@B3astofthe3ast The Hero is the successor to the Dream, otherwise known as the G1, thus it's called the G2 on T Mobile.
I'm slightly disappointed that they didn't stick a WVGA screen in the Hero, it can be done yet HTC decided to stick with the HVGA screen from the G1. That's the only thing bothering me about the Hero (apart from the camera, but I guess it's adequate), I've never had a problem with the processor being underpowered.
@zap2 The Magic is called the Magic on every network in the UK as far as I know. It's only the Hero and Dream that are called the G2 and G1 respectively on T-Mobile, the Hero unlocked is still called the Hero and as far as I know the G1 was never sold unlocked and so was always called the G1 over here.
@B3astofthe3ast Tbh the virtual keyboard is so good that a hardware one isn't really needed. I'm sure one of the recently unearthed phones from HTC has a physical keyboard, not sure if it was an Android or a Windows phone though.
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How does the hero get a successor and the doesn't?
@B3astofthe3ast because who cares about the
@B3astofthe3ast
Because "the" was a terrible handset, that no one wanted.
Meant the G1 lol
@B3astofthe3ast
The Hero is the successor to the Dream, otherwise known as the G1, thus it's called the G2 on T Mobile.
I'm slightly disappointed that they didn't stick a WVGA screen in the Hero, it can be done yet HTC decided to stick with the HVGA screen from the G1. That's the only thing bothering me about the Hero (apart from the camera, but I guess it's adequate), I've never had a problem with the processor being underpowered.
@Kieran
Isn't the Magic(My Touch 3G in the US) called the G2 on T Mobile?(I assume you mean in Europe)..and the Hero is G3?
Cell phone names are far to complicated!
Please, the G1 has no successor, it has to have a keyboard for me to even consider it.
@B3astofthe3ast EXACTLY!
@zap2
The Magic is called the Magic on every network in the UK as far as I know. It's only the Hero and Dream that are called the G2 and G1 respectively on T-Mobile, the Hero unlocked is still called the Hero and as far as I know the G1 was never sold unlocked and so was always called the G1 over here.
@B3astofthe3ast
Tbh the virtual keyboard is so good that a hardware one isn't really needed. I'm sure one of the recently unearthed phones from HTC has a physical keyboard, not sure if it was an Android or a Windows phone though.