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Sprint launches Android-based HTC Hero

Sprint has released their first Android-based smartphone today, the HTC Hero, making it available through Sprint (online, B&M) and Best Buy.

The Hero will cost $180 USD with two-year new contract or upgrade after a $100 rebate.



The smartphone boasts a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and an 800 MHz processor. Like most Android devices, the Hero has a trackball as well, but no full QWERTY keypad. Different from the original HTC Hero, is the rounded edges of the device, in contrast to the "Chin" design of the non-Sprint Hero.

The device uses the HTC Sense UI, and will come pre-loaded with popular apps such as ShopSavvy, Twitter, MySpace Mobile, and Sprint's own Sprint TV.



Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 12 Oct 2009 13:44

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• 6 comments

• cleverick

  Yowza! I'll be getting mine!

  12.10.2009 18:40 #1

• gullzway

  Incorrect. It only has a 528Mhz Qualcomm® MSM7600 processor, like all of HTC's other U.S. phones.
  The Samsung Moment running android out next month has an 800 Mhz processor. Still seems to be a good start for Android on Sprint. If only I didn't have to change to a more expensive, less featured plan to use it!

  12.10.2009 22:05 #2

• gullzway

  ?

  12.10.2009 22:05 #3

• Pop_Smith

  That's a pretty nice looking phone I'd dare to say that I'm a bit jealous of Sprint and I'm hoping something at least as nice hits Verizon.
  
  With Verizon's "promise" of Google Voice support on their phones I've been hoping I can upgrade from my Voyager within the next year or so to a nice Android-powered phone.

  13.10.2009 00:18 #4

• KillerBug

  I can't wait untill Verizon releases it's android phones...AT&T has terrible coverage, and sprint is even worse. Mobile web is great...but a phone should be able to make phone calls; AT&T and sprint seem to have troubles doing this.

  13.10.2009 04:35 #5

• datamyt3

  I'll stick with my full-keyboard G1. I've tried using the touchscreen keyboard many times on both my own phone and also on the iPhone. Does anyone else agree that the technology just isn't there?

  13.10.2009 09:48 #6