Comments on: Is this a Hero phone or what?

By: Phone of the show - HTC Legend | Techgoondu

Phone of the show - HTC Legend | Techgoondu — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:37 +0000

[...] say ¨Hero-like¨because it is shaped like a Hero, but has a new aluminium unibody that is sleek yet strong enough to withstand knocks (the HTC folks [...]

By: HTC phones @ Chinese New Year prices | Techgoondu

HTC phones @ Chinese New Year prices | Techgoondu — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:13:39 +0000

[...] HTC Hero (review) [...]

By: Android on a Sony Ericsson - the Xperia X10 | Techgoondu

Android on a Sony Ericsson - the Xperia X10 | Techgoondu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:31:37 +0000

[...] to the fight against the likes of HTC, which has been looking ever stronger with its Android-based Hero and upcoming Windows Phone 6.5-based [...]

By: Goondu review: Sony Ericsson Satio | Techgoondu

Goondu review: Sony Ericsson Satio | Techgoondu — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:13:09 +0000

[...] check out the Satio if I were in the market for a new phone, though I’d make sure to see the HTC Hero as well as the Nokia N97 [...]

By: ocworkbench

ocworkbench — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:54:38 +0000

Alfred, after trying out the htc magic and samsung android phone, i would never watch a windows mobile, it is sluggish.

You can find the review/video here.
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2009/reviews2009.htm

By: Alfred Siew

Alfred Siew — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:47:00 +0000

To be fair to WinMobile, some of the newer HTC models are pretty zippy compared to older ones like my Touch Diamond. There’s always been a pre-conception that they are slow/laggy just like Windows PCs – which is unfair. Try first to see the truth!

By: Boon Kiat

Boon Kiat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:50:53 +0000

Ian – I have not tried the Touch Diamond 2 so I will take your word for it when you say it is lag-free. The new Touch Pro 2, which I have recently fiddled with, does not feel more zippy than its Android cousin Magic.

By: Ian Tan

Ian Tan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:05:57 +0000

Boon Kiat – indeed, you’re right, but the Touch Diamond 2 is really quite fast and suffers from no lag even with Spb Mobile layered on top. Of course, the price to pay is that the battery only lasts a day for me. Previous HTC phones were really underpowered to run TouchFlo efficiently.

By: Boon Kiat

Boon Kiat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:33 +0000

Windows Mobile, or for that matter the HTC TouchFlo overlay, feels too slow to me, compared to the fleetfooted Android. I know I am not comparing like for like hardware but that has been the general impression – borne from the hands-on experiences – that I’ve had in the past few months. With the performance of applications like widgets, and touchscreen functionalities like flick-and-scroll, so dependent on the nimbleness of the platform they ride on, I leaning towards an Android-based phone as a next upgrade.

By: Ian Tan

Ian Tan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:45:26 +0000

Alf – nothing new about movable widgets. I’m now using the third-party addon SPB Mobile Shell 3.0 on my Touch Diamond 2 and it also provides customizable screens and widgets. Far superior to HTC’s original TouchFlo interface and I’ve really fallen in love with my revitalized Diamond 2.

Spb Mobile Shell also allows you to add Facebook friend photos directly to your phone book contacts with a simple application.

See pix of my Botticelli Diamond here.

http://iantan.org/?p=1327