ROM on the Magic experienced sluggishness because the swap was on his SD-card. He moved it to the internal flash and it wasn't sluggish anymore. You might want to look into that. It was a Norwegian forum so I take it you won't be able to understand it if I digged up and url, and I am lazy too.
And I just had the info that the Hero is coming to SFR in France in September.
Will it be available for SERO?
I'll be dropping TMo in a heartbeat if the Hero comes to Sprint. I've grown impatient with their painfully slow 3G rollout anyway.
I -will- wait for a few more reviews on Hero performance to come out, but I think it sounds like the performance is pretty good if you aren't running multiple apps/widgets, which the iPhone (for example) can't do anyway.
FAIL!!!!
There is NO CDMA support for Android yet. The next software update for Android is called "Donut" and is still in development.
The the info is wrong.
People have been running Android on the CDMA Sprint Touch for almost as long as Android has been available. One guy wrote the code for CDMA radio support in a matter of days - I don't think it'd be much of a problem for HTC. In the last 8 months or so, the community has gotten everything to work except bluetooth.
I guess you missed the Engadget article about how the HERO rom had a "CDMA settings" tab.
Yea there is support for CDMA. Keep up with updates man, it was posted here a few days ago!
The one day I don't check and Voila.
InstinctQ, eh? if an instinct and a moto q had a baby...
slide out qwerty?
HELLLL YEA
Just in time for my upgrade :)
Please let me keep SERO, Sprint.
LOL, sluggish software...in comparison to what exactly? I personally cannot wait for this phone. My 2009 HOLY GRAIL!
Sprint= win Verizon-AT&T= fail
I'm returning my Pre and waiting for this phone.
The Pre is great, but the keyboard is too small for me.
Come on Sprint!
Hell yea.
Sprint is finally understanding that average consumers don't care about network quality or data speeds.
All "average consumers" care about is a flashy phone and saving money.
I have this phone (Orange UK), and i like it.
The only pain is that there's no Bluetooth File Transfer.
There's Bluetooth, but some idiot at Google won't enable it to transfer files (only headsets)!!!
For me, that's the deal breaker.
Hello I am Spanish and one of the lucky ones that has the phone. Only confirm that expectations have become magnified when you have it in your hand. In Spain the Mobile sells exclusively in Orange. For more information
Hello I am Spanish and one of the lucky ones that has the phone. Only confirm that expectations have become magnified when you have it in your hand. In Spain the Mobile sells exclusively in Orange. For more information
http://tiendamovil.orange.es/htc-Hero.htm
http://www.orange-empresas.es/producto/htc-hero.html