HTC Hero Touchscreen Mobile Phone

**Humberto** · 30-09-2009

Introduction
The HTC Hero Mobile Phone which is available in white, silver (which is in our test sample) and in brown and black, comes with the Google "Android" operating system in the market that wants to contact most comprehensive and convenient Internet multimedia capabilities with high competence and nice menu appearance. The HTC Hero is very nice phone, even as it rightly comes with the increasingly important flash accessories - other smart phones still do not always offer sufficient support. These touchscreen mobile phone is just for Rs. 31,990 and Rs. 34,600. For the money invested, the purchaser receives a modern mobile phone with exceptional design. Rich features distinguish the high quality workmanship and handy capability of the mobile phone. Among all those, there is a high-resolution 3.2 inch large screen, touch controls, WiFi, HSDPA / WCDMA up to 7.2 Mbps, multiple calendar functions and a 5 MP camera with a wide range of settings. Whether the HTC Hero not only comes with its innovative design but also how great is it in practical value, let us know in our test.

HTC Hero with Android operating system, 5 MP camera and innovative design

Processing

The battery compartment cover is made slightly rubberized but fits perfectly

The volume control button is cleanly integrated

The integrated loudspeaker is positioned at the back

Micro SD cards up to 16 GB is supported by the HTC Hero

Processing characteristics
1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Modern Design and black matte plastic produce a contemporary, not superficially but at the same time, progressive combination.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Matte plastic combined with a slightly rubberized type of plastic material.

3. Housing Dimensions - With a weight of 135 g and dimensions of 112 x 56.2 mm x 14:35, it is still well in hand and can be easily fit in pocket.

4. Response of the touch screen - Very good and very accurate response.

5. Goodness (sharpness / resolution) of the display - 3.2 inch TFT LCD display with 262,144 colors and a resolution of HVGA 320x480 Pixels. Very good color and sharp display. Evenly, relatively effective is the special stain-screen coating, the clarity of presentation only minimally limited. A fast change from horizontal to vertical display.

6. Quality of the battery compartment cover - The battery compartment cover is made slightly rubberized plastic, can be quite easy to open, close, and sits perfectly.

7. The quality and scope of the supplied accessories - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger.

8. Processing Result - The ultra-modern smartphone comes with a beautiful combination of matte color and slightly rubberized plastic. It lies with its dimensions and there is a more acceptable weight well in hand. The operation via touchscreen runs very precise and uniform. Colors and shapes are displayed properly on the screen. The accurately fitting battery compartment lid is slightly rubberized plastic. The accessories line with the standard and there is nothing to complain.

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Business Features
1. Supported networks - Quadband, GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz.

2. Data Transfer - Bluetooth ® 2.0 with EDR and A2DP for wireless stereo Haedsets, HSDPA / WCDMA 7.2Mbps, Wi-Fi ®: IEEE 802.11 b / g HTC ExtUSB ™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one), Upload up to 2 Mbit / s.

3. Reception and voice quality - Even with barely adequate network coverage, the HTC Hero scores with a good reception quality. The voice playback sounds at normal volume that is minimally covered, but still natural.

4. Voice quality of the speakers - The playback of the voice is low but normally just acceptable, but at higher volume it is rather scratchy.

5. Battery life (with normal use) - Up to 3 days.

6. Storage capabilities of Contacts - Contact Type: SIM: name, number, select Phone: Photo: Album, Camera, number: Private, Mobile, Work, Fax (work), fax (private), pager, email: Email 2, 3, ringtone, group, birthday, anniversary; Social Networking: Facebook (email, password); send Flickr (YahooID, password); more: calls directly to voicemail: on / off, adding: telephone, email, chat, mailing address, Miscellaneous: company, organization, note.

7. Profiles - Telephone Options: switch off, Silent, Vibrate mode, flight mode, Mobile Network; ringing volume, media volume, ringing tone, vibration, indicate when, Keypad tones, acoustic range, SD Card Message.

8. Calendar settings - Event overview: Calendar: Own Calendar, Outlook; New: What: Date Name) From (date / time) to (date / time, all day: on / off, Where (location) of the date, description) (appointment description, memory: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, 1 week; Repeat: One-time date, daily, every weekday (Mon - Fri), Weekly ( eg every Wednesday), monthly (eg every first Wednesday), monthly (eg on 2), annually (for example, on 2 September), month, day, calendar, Now, New, Settings: all calendar, reminder display: alert, cell status notification out; alarm time: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, 1 week; reminder tones, vibration: on / off; rejected appointments: a on / off; Views: Day Views: Grid time, event list, the first day of the week: Sunday, Monday, weather map: on / off; City: (separate city), London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, New York.

9. Notes function - NA.

10. Built-in voice recorder (Dictaphone) - Recorded files: open, delete current file, multiple files rename, set as a ringtone. The reproduction of the recording sounds slightly tinny, but is still usable, and thus acceptable.

11. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3 and IMAP4. Setting the e-mail accounts is done entirely without any problems. The downloading of the settings takes no time to complete and e-mails and attachments get downloaded and accessed quickly.

12. Internet functionality - The loading of the web site takes little time. Even with more complex pages, it manages to represents a decent view. The good thing is that Flash applications can also be displayed.

13. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. The sync with Outlook is (as with all Android phones) by means of add-on application.

14. Additional features - Compass, stopwatch, timer, alarm clock, world clock, stocks, Footprints, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Shop, QuickOffice (only for viewing Word, Excel and PowerPoint files - no editing function), Calculator, PDF viewer, Peep (Twitter), Clock, Weather, YouTube-Please, "Android Market" (similar to Apple's "AppStore") provides applications for direct download to your mobile phone.

15. Business Results - The mobile phone provides Quad-band with EDGE, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth for fast data transfers. 3 days battery life can be commended for a phone with this equipment. Calendar and contacts correspond to the usual standard and are in no way to complain. The voice recorder provides useful results, although there is slight scratching and noise generated at higher volumes and must be tolerated. The email account is easy to set and retrieving the mails with attachments, is very fast. Quickly locate and open the respective Web pages and good presentation are also big pluse point of the HTCs. Except for elaborately designed pages, it requires a little more time. The PC synchronization with Outlook runs off after a bit more complex initial setup is made. In addition, the Hero has the game Teeter, entertainment, Google Maps and various other features which enhances these exceptional Phone additionally. Deductions, that is, the Office function can be used only as a viewer.

USB port

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Multimedia Features
1. Camera equipment - 5 MP camera with autofocus; Recording Mode: Photo, Video, White Balance: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Daylight, Cloudy, Brightness: -2.0, -1.0, 0, +1.0, +2.0, ISO: Auto , 100, 200, 400, 800; timer: off, 2 seconds, 10 seconds; Resolution: 5M (2560x1712), 3M (2016x1344), 1M (1248x832), small (624x416) settings: See for inclusion: on / off , Quality: High, Fine, Normal, Single; stamp: on / off; widescreen: 4:3 () standard photo format, 3:2 (wide) mode on / off; memory: phone, memory card, provided with Geotag Photos: on / off ; Shutter: on / off; Image properties: contrast, saturation, sharpness, +1 to +5; effect: none, grayscale, sepia, negative; Metering mode: Spot metering, Center-weighted, average; Flicker adjustment: Auto, 50 Hz, 60 Hz; Grid: On / restore from; Standard Finishing options: Setting slideshow, grid view, than: Footprints, background on lock, wallpaper, buddy icon, releasing send:: Facebook, Flickr, Gmail, HTC Mail, News, Peep, Picasa, delete;, Rotate: rotate right rotate left; More Crop: Detail: file path, date, size, resolution, type, status, settings: Standard Photo: My Favorites, photos and all videos, all the downloads, slideshow: Repeat, orientation: Best fitting, original, transition: none, fade, turning, by chance, playback speed: Fast, Medium, Slow Show, settings for social networking: Facebook: Facebook tab: on / off; Flickr Show Flickr tab: on / off.

2. Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions, the 5 MP camera of the HTC Hero delivers very pleasing results. Although the results seem a bit brownish and due to the lack of dynamics color in detail, the results are sharp and very easily recognizable. In the darkness they cannot score points, unfortunately, because there is no flash to capture images.

3. Video equipment - Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media ® Video 9; Resolution: Watch Large (352x288), Medium (320x240), Small (176x144), White Balance: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Daylight, Cloudy, Brightness: -2.0 to +2.0; settings: After recording: on / out; Encoding: H.263, MPEG4, Recording Length: 1 minutes, 3 minutes, no limit; memory: memory record, with audio: on / off, shutter sound: on / off; Image properties: Contrast, saturation, sharpness; Effect: None, Sepia, Negative, metering mode: spot metering, average; flicker adjust it: Restore the car, 50 Hz, 60 Hz; Standard Finishing options: : Send to Gmail, HTC Mail, News, YouTube delete.

4. Video Quality - Under normal lighting conditions, the video camera is useful, but theer is somewhat pale coloured clips. Even in small movements, there is clearly visible pixels achieved. During the night, unfortunately we can not achieve results, because there is no video light.

5. Built in music player - Forward, rewind, pause, stop, Supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC, AAC +, AAC-LC, AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Media ® Audio 9; Purchased artists, albums, playlists, all songs, genres, composers, Shuffle: on / off repeat, repeat, one, repeat off, to play list, set as a ringtone; characteristics: length, file name, title, artist, album , genre, composer, disc number, track number, year, place.

6. Sound Quality - The speaker is positioned at the back. The playback sound is somewhat dull and undifferentiated. Significant differences can be noticed when you turn around the smartphone or use the included headset, which produces relatively homogeneous sound.

7. Radio yes / no, sound of quality radio - NA.

8. Memory Storage - 800 MB = 512 MB ROM and 288 MB RAM, expandable upto 16 GB.

9. Multimedia Results - The photo / video equipment, by the touch operation, is easy to use, and has easy-to-find additional settings. The quality of the results are good for the 5 MP camera phone. Since no flash is included, photos / videos that are obtained in the dark, give us no results. It is very easy to operate the integrated music player. Playlists are created quickly and easily. There is no radio included in the HTC Hero, unfortunately. The HTC has 800 MB of internal memory and is easily expandable to 16 GB.

5 MP camera

The headset sits well, sounds more stable and works quite well

Widget - stylish and effective

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Handling / Menus
1. One-hand operation for the main functions available - Yes, partially.

2. Call execute (with menu "contacts") - Running a call and find contacts is easy and runs smoothly.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Contacts can be easily created, edited or added. The handling is very easy.

4. Readability of the display - On day and at night one can easily read the display. In direct sunlight, the user must make a restrictions to his action.

5. Response of the touch screen - Even, fast and very precise.

6. Handling of the navigation element to the prospect of menus (Track - Ball) - Fairly easy and quick operation can be done especially with the trackball incl Enter function.

7. Clarity of the menus - The menu icons are clearly visible. The arrangement is not apparent at the first glance.

8. Scope of the menus - The menu range is equipped with plenty of menu items.

9. The design of the menus - Beautiful graphic design with easily recognizable menu icons from HTC.

10. Possibility of assignment of shortcut keys - Simple programs can be created as a frequently used widgets on the screen or in Favorites. In addition, with the track-ball you can get effortlessly and very rapidly to a desired item.

11. Message Handling - All the news posting; message: XT9, ABC; Touch Input Settings: Keyboard type: QWERTY, Phone Keypad, Compact QWERTY, Keyboard language: German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Greek, text input: QWERTY Show suggestions: on / off, spelling correction: on / off, and compact QWERTY keyboard Phone: Spelling correction: on / off, word completion: on / off; further settings: on / vibrate out, you type: on / off, finger touch Accuracy: Reset calibration tools, calibration and input: ABC, 123, signs, symbols.

12. Photo and video camera operator - The addition of the 5 MP camera settings are easy to find and easy to adjust via a touch screen operation.

13. Operation of Music Player - The menu of the music player is clearly designed and easy to use. A playlist is created quickly and the other settings are also easy to find.

14. Reading of Memory - Micro SD cards of different sizes can be scanned quickly by HTC Hero supporting upto 16 GB memory and existing data (where the format and file type can be easily illustrated).

15. File Management - Creating your own folders and moving data can be done very smoothly.

16. Results - Running a call, adding contacts, as well as the readability of the displays is outstanding. Any operation done via touchscreen runs very precise and smooth. The menu range is useful, but not equal. This can easily be programmed according to your wishes. The easy operation of the photo / video camera, the music player and a choice of telephone or qwerty keyboard when writing messages, are further plus points for the HTC. In addition, the Hero can read, memory cards of various sizes up to 16 GB, quickly and easily.

Accept key, end key, menu button, Search button, Back button, and trackball

Overall Conclusion

HTC Hero with Android ™ operating system

The HTC Hero mobile phone comes with first-class facilities. With a Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz processor, it works quickly and reliably. Its appearance has high quality, and is also modern from the other smart phones with its new design, which is marked by the level of the housing while improving the ease of operation. The 5 MP camera, which is useful, depending on the light actually delivers pretty good results. But there are HTC phones, which offer even more quality. The results of the video footage can still be described as useful, if one does not make rapid movements, otherwise only pixel clouds are visible. The internal music player has an easy to use features. The sound is not convincing on the speaker, that unfortunately was built on the back of the phone, particularly. If one rotates around the smartphone or uses the included headset, it scores points with convincing sound. Web pages are loaded easily, thanks to HSDPA / WCDMA that is very quick to achieve it. However, the HTC Hero takes a certain time to load all the images and functions of the web pages. Even e-mails with attachments can be downloaded without hesitation and can be read easily. The HTC Hero is not just a smartphone with a powerful inner life, but also a slight Pocket PC on the go.