Sprint HTC Hero available today to Best Buy Reward Zone members
By Paul Miller 
posted Oct 9th 2009 10:47AM
posted Oct 9th 2009 10:47AM
[Thanks, Ted]
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沙发！
Chair!
I JUST GOT MINE!
I need a Hero
I’m holding out for a Hero ‘til the end of the night
It’s gotta be Android
And it’s gotta be fast
And it's gotta be fresh from the box
I need a Hero
I’m holding out for a Hero ‘til the morning light
With Donut for be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And it’s gotta be larger than life
Unfortunately it doesn't have Donut... yet.
You win!
You, sir, just blasted my mind.
This has been stuck in my head all day
Sprint coverage sucks in my area. Any update on Hero for Verizon release date?
Yeah, they should be done testing it in about a year.
My plan allows me to ROAM free of charge on Verizon's network >.>
Does this thing require one of those fancy all-you-can-spend plans, or can I leave it on my old $45 plan w/ unlimited data I use for my Q?
I believe it just requires an unlimited data plan, so yes - it should work. But I would check with some form of a Sprint Rep to be sure.
Its your $45 plan or the Hero, but not both.
We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
You...not so much...
Wait, did noone else notice that they spelled "Flickr" wrong?
Good catch. This is what happens when marketing isn't "with" the times.
I was looking to see if anyone else noticed and saw your comment...
poor suckr
Maybe it's just that Flickr® is the incorrect spelling and the copy writer was just doing what he/she was taught — to spell correctly.
Btw, if you can't upgrade yet, they're charging $699. WTF is wrong with Best Buy? That price doesn't even make any sense.
For some strange reason these smart phone makers THINK these things are worth $400, $500, $600 even $700. I understand they are all in bed with the carriers, but as so many "tear-down" sites have proven the actual hardware is only worth a couple hundred bucks (if that). Throw in another hundred for R&D on each phone and your still at less the $300.
But, like I said, they are all in bed with the carriers so we get to pay for it...
Anyone that falls for it and spends that much money on a phone deserves to be kicked in the sack anyway.
Don't forget to throw in the money to cover, marketing, distribution, and most important of all profit. Why should companies sell things at cost? If all companies just worked for cost there'd be no reason to innovate.
its $599.99 at best buy
Which is still $120 more than it is at a Sprint store, which coincidentally is also selling them early.
a hero...on sprint
with the strength to carry on?
We don't need another HTC Hero... Tina Turner
HTC should dump all their WinMoan smartphones and go strictly with Android.
all though the hero looks tempting but ill have to wait for the HD2
SP
They should give Hiro from Heroes a Hero.
Didn't you see the HTC Hero backdrop/poster at the dial-a-hero headquarter!?
That was a Pre, or was there a new one?
Too bad I can't upgrade until next month. This is the first phone I have really wanted.
Isn't the Sprint Moment better than this Hero?
I'm going to wait for the Moment to be released in November
I think it has better specs? It's vanilla Android though...no SenseUI
The Moment bumps to a 800mhz processor, up from 525 I believe. It also has an OLED screen, but I have yet to find out if it is multitouch...
It doesn't have SenseUI loaded on it so its probably pretty quick, although if you wanted SenseUI i'm sure someone over at androidcentral will figure out how to put it on other devices.
@timothy_beeler
I've had my white chinny Hero for over three months and it's the best phone I've ever had. (Htc X7500, N95, XDAIIi and iPhone 3G included.)
The OS update last month really got stuff moving and I have not had one lag since. Didn't have many before to tell the truth. I highly recommend it. Sod all the social networking stuff it's the AR apps that rule.
It looks like a t-mobile My Touch.
Gadgetry is fun, but I wish the iPhone monthly service was cheaper.
Haha. I still haven't registered my reward card I got when buying my Sony PRS-300 some weeks ago. :D
And yes, the cashier did hard-sell me the card.
hard sell you something that is free? and gives you rewards points. is this a tough sell?
Wow FNG, you really have brains don'cha? Maybe I was making a simple joke at what the article said and wasn't expecting an anal retentive tool to search the comments so he could make a pitiful attempt to be clever.
And yes, the cashier did annoy me about the card.
Actually, shāfā , which is sofa .
英雄 = Hero, better, but everyone calls the Hero the "Hero" in China.
all i can say i have been playing with the hero since 10:30 and for any one wondering, I have experienced no lag whatsoever, although it does ship with cupcake.
I've been behind you in line since 10:30, can you hurry up?!
But did you notice anything to not like about the phone?
the only thing that i dont like is that there is no proximity sensor. but it does have an ambient light sensor so its not that bad. other than that its a great phone, so far.
Called BB said you had to be a silver member and received a email with a flyer. Does anybody know if this is the flyer on engadget or is there more content. I want to get it today.
im not a silver member nor did i have a flier. just my regular old RZ card. Playin with my hero as we speak. so go get it!!!
@djnewman001; I didn't have the same luck as you; they told me I couldn't get the phone until Sunday seeing as I wasn't a 'silver' member. I did, however, leave the $50 deposit, so I'll wait it out for two days.
wow man thats unfortunate. i heard from the lead salesman at bb if u prepayed you could get it on Sat. might want to call tomorrow and ask about that.