Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Hero

I need a hero ...
... this is how a very famous song from Bonnie Taylor starts, and this is what I was singing to myself before previous Tuesday. Now I have one. HTC's Hero of course; with a great Google's Android platform. It's white one and it feels great.

It's true I wanted iPhone, I even planed buying one, but then I put down facts why I even wanted a smart phone:
  • I need all the basic mobile phone functionalists (except MMS's )
  • I need GPS
  • I would like Blutooth, WiFi, EDGE, etc.
  • I would like to develop my own apps
Because of these there are some additional requirements, like:
  • GPS drains battery life really fast, so it would be great to have a chance of switching battery
  • Custom storage capabilities.
Since iPhone is lacking these I haven't bought it and I decided to go for Hero. Even thou I have to say Hero is ugly in comparison to iPhone it has some additional advantages:
  • mini USB connection to computer and for charger as well
  • it cost me half the price of the iPhone
  • one can develop in a beautiful language of Java (instead of Objective C)
  • HTC Sens UI's home screens are much more pleasant then iPhone's
I am happy with my new gadget and I'm sure it will serve me very well. I will report on my proggres and the applications I might develop (one is in production right now).
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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I have a G1 and it is freaking Badass Ciril, I was in Hong Kong and spent a lot of money to get a 3GS Unlocked because I wanted an Iphone and I wanted to use my provider instead of AT&T. They have the monopoly on iphones in USA. Long story short: G1 is much more useful for me. Gmail+GPS+GoogleMaps= Unbeatable

27 October, 2009 21:38
Ciril Bohak said...

Same here :)
It's just that I waited a bit longer :)

27 October, 2009 23:32

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