Comments on: HTC Hero named as Smartphone of the Year http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/news/htc-hero-named-as-smartphone-of-the-year/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:49:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mobile pokie http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/news/htc-hero-named-as-smartphone-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-16284 Mobile pokie Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/?p=2782#comment-16284 Smartphone of the year - hm.. It is always subjective. What if some people prefer video and camera quality? Or extended battery life or stereo speakers? It really depends what capabiliies of a smartphone you can use and what priorities you have. Also best phone of the year is something i cannot interpret. Best in what? Overall? Who says this? Those questioned as a sample and giving the most votes for something? Nope - it is always subjective. I heard of this connectivity problem of HTC - if this make them a spoiler for some people then a smart phone is not smart enough. Am I mistaken? Smartphone of the year – hm.. It is always subjective. What if some people prefer video and camera quality? Or extended battery life or stereo speakers? It really depends what capabiliies of a smartphone you can use and what priorities you have. Also best phone of the year is something i cannot interpret. Best in what? Overall? Who says this? Those questioned as a sample and giving the most votes for something? Nope – it is always subjective. I heard of this connectivity problem of HTC – if this make them a spoiler for some people then a smart phone is not smart enough. Am I mistaken?

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]]> By: Andy Betts http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/news/htc-hero-named-as-smartphone-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4960 Andy Betts Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:55:13 +0000 http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/?p=2782#comment-4960 PC syncing is probably the biggest weakness of the Android system as a whole - it's really designed for the 'cloud'. Take a look at the HTC HD2 as an alternative. It's a superb handset which has many similarities with the Hero, but it runs Windows Mobile so the PC syncing is far better. PC syncing is probably the biggest weakness of the Android system as a whole – it’s really designed for the ‘cloud’.

Take a look at the HTC HD2 as an alternative. It’s a superb handset which has many similarities with the Hero, but it runs Windows Mobile so the PC syncing is far better.

]]> By: Adrian Martin http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/news/htc-hero-named-as-smartphone-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4433 Adrian Martin Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000 http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk/?p=2782#comment-4433 After reading your review and seeing your award I purchased the HTC Hero - a big step having been a Sony Ericsson user from the days of the R380 through the P series. Sadly, I quickly found that the PC Sync software on the Hero is seriously flawed. It is very difficult to get the PC to recognise and connect with the Hero although it can be done with some messing around with the phone's menus. Once connected I was able to get Outlook Calendar to sync but there was no way that the Outlook Contacts would go across. The HTC hotline told me to reload all the software on the phone and the PC which I did. Still no Contacts sync. So I tried the hotline again - and this time they just hung up! The phone is on its way back - so please could you tell me what you would recommend now?! Thanks Adrian After reading your review and seeing your award I purchased the HTC Hero – a big step having been a Sony Ericsson user from the days of the R380 through the P series.

Sadly, I quickly found that the PC Sync software on the Hero is seriously flawed. It is very difficult to get the PC to recognise and connect with the Hero although it can be done with some messing around with the phone’s menus. Once connected I was able to get Outlook Calendar to sync but there was no way that the Outlook Contacts would go across.

The HTC hotline told me to reload all the software on the phone and the PC which I did. Still no Contacts sync. So I tried the hotline again – and this time they just hung up!

The phone is on its way back – so please could you tell me what you would recommend now?!

Thanks

Adrian

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