HTC Hero
The population of Google Android based smartphones continues its fast growth, with more and more advanced devices released by major manufacturers, but did you every wonder which one was the ice braker.
The HTC Hero is an Android-based device that offers tight integration with Google and social networking sites such as Facebook and Flickr, but also works with Exchange ActiveSync. It also has all of the standard features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as a 5 megapixel camera with video capture.
HTC Hero key features and specs
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
- Heavily customized (in both graphics and performance) Android OS v1.5 (Sense UI)
- 3.2″ capacitive touchscreen of HVGA resolution
- Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz CPU, 288 MB RAM
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with video recording
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiver
- Trackball navigation
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and turn-to-mute
- Digital compass for automatic navigation of maps
- Multi-touch zooming in gallery and web browser
- Standard miniUSB port for charging and data
- Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
- microSD card slot with support for up to 8GB cards (2GB one included)
- Standard 3.5mm audio jack
- Direct access to the official Android repository
- Web browser comes with full Flash support
- Smart dialing
- Tethering support right out-of-the-box
- Android OS
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Main disadvantages
- No video-call camera
- No FM radio
- No camera flash, dedicated shutter key or lens cover
- Camera features are a bit outdated
- CIF@15fps video recording (352 x 288 pixels) is below par
- No TV-out port
- No voice dialing
- Flash video playback is laggy
- Somewhat limited 3rd party software availability
- No DivX or XviD video support or a third-party application to play that
- Poor MP4 playback performance – barely watchable in video resolution above QVGA
- No Bluetooth file transfers (not without rooting)
- No proper file manager (not without rooting)
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