HTC Hero: previewed in Russia

The guys over at the Russian mobile site http://www.mobile-review.com/has gotten their hands on a pre-release engineering sample, and looked at its functionality thoroughly.

The Hero’s screen offers decent viewing angles, so that its picture doesn’t get distorted no matter what angle you look at it from. It gets washed out under direct sunlight, though, and the picture slides into the black-and-white spectrum, yet it remains readable. Actually, this is one of the Hero display’s feats that separate it from other WM-based communicators that become impossible to deal with in the sunlight.

Specifications:

  • Type: communicator
  • Form-factor: candy-bar
  • Competition: Samsung i7500
  • Materials used: matte plastic, metal
  • Operating system: Android 1.5
  • GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA 2100
  • CPU: 528 Mhz (Qualcomm MSM7200A platform)
  • RAM: 288 Mb
  • Storage: 512 Mb + microSD memory card slot
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (A2DP), proprietary ExtUSB (USB 2.0) for charging/synchronization, 3.5mm audio jack
  • Display: TFT 3,2” with 480×320 pixel resolution (HVGA), auto backlight brightness adjustment
  • Camera: 5 MP autofocus-enabled, can capture video in CIF resolution;
  • Navigation: gpsOne-based navigation (with A-GPS support)
  • Extras: accelerometer
  • Battery: detachable 1350 mAh Li-Ion
  • Size: 112×56,2×14,3 mm
  • Weight: 135 g.

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23 year old, Bachelor ICT(Information and Communication Technology) student at University of Bergen (NO)