http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review Discuss Gadgets! en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:02:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-7059 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:27:49 +0000 Alexey Ilyushkin 7059@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Thanks for your reply.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-5980 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Sammy 5980@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>i did some research before getting my hero, and i found almost all good reviews for it&#8230;and they were all right. my husband bought me one from gsmallover.com and i couldn&#8217;t love him more for it. i absolutely love how customizable it is. i love taking pictures of our family and being able to use them as my background. i had each of my family members record their own ringtones for me :). the phone is very stylish, and durable as well. i am in love with it!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-5080 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:34:58 +0000 Edmund Goh Jun Jie 5080@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Hi Chris, I found a solution to it already. Just to share with puzzled HERO or SENSE users, you can access to high quality youtube video on websites (Embedded ones) by using Dolphin Browser. </p> <p>Best Browser for any andriod phone!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-5075 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:20 +0000 Edmund Goh Jun Jie 5075@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>For the first part, yes. That&#8217;s possible. HTC is very customisable and personalisation is great as well. </p> <p>Secondly, you can set any music you have stored in your memory card as your ringtone. You have to purchase the music but not the action of putting music as ringtone. If not any music in your memory card can become a ringtone. </p> <p>Editing songs through HERO is not possible. I&#8217;m not sure if such an application is available in Android market. You can search in it if you need. If not you can choose to edit music through your computer using softwares like Audacity to help trim the music portion you prefer, then put that edited song of yours in the memory card and set it as the ringtone in HERO. </p> <p>Hope this helps!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-5074 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:22:53 +0000 Edmund Goh Jun Jie 5074@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>There are a few apps that you can download from the market. More than you need actually. </p> <p>Most apps allow you to do chatting across msn, yahoo messenger, facebook etc. </p> <p>I would recommend Meebo or Ebuddy. </p> <p>Just go to the Market and search for this names and that would do! </p> <p>Hope this helps!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-5073 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:19:24 +0000 Edmund Goh Jun Jie 5073@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Hi Chris, </p> <p>I&#8217;m currently using HTC Magic after getting a SENSE upgrade provided free by HTC. I assume that with the similar specs, differences between Hero and Magic shouldn&#8217;t be great, especially when it comes to apps. </p> <p>I&#8217;m having difficulty watching embedded youtube videos or youtube videos on the desktop site (not Touch or Mobile mode) in high quality. </p> <p>The HTC flash player is activated for playing of videos but that itself does not allow high quality video. I&#8217;m wondering if there&#8217;s anything I can do to rectify this. </p> <p>Do you also experience something similar? </p> <p>Thanks a great deal Chris!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/5#post-4925 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:40:18 +0000 Michael Lloyd 4925@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Hey Chris, I am a user of windows live messenger and use it often, i was just wondering if there is an app for the hero that lets you use windows live (msn). Great review though.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-4635 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:52:14 +0000 love.craig.owens 4635@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>hey. im really looking into getting a hero and just have afew questions:<br /> 1. the backround. am i able to use a picture i have taken with the camera, or put on the phone from my computer and set it as a &#8220;wallpaper&#8221; ?</p> <p>2. in here, you stated i could take a song on my media player and set it as a ringtone. i just want to be clear and ask how i would do that? are you saying i dont actually have to purchase ringtones? is there a way i could edit the song, so when my phone rang, it would play at a certain part?</p> <p>great review. answering my questions would be greatly appreciated!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-3866 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:27:21 +0000 jaeb106 3866@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Ok my question i regarding the camera. I see that it doesnt have a flash and sometimes you have to take a picture indoors how do you get that reddish or orange background out if you do not have a flash. would this camera be better.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-3559 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:20:13 +0000 Cool Fx 3559@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>As a US Sprint customer, my options have been mostly limited to WinMobile, Blackberry, and Palm. Not interested in blackberry &#8230; although i currently own a Palm Centro &#8230; although it is a reasably good phone, i have not been suitably impressed with the OS or freeware apps . Yes i said it FREEWARE. There &#8230; WinMobile had the market cornered! My mogul was a wonderful little computer &#8230; despite the frequent need for soft resets &#8230; but a really cruddy phone. When i read about Android i got all excited &#8230; but &#8230; alas no phones on the Sprint network.</p> <p>Enter the HERO &#8230; </p> <p>My heart is all a twitter and anxiously awaiting Oct 11 &#8230; hoping to learn all i can about android before then &#8230; so i can get my little hands dirty!! Share your review with me at <a href="http://www.HTC-Hero.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.HTC-Hero.com</a> a site for HTC Hero fans.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-3196 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:00:47 +0000 Chris Davies 3196@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>It&#8217;s unlikely to have been the Magic, Greg &#8211; that&#8217;s not available on the Sprint network. The Sprint Hero looks different from the GSM model (pictured in this review); check out our Sprint Hero review for photos:</p> <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/sprint-htc-hero-review-0559083/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashgear.com/sprin.....w-0559083/</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-3195 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:34:34 +0000 Greg Hay 3195@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>I just went to pick one of these up to replace my iPhone, but the Sprint store and Best Buy are both selling the Magic but calling it the Hero. What&#8217;s the deal with that? How do you get this phone?</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-2670 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:04:24 +0000 bgadget 2670@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Sllooooooooow! That&#8217;s my biggest issue with it. Also, this guy makes a couple good points: <a href="http://tomaszdzido.com/blog/htc-hero-google-systems-in-practice/" rel="nofollow">http://tomaszdzido.com/blog/ht.....-practice/</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-2489 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:09:46 +0000 Chris Davies 2489@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Unfortunately not, Alexey; as far as I&#8217;m aware there&#8217;s no video-out from the Hero. ExtUSB does output stereo audio, I believe, though you&#8217;ll need one of HTC&#8217;s adapters &#8211; it&#8217;s not included in the box.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/htc-hero-review/page/4#post-2472 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:08:52 +0000 Alexey Ilyushkin 2472@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Thank you for the review. A little question :)<br /> Does Hero have an analogue video/audio output through ExtUSB?</p>