HTC Hero

smilodon · July 03, 2009, 09:36:04 PM

Some more mobile goodness..... to confuse the crap out of us all.

As well as the Nokia N97, the Apple iPhone 3G S, the HTC Pro 2 and the Palm Pre we can also add the HTV Hero to the mix. Shame it's only going to be avaliable on the T-Mobile and Orange networks.

Promo

It's looking like this or the Palm Pre for me....unless some other bloody phone manufacturer comes along and throws all my plans down the drain.

sulky_uk · July 03, 2009, 09:44:58 PM

looks nice so for the record hopefully pens iphone will be at teas bbq and my n97, so whos bringing a HTC?:dribble:

Armitage · July 03, 2009, 09:54:22 PM

I have just dumped my HTC touch for a blackberry bold. The touch was the worst "phone" i have ever had.

sulky_uk · July 03, 2009, 09:56:13 PM

another one for the slection process

sony ericsson satio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eInpOyv_j98&hl=un

smilodon · July 03, 2009, 10:21:27 PM

Quote from: sulky_uk;281393looks nice so for the record hopefully pens iphone will be at teas bbq and my n97, so whos bringing a HTC?:dribble:

I'm planning on waiting till I can look at the Hero and the Pre together, not sure if that will be in time for the BBQ?

DarkAngel · July 03, 2009, 11:52:18 PM

Loving the look of the HTC hero.

T-Bag · July 04, 2009, 01:20:21 AM

How are you finding the Blackberry? My dad just got a Curve and after a play around with it I don't particularly like it. The UI is pretty naff IMO. I love the qwerty keyboard, but at the price of touchscreen seems a hefty price.

Does anyone know if the Hero will have any satnav software? I've got copies of TomTom (5 & 6) and Copilot live for Windows mobile (In this house we go through a lot of satnavs) but being Android I guess I'd need a new one if I chose this. The interface of the new android phones are pretty stunning. It's disappointing I've got to wait till the end of August for my contract to run out.

TeaLeaf · July 04, 2009, 09:52:27 AM

3.6" 480x800 screen on the Touch Pro2 but Windows

versus

3.2" and slightly dodgy styling 320x480 screen on an attractive open source Android Hero.

Damn you Smilo.

smilodon · July 04, 2009, 09:54:14 AM

As far as I am aware it has a GPS and I'd guess it will use google maps being an android phone?

OldBloke · July 04, 2009, 12:00:34 PM

Having played with both the Diamond 2 and the Touch HD I am more convinced than ever that I *need* the keyboard that the Touch Pro 2 has. Simple as that.

T-Bag · July 04, 2009, 03:16:13 PM

I use TouchPal (Link) and find it's probably faster than normal texting when I'm sat down because it's a full keyboard layout and has good predictive text. However I would like to text while I walk, and with a touchscreen keyboard that is very hard. I also feel I "need" a keyboard. I'd probably still use the soft keyboard for a lot of things, but while walking there is nothing quite like buttons.

smilodon · July 04, 2009, 04:11:14 PM

I have no idea if other phones have this but I saw a You-tube video of the Hero where it sort of works out when you have made a touch typing mistake and corrects it for you. Sort of like predictive text meets a spell checker.

It was able to work out the 'bexaisw' was actually a mistype of 'because' :blink: Something to do with the fact that the wrong letters are very close to the right letters i.e. 'x' is next to 'c', 'u' is next to i'' If it works as it seemed to be doing I'm beginning to think this might be the phone for me. I am a slave to my Nokia E90 keyboard (which is brilliant) but now I'm not so sure it's a must have feature for me anymore ?

T-Bag · July 04, 2009, 04:47:44 PM

Quote from: smilodon;281470It was able to work out the 'bexaisw' was actually a mistype of 'because' :blink: Something to do with the fact that the wrong letters are very close to the right letters i.e. 'x' is next to 'c', 'u' is next to i'' If it works as it seemed to be doing I'm beginning to think this might be the phone for me.

Touch Pal 4 does that as well as PCM Keyboard. They're for Windows mobile based phones so most of the HTCs will support them, though the Hero is Android based, so it will need a different version. But if as you say it is included then that is good news.
I found the default Windows mobile keyboard worse than useless. If you need the stylus to type then it's no good.

TeaLeaf · July 07, 2009, 04:06:45 PM

Is someone deliberately delaying the stock for mobiles.co.uk as they have yet to issue prices and order details for either this or the HTC Touch Pro2. :ranting2:

TL.

smilodon · July 07, 2009, 06:51:04 PM

I've seen dates ranging from 15th July to 25th July so I guess no one actually knows.

Amazon say Ã,Â£430 on 24th, Expansys are Ã,Â£405 on 2oth and Devicewire are Ã,Â£400 on 21st. So it's anyones guess