Mobile

Looks Like The HTC Hero Will Be On NextG

Gizmodo AU

If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra.


Mobile

HTC Hero Getting Android 2.0 Update

According to HTC’s Twitter feed, the tragically flawed HTC Hero is getting a sprucing up with an update to Android 2.0. Will the OS actually shine through this time, or is HTC’s Sense UI gonna continue running the show? [Twitter]


September 17, 2009
Mobile

Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier

Take the most daring Android phone yet, but make it faster, stronger and better (but blander). You have the Sprint take on the HTC Hero, which happens to be the best Android phone you can buy.


September 15, 2009
Software

HTC Hero Firmware Update Available Now, Fixes Sluggishness

Would-be Hero buyers, look at the bright side: HTC will have ironed out most of the problems with the original. Like the slowness! Which you can now murder, to death, with an update.


July 23, 2009
Software

How To: Install The HTC Hero’s UI On Your Sad Old G1

The tireless tinkerers over at XDA have assembled a definitive guide to loading the Hero’s custom-baked Android build onto G1s. It’s fairly involved and a little risky, but hardly unfamiliar territory to HTC fans. [XDA, GetYourDroidOn—Thanks, Patrick!]


Mobile

Half Of HTC’s Phones Will Be Android Next Year

Nearly a third of HTC’s phones this year run Android—more than I thought)—but by next year, half of HTC’s will be Android. Exciting, since it makes us dream of a next-gen Hero running something like a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, which would be magical. (See what I did there?) Not a great sign for Windows Mobile though, which used to be tied up pretty tightly with HTC as a brand. [Digitimes]


July 22, 2009
Mobile

HTC Hero Review: Tragically Flawed

It’s the Android phone we’ve been waiting for. Almost.


July 15, 2009
Mobile

HTC’s Chief Innovator: ‘The IPhone Is Slippery Like A Watermelon’

In an interview with T3, HTC’s Chief Innovation Officer Horace Luke justifies the impressive Teflon coating on the HTC Hero by saying that the iPhone is slippery as hell. The obvious solution, of course, is seedless watermelons.


July 9, 2009
Mobile

HTC Android Family Portraits: G1, MyTouch 3G And Hero

Ever wondered what it’d be like to get three generations of Android phones together—G1, myTouch 3G and Hero? If you think that’s kind of kinky, oh man, I hope you have a clean pair of pants lying around.


June 26, 2009
Mobile

Compared To The HTC Hero, The IPhone’s Materials Suck

Yesterday I held the new HTC Hero next to my iPhone. Not only the new Android handset has a surprisingly cool design—straight out of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek or Kubrick’s 2001—but it kicks the iPhone’s material arse. Literally.