A look at HTC's Hero Android phone

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The Hero uses an HTC-customised user interface skin called Sense, and is the first Android handset from the manufacturer not to carry Google branding

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The HTC Hero has a 1350mAh battery that will, according to the manufacturer, last comfortably for a day.

It also has a flashless, five-megapixel, autofocus camera that provides higher resolutions than the G1 and Magic's 3.2 megapixels.

The Hero runs on a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor, as used in the Magic. The chip also underpins the Touch Diamond 2, one of HTC's recent Windows Mobile phones.

Other internal specifications for the Hero include assisted GPS, a digital compass, a gravity sensor and microSD-based expandability.

Talkback

Any idea whether unlocked versions of the Hero will be available and at what sort of price?

343128 25 June, 2009 15:42
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Given that operator exclusivity has gone out the window with this handset - plus the fact that it's an own-brand HTC job - I think unlocked versions will be available.

Unsure of the SIM-free price right now, though.

David Meyer 25 June, 2009 16:46
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