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HTC Hero

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HTC Hero
 
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List price as of Sep 14, 2009:
S$898

CNET Asia Review

By John Chan
Sep 14, 2009

Excellent

8

out of 10

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The good: Extremely customizable interface, thanks to HTC Sense; solid construction; good use of materials; 3.5mm audio connector; multitouch in browser; decent battery life.

The bad: Certain HTC apps can be slow; slow shutter on camera; unable to accept video calls.

The bottom line: A combination of good design and a fully customizable user interface make the Hero a great smartphone. A boon for the Android platform still in its infancy.

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Average User Rating

from 14 users


Excellent

8.1

out of 10
 

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User Reviews

generally good

Nov 4, 2009

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: good user interface, sharp cam, the curve of the phone make it easy to hold
Cons: blue tooth don seem to work, "slow"cam, games from market can be improved
Opinion:
i been using for almost a month. no regret. most of the basic function been very good. the only problem is that for sms, it tend to auto change the word. esp for letter "i" and "u" which is so near each other, it totally change the subject and meaning of the sms.

the games from market don seen to be as interesting as iphone.

the cam is sharp, colour is great but tend to take blur pictures.

the one and only thing that can piss me is the blue tooth, it just don seem to work in any case.

in short, most of the functions is really great and not problems. having this phone can said to be no regret

 

Almost perfect

Oct 17, 2009

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Totally free android applications. Fast browsing.
Cons: Slightly laggy camera.
Opinion:
This phone is almost better den Iphone. Given the possibilities of the OS at its infancy stage, its amazing! Its gona have a firmware update in a few more days.

The user interface is user friendly with many widgets n icons that are easily accessed. Interactive softwares to access wirelessly.

I juz hope the "chin" goes away and the cursorball blend in the same color with the broze cover.

 

Great phone

Oct 10, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: its perfect
Cons: android doesnt "allow" file-transfer through bluetooth yet
Opinion:
after ROM upgrade, its very smooth at par with iphone... android 1.6 being rolled out, how are we gonna get the upgrade ?

 

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User Discussion

RiGoRmOrTiS: "cannot install apps on SD card unless you root it" >What do you mean by "root it?" Can you explain ...
ironman88: Hi, can hero receive radio stations? i need to use a website that was rather strict on just using internet explorer. ...
tricker667: www.htc.com... Can I transfer files between my PC and phone using Bluetooth? Transferring files between your phone and PC using Bluetooth ...
znos20: I did not try it, but i was reading that there is an application called file transfer that will ...
tricker667: Its still more convenient to transfer files using bluetooth when the cable is not around.

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