Comments on: HTC Hero Brings Sense to the Market

By: Cool Fx

Cool Fx — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:50:38 +0000

Has anybody else read the reviews on the Hero? Granted, they called it the best android phone yet, but they also called it laggy, and it’s multimedia capabilities aren’t ranked so great either. It looks like i’ll be waiting for some real world reviews by some of you early adopters..Share your views at http://www.HTC-Hero.com would love to heard what you think.

By: coolfx35

coolfx35 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:45:32 +0000

I’m not going to compare it to the iPhone because they are very different animals, all I have to say is that Android’s community support is phenomenal, it’s the reason I got the G1 and so far I’m stoked with the way things are going.

The phone/OS hasn’t been out for a year and look where we are at already; almost every user/community request has been answered or is being worked on; either officially or by the community itself, the point is that it’s a huge open source success.

happy to see a phone like the HTC Hero coming to the U.S. Market, already found forum for it at http://www.HTC-Hero.com let’s get some discussions going guys.

By: Android This Week: A Hero Rides Into Town

Android This Week: A Hero Rides Into Town — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:01:40 +0000

[...] Saturday, June 27, 2009 | 6:00 AM PT | 0 comments Dominating the Android world this week was the announcement by handset giant HTC that it will be releasing the most innovative phone to date using the OS by Google, the HTC Hero. [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:06 +0000

iPhone, Palm Pre and Samsung invented every one of those features???

Touchwiz Ui came before TouchFLO? No HTC had the first overlay. Samsung a copy?
iPhone invented mulitouch? No. It is a way of interaction with a screen which iPhone adopted which is now on Hero & Pre.
Many phones share a resemblance to others so it is not really copying.

By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments

Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:31 +0000

HTC will also use Sense on future Windows Mobile devices, I was told in an interview with their PR today.

* That’s like 1.) Samsung hiding its Symbian, Windows Mobile or their own OS under the Touchwiz UI.
* Also the HTC Hero does Multitouch like the 2.) iPhone.
* The new contact app resembles Synergy on the 3.) Palm Pre.

They copied at least 3 great concepts from other companies for HTC Sense. I am pretty amazed.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:29:38 +0000

The standard Android UI isn’t very appealing. Also, device manufacturers want to create a phone that is distinct form the competition, and this includes the UI.

My concern is how this impacts independent developers. Are we headed down the same road as J2ME?

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:13:15 +0000

The only reason to hide the underlying OS is if the OS is not so good (I’m thinking of MS Windows Mobile (or whatever it’s current name is). If the OS is good (I’m thinking Android, WebOS and iPhone OS) then it is not a good idea to cover it up.