HTC HERO Arrived today :D

[DannyM]

Originally Posted by kopite

As said they do get a bit sluggish but a quick click on task killer and everything is nippy again

There should be a firmware update for it soon which should tweak the issues.

Plus Video playback is spot on Watched lots of videos on it and have had no slowdown. even watched youtube and they have worked fine

Yeah I read a review elsewhere saying it was meant to be sluggish, some firmware will make it a bit quicker, but the hardware is holding it back a bit to allow it to run a lost smoother.

[directhex]

Guess what I bought today...

[Agent]

Well I spent a good 30mins in the Orange shop playing with the Hero.

I liked it. A lot. I can see a huge number of apps that wouldn't ever make it to the iPhone appearing.
I love the open nature of it and I have little doubt it would be an almost perfect phone.

So why almost? My worries about speed weren't unfounded. After setting a few widgets up it really does slow down. It seems crazy they have given the option to set the phone up in such a way where it really struggles in some situations.

For that reason alone, I'm going to stick with my basic SE PAYG phone for the moment and buy a latter android based model I think.

[directhex]

Android plays Ogg. Android syncs music from Ubuntu. I don't think I ever considered iPhone.

[kopite]

Its got me into tweeter.

Too many widgets do slow it sown but i`ve struck a happy medium with it now

[Templar87]

Originally Posted by Agent

So why almost? My worries about speed weren't unfounded. After setting a few widgets up it really does slow down.

How quickly did you find the phone slowed down (i.e. number of apps/widgets)? Can this issue be resolved by tidying up apps no longer in use (or not adding too many widgets)?

Originally Posted by Agent

It seems crazy they have given the option to set the phone up in such a way where it really struggles in some situations.

Agreed it's kind of crappy, but if you look at it as a small computer then you kind of expect performance to degrade as more things are open. Of course, if it's a case of opening just a couple of programs and your phone starts crawling then it would seem a bit silly :-) I'd probably take the hit of having to monitor open apps, rather than have them impose limits like the number of things you can have open etc. Possibly a personal preference there.

[kopite]

Well my phone has the clocl/ weather widget on the main page open, THe email widget open, The im message open and the twitter widget open and it does slow down too much. When I read emails, Then read Sms`s then check twitter, then mess with some games, Use some apps it will get a bit sluggish but by using an app like appkiller you can close the apps down.

[Bunjiweb]

I make full use of the 7 home screens with plenty of widgets and apps etc.

I find it does start to slow down if I am doing lots of things and not properly closing apps in between but I now manager it well with taskmanager 1.7 with keeps it running smoothly. I guess its like a PC. If you try having too much open at one time, or try to multi-task beyond your CPU/Memory capabilities, it will of course slow down!

I still believe a firmware update will fix the slight lag issues.

[kopite]

What apps are using bunji?

[C_D]

Wow, looks like a great phone. Contract ending soon, will be on top of the list.
Otherwise i wait for the Palm Pre at the end of the year on o2.

[podman]

My contract has just ran out, I've already got a SE X1, and I'm not really in need for a new phone at the moment, but these are looking quite tempting! I'll probably wait for a bit, and see what the new xperia offerings are like, I'm not sure that I want to move away from Windows either...

Whilst I'm here, has anybody had any problems copying their phone book over to a Parrot Hands-free with their Hero?

[j.o.s.h.1408]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMggw...eature=related Sony erickson Android UI

[Grymdawg]

Went to look at one of these today as my contract is up for renewal, i think i am going to get one.

So the phone isnt laggy if you use an app to kill the apps youre not using?

[HSK]

hmm SE Android, and Snapdragon. This might be the one I get! (if it appears).

[kopite]

Mine had got a bit sluggish and I found out why. It seems that having a string of over 1000 texts and the text app open causes a bit of slowdown lol

[Zap]

Just put this on order, currently using a LG Renoir and an HTC Touch HD..
I like new shiny things plus my contract was up for renewal so why not