Sprint HTC Hero Touch Screen Android Smart Phone

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004WK6LZ2
• Item model number: Hero
  

By : HTC
Price : $166.00

Product Description

Be yourself. That's the idea behind the HTC HeroTM, a phone that follows your lead. Time to work? Time to play? Time to put down your phone and think? The HTC Hero helps you be you. Set the Scene for every time and place. It's like having a different phone for every different thing you do. Focus on people, not accounts. Look at all the messages from any one person-their emails, calls, texts, status updates, everything-all in one place. Keep your friends close. Stay in touch on Facebook®, Google TalkTM, and Flickr®-and use HTC PeepTM to keep up with tweets. Find yourself, no matter where you find yourself. The minute your plane lands, your phone automatically updates the time and weather. App out your phone. Get one-touch access to thousands of apps on the Android MarketTM.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004WK6LZ2
• Item model number: Hero
  

Technical Details

• Touch screen
• Android Marketplace
• Voice Recognition and Bluetooth
• 5 Mega Pixel Camera
• For use on Sprint network only in the USA. Clean ESN.

Customer Reviews

I've had this phone since I started my contract with Sprint slightly over a year ago. I love it, but compared to some of the newer phones out there and the operating systems they currently run on this phone seems a bit out dated.
HTC did a great job with what they had to work with at the time. I would recommend this phone to anyone whos looking for a good starter driod. There was a recent Operating System release a few months ago that did improve a bit of the phones functionality going from droid version 1.7 (kind of a guess) to Droid Version 2.1... which is good but not as nice/fast as 2.2.
There are some issues with lag now and then but its completely manageable. HTC makes fantastic phones with very user friendly and nicely designed apps and widgets already installed. My fav would be the time and weather app.. I bought my girlfriend a LG Droid and the only time/weather app on the market close to the one I have from HTC is a pain to setup and lags a bit more then I would like... unless of course you don't mind London's time and weather showing now and then lol.
A great app that only works for select phone makers is called PDA Net. it comes from junefabrics.com and works as a free online tether allowing you to access the internet from your computer by plugging in your phone via USB cable. This has come in handy alot while working on the road or if you have unlimited Data (like what sprint offers) and you dont want to pay internet fees to your cable provider etc.
I still currently have this phone and it is the main reason I will prob only buy HTC phones from here on out (Evo 3D looks fantastic). Hope this review helps someone.

I am extremely disappointed with this product. The touch screen stopped responded after owning the phone for 18 months. Google the problem. It happens frequently.