HTC hero is a touch screen phone that competes very happily with the iPhone it may not have the same amount of apps but most are free and they are all easy to install.

This candy bar smartphone is very comfortable in the hand or the pocket and has dimensions of 56 x 112 x 14 mm it has a weight of 135 gms. The screen is 81mm wide and has a resolution of 320×480 pixels.

The hero is not the fastest smartphone on the market but it is one of the most enjoyable, it has up to seven displays that you can choose between and a host of widgets for you to choose from. If the seven themes already available are not enough you can always create your own.

For your Facebook and Gmail contacts the Hero is excellent grabbing them from both places and merging them into one contact list.

GPS navigation is supported but Google maps does not work with the multi touch facility.

Your music and image files are moved between the Hero and your pc via usb cable very easily and the 5 mega-pixel camera is superb.

The on screen typing facility is excellent as is the predictive text which ensures problem free messaging and email. A fully integrated email client is also built in.

Web surfing is a real pleasure with the hero and the browser is as stable as the smartphone itself.

It is missing a few ingredients Flash support being thr most notable however everything that is installed on the Hero is a pleasure to use.

The HTC is in our opinion is the best Android smartphone on the market and when you couple this with the fantastic keyboard and excellent Facebook and Gmail integration it is certainly one to consider.

Following many months of rumours, Sprint and HTC’s Android 4G smartphone is finally here. The HTC EVO 4G (originally codenamed “Supersonic”) has a new 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen together with multi touch and also operates HTC’s up-to-date Sense user interface around Android 2.1 mobile OS.

With a very large screen, the EVO is actually perfect for watching online video media. Not just will it service many video codecs, it also possesses High-definition multimedia interface output plus has a kickstand for hands-free movie viewing.

The EVO 4G also is delivered with an 8-megapixel digicam with “HD-capable” video clip capture. Not surprisingly, it is powered with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor chip, additionally observed within the HTC developed Nexus one mobile.

Like the HTC Legend, Desire and HD2 Mini, the EVO 4G operates the refurbished Sense interface. Introduced at Mobile World Congress, the brand new Sense UI provides a few valuable new features for simple navigation such as a new attribute called Leap. In essence, Leap will be a sophisticated technique for handling multitasking; it is actually a little reminiscent of Palm’s webOS deck of cards visualization. Pinch anywhere on the home screen, and you may leap to seven thumbnail versions within your open pages. Via there, you can go to any of those available programs or even close one.

Yet another fresh function is a new widget labelled Friend Stream. It permits you to view your friends standing changes, shared links, and photographs all in one seamless view.

Sprint says its 4G network provides peak download connections upwards to ten times faster as compared to 3G. When Sprint was discussing its WiMAX program (through the actual Clearwire system) for some years now, we have not observed very many WiMAX-enabled gadgets beyond computer cards and modems. At CES, Sprint introduced the Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot that may handle WiMAX networks, where available.

The EVO 4G is coming this summer to Sprint, however pricing is yet to be introduced. Check back shortly for a closer look in addition to hands-on report on the actual HTC EVO 4G.