Typical price: £400
What is it: Touchscreen Android smart phone
What we think: The best Android phone yet, thanks to its innovative user interface
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 22 July 2009
Tags: touchscreen, 3G, landscape, applications, love
We like:
Epic customisability; well-designed home screen widgets with live updates; easy-to-use keyboard; convenient Android Market for apps; multitouch capability; Flash support; 3.5mm headphone jack; Facebook integration
We don't like:
Sluggish at times; Flash video is dodgy; no easy way to back up and restore; button and menu overkill
CNET UK judgement:
If you can stand the Hero's occasional sluggishness, it's a fantastic smart phone packed with great features. We like its distinctive looks, and the innovative user interface brings Android much closer to being as fun and good-looking as the iPhone OS, while being far more customisable. Occasional lag and Android's rough edges mean it's not quite an iPhone killer, but it's definitely fighting in the same class
Full review:
The HTC Hero (also known as the T-Mobile G2 Touch) is a fantastic touchscreen smart phone with enough style and power to take on Apple's iPhone 3GS and come out alive. It's got zillions of useful features that make it a pleasure to use, from an address book that links to Facebook to a Teflon coating that dodges finger grease. We wish it were slightly faster, and its little chin may scare babies, but the Hero could rescue us from our iPhone addiction. Continue Reading...
HTC Hero History
7 Dec 2009 in Reviews
Ever since Apple wowed us with its nifty iPhone, everyone's gagging for a screen they can touch. Here are four of our favourite sensitive mobiles, including the iPhone 3GS and models from HTC and Palm
11 Nov 2009 in Crave
Smart phone OS showdown: iPhone vs Android vs Palm Pre
Hardware's one thing, but the most important part of a smart phone is the operating system running the show, so we compared what powers the iPhone, the HTC Hero and the Palm Pre
6 Nov 2009 in Crave
Phone love: When an iPhone meets a Hero
He was wildly successful. She was from the wrong side of the tracks. But their passion would not be held back by firmware updates, nor Bluetooth incompatibility. This was true phone love
19 Oct 2009 in Crave
3 gets first Android phone: HTC Hero with free Spotify Premium
3 is adding its first Android phone to its lineup. The HTC Hero comes with unlimited calls, texts and browsing -- and free Spotify Premium
4 Aug 2009 in Crave
Android hacks: Get the HTC Hero keyboard on your Magic
We love the HTC Magic, but we prefer the HTC Hero's keyboard -- we really missed it when we went back to the Magic after time with its big brother. Here's a hack to make it all better
29 Jul 2009 in Crave
Five things that are wrong with Android
We love Android with all our hearts, but it's not without its own unique set of peccadilloes. Given our enthusiasm for the mobile OS, we thought it was only fair to tell you the downsides
28 Jul 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero hits T-Mobile as T-Mobile G2 Touch
T-Mobile says "better late then never" as it releases the T-Mobile G2 Touch, its version of the HTC Hero. And it's perfect for ninjas, with a night-walking black paint job
24 Jul 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero: Everything you need to know
Crowned as 'the best Android phone yet', HTC's Hero is, quite literally, turning us new and exciting kinds of on. We've got videos and reports galore, so here's everything you need to know
22 Jul 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero now available on Orange
The HTC Hero can be your hero, baby, thanks to Orange. You can pick up the awesome Android from the Orange Web site starting today, but don't forget the Web add on
17 Jul 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero vs HTC Magic (aka T-Mobile G2 vs myTouch 3G)
If you're excited by Android, you can't help but be thrilled that there are now two new phones on the market, with tonnes of features and awesome styling. Here's how they compare
30 Jun 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero: Amazon lists SIM-free release date, pricing
Amazon has put HTC's own-branded Android handset, the first not tied exclusively to one operator, on its site for pre-order
25 Jun 2009 in Crave
iPhone 3GS vs Palm Pre vs Nokia N97 vs Samsung i8910 HD vs HTC Hero vs Sony Ericsson Satio
Join us as we grease up this year's hottest touchscreen phones, put them in a cage, close the door and let them wrestle it out for the title
24 Jun 2009 in Crave
HTC Hero hands-on photos (aka T-Mobile G1 Touch)
There's a hero, if you look in your heart...or in your pocket, thanks to HTC's new Android phone, the Hero. It's got a new user interface and we took this Teflon touchscreen for a spin
24 Jun 2009 in Crave
T-Mobile G1 Touch, HTC Hero: Multitouch, proper headphone jack and Exchange support
The forthcoming HTC Hero will be the company's first handset to show off HTC Sense, a customisable front-end for Android that pulls together all your social data
12 Jun 2009 in Crave
Orange may offer Android 'within three months': HTC Hero anyone?
Orange's head of devices has confirmed the network will launch its first Android phone later this year, and hopes it will be within the next three months. Could this be the HTC Hero?
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