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New HTC phone strikes many things android. It is the first android phone with 3,5 mm jack for headphones. It is the first android phone with multi touch. It is the first android phone to support Adobe Flash format for the Internet. Strange light, this is the first mobile phone with a Teflon coating.

But the smartphone market is always crowded, and no doubt android operating system is great if HTC Hero hardware operating system for Google right? Our hands on the device which has just started and here is our first impression.

First, most importantly - this is a beautiful device. Although the 15-degree-of "tuft" offended that G1, that is fine ergonomic Hero. Although the picture makes it jutty son saw the man on the right in a way that never quite managed to G1.

3.2-inch capacitive touch screen is not OLED, but it still looks good. With 320 x 480 resolution is probably not the most powerful in the block, but depending on the android is not important. Black screen bezel, and around him, white trim, so the screen is greater than actual.

Onscreen keyboard works well in the same way that the work of the HTC magic. It is 3.5-mm jack for headphones, this is a good choice for media consumption, Bluetooth, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, AGPS and accelerometers are all present and correct.

You will receive only the briefest of dealing with the camera, but this is a 5-megapixel, autofocus rakasa compared with 3,2 megapixels of its predecessor. Even the flash, but only N97 smartphone from high-end, which is not primarily on the pictures to leave.

Expansion of available memory in the form of a microSD slot, but only 512 MB on board. Will soon be announced that the pump a little if the music to the phone.

Processor is a low point. A Qualcomm MSM7200A running at-528MHz is not quite enough by HTC of "Sense" android additives and left the experience feeling sometimes slow. This is not a terrible experience, but not in response to the iPhone, especially when it comes to screen rotation.

Speaking of sense, the possibility of adaptation are excellent. It has 12 different days - 12 hours! Home screen widgets and applications that many people and they are not only time the application after several. Obviously, there are also android market, slow traction.

Sense contact management work well, too. Choose a friend and you'll see the latest update their Facebook, Twitter status, Flickr Upload, and all kinds of other useful information. Geolocation feature that automatically updates the time zone and schedule meetings with the view that at the time when you are. It makes sense, and what you want.

Finally, the phone will also mimic the function of some companies, after Nokia, in which "account" for the time of day. Group Profile can also be a calendar and e-mail to home screen, but this may be chatter of your images and colors instead.

At the time of writing, he said he sold Orange Hero Free £ 39,15 / month 24 months contract. T-Mobile is the demand of the hero "G1 Touch, strange, and 18 months £ 40 deal.