HTC Hero - Review

The first 3GS's serious contender?

The very stylish and ergonomic phone is a serious contender for the smart phone top spot. A social junkies dream having the ability to group emails, txt's and facebook updates all in one place.

You'll also be taking sharper images than the Apple users, with a 5 megapixel camera (sadly no flash though)

The touchscreen is just as sharp as the 3GS that also uses a capacitive version (sensing the electric field from your fingers, as opposed to resistive which uses pressure like the N97) and supporting multi touch while browsing the web and supports flash when you want to watch YouTube.

Working on the fantastic Android operating system, comes complete with a digital compass for use with google maps, and comes complete with turn by turn at nav. The Hero. gives you the choice of seven different homescreens.

Geek Bit

Display 320x480 Touchscreen

Storage 512MB, MicroSD slot

Battery 7.8Hrs talk time, 440 Hrs Standby

Connectivity GPS, HSDPA, 3.5mm Jack, Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi

Camera 5Megapixel, Autofocus

The Hero has a teflon coated back panel which makes the phone feel really solid but thats where I have to sadly start talking about the niggles I have with this. If you paid attention to the geek bit above, you would have noticed the ridiculously small storage, 512MB, I have a kettle that can store more data. But wait you can increase this capacity by accessing the microsd slot, but you will have to remove the very nice teflon coated back plate to do so! This for me is a huge let down, You could live in hope that Android's market place will soon be full of fantastic apps, and be content with the decent camera and great battery life IF the phone didnt have less memory than a goldfish that had been struck on the head.

A nice phone, but if your like me and store films and music on your digital friend then this isn't for you, BUT if your addicted to twitter and facebook then this is the one for you.