HTC Officially Unveils Hero Android Phone

From DailyTech: HTC held a launch event in Europe today that saw the firm unveil the not-so-closely kept secret handset called the HTC Hero. The Hero is an Android-powered smartphone with a deeply customized user interface. The phone should give Android fans something to be excited about.

HTC is no stranger to Android-powered phones; it is the firm that built the T-Mobile G1 that has sold over a million units so far. The new HTC Hero has a 3.2-inch HVGA display and is optimized for the web. The screen has a special anti-fingerprint coating to prevent smudges and make the display last longer.

A 5-megapixel camera is built into the phone and the phones storage is expandable via microSD cards. A search function searches multiple sources to find people and information including Twitter, contact lists, emails and other areas of the phone.

Other handset features include AGPS, a digital compass, a gravity sensor, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone has 512MB of internal storage, 288MB of RAM, and uses a 528MHz Qualcomm processor. Power is from a 1350mAh battery and the handset already supports Flash.

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