Live from the HTC press event.
- 7:13 AM: johnbiggs OK. So we have the Sense and the Hero today.
- 7:13 AM: johnbiggs The CEO just showed up to talk about Sense. Not much info.
- 7:14 AM: johnbiggs CMO John Wang
- 7:14 AM: johnbiggs Now on stage.
- 7:14 AM: johnbiggs “Phones have too many features made by techies.”
- 7:14 AM: johnbiggs HTC Sense
- 7:15 AM: johnbiggs “HTC Sense is a holistic experience that put people at the center by simply making things work as they should”
- 7:15 AM: johnbiggs You are the center.
- 7:16 AM: johnbiggs Bring all of your things to the surface. It is so much like Palm Pre interface it’s scary. Uses cards.
- 7:16 AM: johnbiggs Lots of widgets.
- 7:16 AM: johnbiggs Set your scene for the weekend – change the way it looks on the weekend.
- 7:19 AM: johnbiggs You can slide between icons to see different info on a person. One contact card has your contact’s smses, IMs, pictures on Flickr, etc.
- 7:20 AM: johnbiggs Land at a new place: clock, weather, appointments change
- 7:21 AM: johnbiggs search: in internet, search google, in twitter search twitter, in calendar, search only calendar
- 7:21 AM: johnbiggs Multi-touch – pinch in email to change text size
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- 7:23 AM: johnbiggs Now releasing HTC Hero – first product to use Sense.
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- 7:24 AM: johnbiggs Teflon coated
- 7:24 AM: johnbiggs so it doesn’t get messy
- 7:24 AM: johnbiggs wacky, right?
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- 7:26 AM: johnbiggs Lots of “man on the street” interviews – “Very nice! Can I go with this?”
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- 7:27 AM: johnbiggs The phone looks very similar to the G1. Angle bottom. Probably will end up as the T-Mobile G3.
- 7:27 AM: johnbiggs Finish is “soft to the touch” not cold and slippery… like the iPhone?
- 7:27 AM: johnbiggs Resists dirt and stains
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- 7:28 AM: johnbiggs anti-fingerprint finish on hero
- 7:28 AM: johnbiggs “You shouldn’t be polishing your phone.”
- 7:28 AM: johnbiggs Sorry images aren’t popping up.
- 7:29 AM: johnbiggs Ah. I guess they are.
- 7:29 AM: johnbiggs GPS, digital compass, and tilt sensor.
- 7:30 AM: johnbiggs You can mute an incoming call just by turning the phone over.
- 7:30 AM: johnbiggs 5-megapixel camera
- 7:30 AM: johnbiggs Announcing Adobe Flash support
- 7:31 AM: johnbiggs Error correction and spellcheck for typing
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- 7:31 AM: johnbiggs Coming this Summer
- 7:32 AM: johnbiggs So what we have here is Android with an amazing overlay. This is the Palm Pre++
- 7:33 AM: johnbiggs T-Mo and Orange are the local partners in Europe. Available in Europe in July. Asia in the end of summer.
- 7:34 AM: johnbiggs Heading over to the demo pit. Thanks for watching.
Hardware features almost same as Nokia N97 ,and will release later. So this is not going to bring anything new for mobile world. Other than the Anroid OS integrated in such good hardware pack. N97 already have critics over it;s 5 Mega Pix cam ,which is very old technology for today. Still more phones like this on the way with same features. No invention any more ?
The invention is the software, dude. When will nerds like you wake up? Specs are useless if the phone is unusable – that’s why Nokia’s been losing market share with more and more S60 junk like N97 and Apple is picking up marketshare with “lousy spec’d” iPhones.
Yes friend you are correct. if you see the advantage of this phone ,it should be the polished OS. but still we need time to come for an judgment about the benefits of it. but the hardware specs are easy to compare before the release as I did.
You S60 is junk because the UI is not as good as the iphone. Well I’d say S60 is better that iphone OS bec iphone OS is not designed for a phone but a PC. See the battery drains quickly. S60 was designed for cellphones from the ground up and a very robust OS that improved for so many years now. You are ignorant and just a fanboy.
I am in love with HTC Hero already. Where can I get my hands on it. Where and/or when will it be available?
Bests,
Alex (GuruOfSales)
Read the blog, dumbass. It’s in there.
I originally wanted the N97, but i tried it, and it was sooooo slooowww and generic i couldn’t believe it. So this….. This is gonna be the phone for me. Been waiting for an android phone with 3.5mm jack.
Yeah.
I hope that java apps will be able to show correct time on this HTC!
Teflon-coated? Can you fry eggs on it? Is there an app for that??
Rumored to launch with Sprint in the US in October this year. Can anyone deny or confirm? Very exciting news in case it’s true.