Our HTC Hero review goes live at SlashGear

[G1ravs]

Well enjoy..please share some impressions of the phone when you get a chance.

I will do, I've had the Touch HD, the G1 and getting the Hero..
along with owning a HTC Diamond for a little while.

I'll be able to make a few comparisons, although I have a passionate hate for Win Mo, so it may be a little biased!

[techboi]

I will do, I've had the Touch HD, the G1 and getting the Hero..
along with owning a HTC Diamond for a little while.

I'll be able to make a few comparisons, although I have a passionate hate for Win Mo, so it may be a little biased!

lol no worries, i have the same hate

[mehmoomoo]

Apparently they screwed up customers and the device by not making sure it has solid tethering features. The reviews all aboard are avoiding the issue. I would not rate the phone as trash because of it, but I am seriously pissed off because it is what I would purchase if the tethering was added.

[Hydrax]

Thanks for the indepth review!

Ordered mine today after trying one out instore,

900mins/unlimited txts/500meg net for £34.26 and and the phone for free, gotta love bombarding orange sales with internet deals to force them down in price :-D

Also Hello everyone, long time lurker present

[techboi]

Hey Chris - Im curious, what firmware version was your review Hero running? People who have gotten it in the UK from the Organge release are reporting the following, firmware verson 1.5, software version 1.0.0.A6288

[G1ravs]

I have the phone on my lap The only thing I can flaw is the lack of a hardware keyboard.. but I guess I can get used to the virtual one!

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask

[Mansn]

900mins/unlimited txts/500meg net for £34.26 and and the phone for free, gotta love bombarding orange sales with internet deals to force them down in price :-D

18 or 24 month plan?

[techboi]

I have the phone on my lap The only thing I can flaw is the lack of a hardware keyboard.. but I guess I can get used to the virtual one!

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask

Did it come with any syncing software to sync contacts with Outlook via USB?

[notxel21]

I have the phone on my lap The only thing I can flaw is the lack of a hardware keyboard.. but I guess I can get used to the virtual one!

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask

Is the phone laggy at all with say 3 or 4 widgets?

[G1ravs]

Did it come with any syncing software to sync contacts with Outlook via USB?

Nope :/ not useful to me but can see how it would be useful to others!

Is the phone laggy at all with say 3 or 4 widgets?

I have currently running the twitter widget, the weather widget, messages widget, email widget, clock widget, loads of program shortcuts and it's fine only bit of lag i had was when i was writing a text message and i got a phone call, after the phone call i ended up with a blank text message and a frozen screen for about 2-4 seconds.. but was fine after that