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HTC released yesterday all facts about their new Android flagship device: the HTC “Hero”. One of the biggest differences about this android phone is, that the user interface was redesigned by HTC to a so called “Sense” UI. “Sense” allows users to modify and personalize the home screens with tons of sexy widgets. Also it combines all sources of informations like twitter,facebook,email, instant messaging on the desktop in easy to use applications which look really nice. The UI seems quite fast for all the new effects. The phone will be available for 500Eur without a contract. If you need a new mobile contract, you have to get one @ T-Mobile Germany or E-Plus Germany. Our recommendation is to get a contract from T-Mobile since they have the best network in whole germany. To get more technical details, the phone has the following features on board:

Processor Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Operating System Android™

Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB

Dimensions: (LxWxT) 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm ( 4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches)
Weight: 135 grams

Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution

Network HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

G-sensor
Digital Compass

GPS Internal,Bluetooth® 2.0 (A2DP), 802.11 b/g ,HTC ExtUSB™,3.5 mm audio jack
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus

Audio supported formats MP3, AAC(AAC, AAC+, AAC-LC), AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Media® Audio 9
Video supported formats MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Media® Video 9

Battery: Lithium-ion battery - 1350 mAh
Talk time: Up to 420 minutes for WCDMA - Up to 470 minutes for GSM

As most of our reades know, o2 will start sellinng its first Android powered device very soon. Since we getting closer to the official launch of the device, the name of the device was changed from i7500 to “Galaxy”. Also some more infos about the pricing were leaked, the device can either be purchased from o2 germany with a contract, or you can buy it without any contract at a price of 437,50 Eur. The galaxy will come to you with 8GB of builtin storage(sd slot available). Another nice feature is the 3,5mm standard headphone jack which allows you to use any headphone you like, standard ones and also the high end ones from BOSE or similar. It seems that beta testers of the device report the same behaviour of the battery: Not very powerfull….so you must propbaly charge the device every 2 days or so if you use it the whole day for surfing (3G activated) etc. But on the other hand, the OLED display must be awesome. So perhaps its enough to disable 3G while not surfing the net or downloading apps and just set the display to a not very high brightness.