Are there only two people on this whole site who recommend this phone??
I hate to start a whole new thread on this, but I'm really curious if there aren't more people who like this phone enough to recommend it. My original post was the "should I get this thing or what?" one.
Well I am just thinking as i type its not about other its about what you like and what you feel and happy with.
personally i love this new HTC HERO phone with the Android OS .
I'm new to HTC as perviously own Nokia, Samsung and most popular iPhone 2G, 3G & the 3GS and since i was so much bored with iPhone due to the fact only bunch of icons on home screen , u cannot do multi tasking ie on HTC HERO if u want to listen radio and do anything else or even screen goes off while u listening radio as ur wifi connection stays ON even ur screen goes to sleep or stand by everything is up and running.
if u download new app leave downloading behind the screen and installing it behind the screen u carry on what ever u doing...does not stop u taking or answering calls or checking mail or anything else u wanna do with HTC HERO.
.. where as iPHONE have so many restrictions that the main reason i decided to go with HTC HERO as its got most advanced OS running and FAR FAR FAR better then the iPhone OS and if i paid for something i wanted to do what ever i feel like where with iphone apple is ur boss or o2 lol.
Browser on HTC HERO: FULL screen and flash support and u have also choice of having many different browser.
iPhone just safari and some of the pages does not support safari or safari does not support new website which is built in flash.
the reason for me to pick HTC HERO as its smaller then the iPhone and its looks nice as well as the weight and look like mobile phone and HTC hero does not feel like u are just carrying a big brick .. NO.. its really nice handset and i am very happy with my purchase.. of course its just released and there are few lags and software firmware issues.. and that should be fix in couple of weeks times so not a major problem.
i remember when iPhone released apple have to update their firmware so many times just to keep customers happy as there was also issues with the signal issue with iPhone on 3G and iPhone does also crash, safari crashes while u surfing high images website..
Only IPod run at the background and nothing else on that phone apart from bunch of icons home screen.. no widgets etc.
anyway come back to the real question
sorry i just thought let me give you bit my experience HTC hero vs iphone.
Yes i Would recommend anyone buying this handset and believe me or not @ my work 2 people already decided to ordered htc hero after playing with my handset and there handset on its way..
when i ask why they going with HTC hero not iPhone
replied iPhone is big and where HTC HERO screen size is 3.2 vs iphone 3.5 but outer size of the iPhone size is very bigs vs HTC HERO..
plus loads of other stuff on Android where Apple will never bring into the iPhone just the fact they want to keep the Phone simple as possible and one day u just get bored with playing games and apple app store utilities are use less coz they dont do anything to the handset or tweak anything to iPhone so why even installing tools apps on iPhone where HTC hero tools apps does something when u want to do or change something overclock the processor or what ever u want to add.
one of the great feature i love on HTC HERO is you can turn off wifi or gps from ur home screen using widgets where on iPhone if u want to turn on WIFI u have to close ur open application to turn on\off wifi or any of the iPhone settings..
iPhone is not bad handset but ask your self a question do you wanna pay for something where u can take as much as advantage from ur purchase rather then just icons on home screen?
HTC HERO all the way yes.
oh yeah battery life.
HTC HERO battery life is also same as iPhone battery life with my experience and usage.
i use Phone like everyday make calls all the time using internet, emails .
i dont find battery life problem with htc hero..
i remember i was running less items on iphone at background actually hang on lol... nothing can run or leave running at background on iphone and i still had to recharge my iphone every night....
and depends how u much u use ur phone.