 Sprint
and HTC Corporation today announced the upcoming arrival of the much-anticipated
HTC Hero from Sprint, the first wireless device offering the combination of the
open and innovative Android platform with the high-speed connectivity of
America's most dependable EVDO Rev. A 3G network. Offering a rich mobile
Internet experience, the much-anticipated HTC Hero offers synchronization for
built-in Google mobile services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail,
and YouTube as well as access to thousands of applications built on the Android
platform.
 
The HTC Hero features an integrated 5.0 megapixel camera and camcorder. It
also offers easy access to personal and business E-Mail, instant messaging and
text messaging through POP, IMAP, and Exchange Active Sync accounts. It's is a
full-featured smartphone with WiFi capability, a 3.2" capacitive touchscreen
with pinch-to-zoom capability and a fingerprint resistant coating, integrated
GPS navigation, and trackball navigation.
It is the first Sprint device to offer HTC Footprints, an application
experience that enables the user to chronicle their special moments by capturing
a digital postcard on their phone. Once captured, Footprints provides the
ability to take notes and an audio clip of that favorite restaurant or special
place while identifying its specific location. In addition to identifying each
postcard with its specific GPS coordinates, Footprints also auto-names each
postcard with its general location or area.
The HTC Hero is the first U.S. device to feature HTC Sense, an intuitive
experience that was built with a guiding philosophy to put people at the center
and allows the device to be completely customized to the wants and needs of the
user. The device's seven-panel wide home screen can be populated with
customizable widgets that bring information to the surface.
HTC Hero users can easily create and switch between Scenes to reflect
different moments or roles in their lives, such as work, social, travel and
play. For example, a work Scene can be easily set up to include stock updates,
work email and calendar, a play Scene could have music, weather, and a Twitter
feed or a travel Scene could offer instant access to the local time, weather and
maps.
HTC Hero's development focused on how real people use their phone, resulting
in small but important touches to accentuate the mobile experience. HTC Hero can
be silenced by simply turning it over. It offers an advanced smart dialer for
quickly accessing contacts with just a few letters or numbers and a dedicated
search key that automatically searches for only information relevant to the
current function. When pressed in the mail application, the search will be for
text within the mailbox, while a press of the same key from the browser will
initiate a Google search.
Beginning on Oct. 11, customers will be able to purchase HTC Hero through all
Sprint retail channels including Web (www.sprint.com), Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1)
and national retail partner Best Buy for US$ 179.99 (excluding taxes) after a
US$ 50 instant savings and a US$ 100 mail-in rebate with a two-year service
agreement. Pre-registration begins today at
www.sprint.com/hero.
Cheers ~ Arne
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