[NEWS] Sprint HTC Hero - Hands-On First Look

[CYBER WEESJE]

Whether Google's Android, or HTC for that matter, would be Sprint's Hero and saving grace towards profitability is another story, but we're hoping so. The nation's number three has a very strong and compelling smartphone lineup, which includes the BlackBerry Tour, the Windows Mobile Touch Pro2, an HTC Snap, the flagship webOS Palm Pre, and now the CDMA Sprint HTC Hero complete with widgets.

Preliminary reviews from the web has it that the Sprint version is quite a bit better than the international unlocked version. Sprint's Hero has a bit more curves and contours, losing the angular chin, and boasts seemingly better software and hardware performance.

Reviewers at Engadget Mobile and Gizmodo note that the Hero has a better screen viewing angle and better color, a faster and more responsive HTC Sense UI, a larger and more comfortable trackball, and better button placement. The downside is that reviewers are noting that the Hero isn't still as refined as the Palm Pre or the iPhone.

Whether you like the retro-geek look of the angular Hero or the curvy Sprint version is a matter of personal taste. However, whatever the case may be, we applaud Sprint for getting Android into it's lineup. Prior to the Sprint CDMA Hero, Android has only been spotted in T-Mobile's lineup, which began with the T-Mobile G1 and was replaced by the myTouch 3G on the nation's number four carrier; T-Mobile is also expected to release the Motorola CLIQ in the near future, a handset that has garnered Motorola much praise from the tech media.

The Hero will probably be a competitor with slab tablet devices like the iPhone from Apple and the Windows Mobile Diamond2 as those devices lack a keyboard.

(via: Engadget Mobile and Gizmodo)

GRTZ CYBER WEESJE
ADMINISTRATOR@Wckediden

[sdwyz74]

a little lost is this the TP 3 in your other video or a different unit ?

[CYBER WEESJE]

“ Originally Posted by sdwyz74 ”

a little lost is this the TP 3 in your other video or a different unit ?

HI this is the htc hero sprint like stated in the thread ?? ohter video is tp3 your lost ?




GRTZ CYBER WEESJE
ADMINISTRATOR@Wckediden

[VenumX]

nice!! that looks sick!

[Mike20PR]

me want me want!!!! :lol:

[CYBER WEESJE]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

me want me want!!!! :lol:

haha me to but i am oke for the next year whit tp2 lol sprint redit they hole form factor again it looks good a bit rounder also


GRTZ CYBER WEESJ
ADMINISTRATOR@Wckediden

[tlpalmer01]

i cant wait, will i be aable to get for 179 w/2 year even if i renewed my contract in march when i upgraded to touch pro....thanks for vid.........

[VenumX]

“ Originally Posted by tlpalmer01 ”

i cant wait, will i be aable to get for 179 w/2 year even if i renewed my contract in march when i upgraded to touch pro....thanks for vid.........

probably not. :/ sorry - maybe...but probably not...

[tlpalmer01]

yeah that kind of what i thought, dam, oh well life goes on................thanks for reply venum......

[VenumX]

“ Originally Posted by tlpalmer01 ”

yeah that kind of what i thought, dam, oh well life goes on................thanks for reply venum......

i should have specified before but you can go to

Code

www.sprintrebates.com

and there is a check rebate status thing and you can type ur number and zip code and it will tell you what kind of discounts you have..if it says 150 then you will get the phone for lowest price

[benmiller]

looks great I cant wait to get my hands on one. Thanks for posting the vid.

[sdwyz74]

“ Originally Posted by CYBER WEESJE ”

HI this is the htc hero sprint like stated in the thread ?? ohter video is tp3 your lost ?



GRTZ CYBER WEESJE
ADMINISTRATOR@Wckediden

no i was lost but now i'm found thanks to you! anyway whats the name cause TP3?
or is that just what your calling it? and is this a far off unit since the TP2 just droped

[CYBER WEESJE]

“ Originally Posted by sdwyz74 ”

no i was lost but now i'm found thanks to you! anyway whats the name cause TP3?
or is that just what your calling it? and is this a far off unit since the TP2 just droped

yeah thats only for somewhere end 2010 think now back to topic



GRTZ CYBER WEESJE
ADMINISTRATOR@Wckediden

[GokuSS3]

They lost that gold strip which is good now i want one when it comes out haha!!!!

[benmiller]

I like the looks of teh sprint hero alot more than the gsm version and its pretty clear that the made the trackball bigger too..... now I just got to play the waiting game.

[D/\SH]

yuppers that looks bad ass, cant wait to tinker with mine through sprint when i pick it up at bestbuy.... than going to sell it to venum for the price i got so he can develop on it.

[benmiller]

haha how you going to get a phone through sprint when your on verizon?

[wcked]

well why change the case..that's what made the hero so attractive and here comes sprint and change it...hmm i'm gonna still get it..lets see if i get used to it.

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by benmiller ”

haha how you going to get a phone through sprint when your on verizon?

i still have a sero line through sprint, you think im gonna give that up and help them out? **** that hahaahahaha im gonna piss them off by keeping that one lmao, and my buddy uses it anyways.

[benmiller]

ah haa I see stick it to the man haha. I just hope they dont find out im not a employee once I stop working here at radioshack. Im trying to get in on the Best Buy wireless sales team though when I move out to Massachusetts cause then I would be a employee of ever single wireless carrier muah ha ha ha ha (evil laugh) ima try and get a employee plan under each one.:highfive:

[mstangfiveo]

Lol!!!!!! Benmiller made my day with that last post. Hey get everything free that you can from these multibillion dollar corporations. I have had my fair share of getting ripped off by my phone service.

[VenumX]

“ Originally Posted by benmiller ”

ah haa I see stick it to the man haha. I just hope they dont find out im not a employee once I stop working here at radioshack. Im trying to get in on the Best Buy wireless sales team though when I move out to Massachusetts cause then I would be a employee of ever single wireless carrier muah ha ha ha ha (evil laugh) ima try and get a employee plan under each one.:highfive:

you actually can get a discounted plan from each carrier, my cousin has verizon/att/tmobile under her best buy wireless discount. she has iphone, bb curve and enV touch. i just had to turn down a job offer from best buy wireless here in new york cause sprint was able to xfer me up here...

[tlpalmer01]

dash let me know if u get another one cause ill buy it cause i got to wait till march 1 2010 before i can get that price..