HTC Hero coming soon with superpowered HTC sense
Wow, what a change a few months make. As most of you know, HTC have announced a new phone called the HTC Hero which seems to be the first phone to get the uk press genuinely excited and with only one mention (so far! ) of the monotonous tone of it being an Iphone killer.
Most of the press seemed to be lauding its support for the tech-love of the moment that is twitter. If any of them bothered to do any research they would know that all android phones have had twitter capability since virtually day one via the market. Whatever gets the press excited about android works fine for me.
What HTC did right…..
HTC seemed to have flown directly to the 3rd time lucky spot with hero. It seems to have all the items left out of the previous incarnations of its flagship phones.
Multitouch pinch, better widgets, better keyboard, better battery life, better camera, standard audio jack… its all here. If this phone had a hardware keyboard (which incidentally I hear is coming) then this would be my dream phone.
Secondly I always thought that HTC had missed a trick in keeping their devices locked to a single carrier. Post launch the HTC magic and G1 virtually disappeared from adverts. This clearly didn’t go unnoticed by HTC who are planning to launch the Hero through both Orange and Tmobile. Hopefully the competition between the two will drive down prices and create a more sustained publicity drive.
What are the downsides of HTC’s move?
Firstly, a part of me thinks that its wrong to upgrade to a telephone, purely for software. After all software can be loaded onto any other device, so the only real reason to upgrade is to get a better performing handset, with a better camera.
Secondly, Htc seems to be very quick out the gates and releasing the Hero so soon after the HTC magic, is bound to have some major detriment on the Magic, Vodafone, and no doubt the customers who ran out to buy the now legacy htc magic when it came out.
Looking at the big picture, HTC have fired the first warning shot Nuclear missile across the bow of its competitors who are planning to release android phones this year. The UI is fresh, flash and works great and has made this the standard against all future phones are judged.
Its all just got really interesting people.
After watching the video from Orange showing off the phone, I must admit I am very tempted to throw my G1 to the wind and bring on that Hero goodness.
Take a look at Orange’s great Youtube video showing off the phone- nice work gents.
The phone is scheduled for release in the UK in the next two weeks, and like many of you, I will be waiting with baited breath. For those that are looking to order it, the graphite HTC Hero can be purchased here from Orange, and the Tmobile link is yet to be released.
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