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By: HTC Hero « HKim.kr

HTC Hero « HKim.kr — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:42:54 +0000

[...] interface which enables personalization with a variety of designs. Walter Mossberg says in his review that it is “the best Android phone I’ve tested, and a worthy competitor to the iPhone, the [...]

By: Mike Mohan

Mike Mohan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:30:56 +0000

Thank-you Shane for the heads up.

Best Buy has both pre-order and soon to be available in-store sales of the HERO without the need to pre-pay the $100 mail-in rebate charged at Sprint stores and at Sprint.com.

By: Brian Hansen

Brian Hansen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:53:08 +0000

The statement that “Android has less than 10% of the 85,000 apps the iPhone now offers” is not correct. The Android Market had over 10,000 apps when this review was published on September 30, 2009. Also, it should be noted that Android devices have the ability to multi-task, and competitors such as the iPhone lack this advanced capability. As a consequence, an incoming call would cause the iPhone to suspend the operation of a turn-by-turn navigation app and you could unknowingly drive past the next turn on your trip. On an Android device, the navigation app would continue to run in the background and would notify you of approaching turns. Furthermore, the Android Market has CoPilot, a navigation app that is easily on par with a Garmin or a TomTom and doesn’t require a monthly fee, such as the navigation apps available for the iPhone. Android’s biggest shortcoming is that its backers have failed to tout the substantive advantages it has over competing devices.

By: Weekend Update 10.03.09- The Meda-Mangle Edition [Digital Daily] | TECHNICK

Weekend Update 10.03.09- The Meda-Mangle Edition [Digital Daily] | TECHNICK — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:04:44 +0000

[...] personal tech feature of the week was the HTC Hero. This latest offering from veteran the Taiwan phone manufacturer features their most robust [...]

By: Sprint phone - New HTC Hero w/ Android

Sprint phone - New HTC Hero w/ Android — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:35:07 +0000

[...] by Google, the Hero offers a 5MB still shot camera and a video camera. The phone is getting good reviews from industry techs that have been using the Hero. ? No Comments RSS feed for comments on this [...]

By: Shane McWilliams

Shane McWilliams — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:27:48 +0000

Mike, I know BestBuy was handling the rebate in store at the time of the sale when you did the pre-order thing, but not sure if they are doing the same for “post release sales”. May be worth checking out.

By: RSS For Gadgets » WJS HTC Hero Review: worthy competitor to iPhone, BlackBerry and Pre

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:59:46 +0000

[...] new Android packing HTC Hero smartphone has now gained a review from Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, and he says HTC have applied their own signature software atop the Android platform and that’s [...]

By: Walt Mossberg

Walt Mossberg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:18:34 +0000

Rob is correct. The Hero in Europe has a much different exterior design, but is largely the same in terms of user experience. However, I disagree with Rob — I think the Euro design is nicer and that the U.S. one is blander.

By: Wall Mossberg Reviews Sprint’s HTC Hero «

Wall Mossberg Reviews Sprint’s HTC Hero « — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:53:09 +0000

[...] Original source : http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20.....#038;#8230; [...]

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5Words: An Apple Mapping Mystery | Technologizer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:32:25 +0000

[...] Walt Mossberg likes HTC’s Hero. [...]