We judged the HTC Hero (also known as the T-Mobile G2 Touch) to be the first real rival to the all-conquering iPhone, and gave it a spectacular score of 9.0 in our review.
It suddenly makes Sense
HTC took Android to the next level by slapping a custom user interface on top, called Sense, which gives the user epic customisability and merges your contacts and photos with Facebook, Twitter and Flickr like never before. Thankfully, it's not as Bruce Forsyth ugly in person as it looked in photos, and smart details such as a revamped virtual keyboard and a Teflon coating that resists fingerprints make the Hero truly crave-worthy.
Wakey wakey
Although Sense helped make Android beautiful, plenty of geeky irritations remain from the era of the T-Mobile G1 -- such as having to manually mount the phone every time you connect to your PC using a USB cable. And the UI wasn't as fast as we would have liked, although HTC's hoping the recent firmware upgrade will help with the sluggishness, especially on the home screens.
Next up, we take a carpet ride with the HTC Magic.
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Anonymous 8 September, 2010 18:13
Hahahhahahahahah!!!
Under special goodness for the HTC MAgic some numpty reviewer has written "Good Looking"
Shallow moron....It's a phone, not a party dress!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous 10 March, 2011 16:23
I have the T-Mobile Pulse and its great for me. There everything you need on the device I stopped Pay Monthly contracts because of the ridiculus charges.
Its is well worth the purchase of one the these though I'm not too sure about T-Mobile Pulse mini too small and horrible screen dimension.