Palm Pre vs HTC Hero, Pt 3: Web, Apps, and Wrap-Up

A preview of the happy dilemma facing Sprint customers this Winter? Could be. Noah pits the Palm Pre vs the HTC Hero in the final chapter of this PhoneDog Dogfight!

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[J0eyCasco]

I love my pre. The hero looks awesome too though. Both are way better than any iPhone,

[Priscilla060]

im getting a palm pre next week i cant wait

[hockeyplayingkid]

whitch has more ram?

[lohaukai]

iPhone for kid, that is mean u r a kid when u use a iPhone : ) . cheers~

[joshsniper27]

@hd883low17 i've heard a lot of rumors of bad hardware. it seems pretty hit and miss. some people never have problems and some have a ton. it's pretty sad actually. i just can't suggest the hero having owned it. i've been using it as my personal phone for just about a month...and i've already sold it off. it's faster than my old Moment but just because my Moment had no GPU drivers. the pre is just a lot better speced than both. it's sad that you need 4g for good android on sprint.

[joshsniper27]

@jeremys1713 lol I just sold my Hero for a Pre. The Hero nets about $100-125 on ebay and a Pre nets about $75-100. I made $30 switching to a better phone. Plus, Pre is getting WebOS 2.0 soon (people are thinking March), which means Flash 10.1 support. As you know by now the Hero's Flash Lite is pretty shitty. Even overclocked to 748 MHz the Hero is just slow. ARMv6 just doesn't have a place on Android, the OS has soooo much overhead. WebOS is faster, the Pre is an ARMv7 device making it speedy.

[jeremys1713]

I had the palm pre for a couple months before it got dropped and broke...Easily the best phone I've ever owned...ended up getting a Hero as something new...I HATE THIS PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!!!!!! Enough said...

[DrumstixXx101]

Getting the Hero next week, hope it doesn't suck...

[AzNboy346]

PALM PRE FTW!

[xXLiverpoolFCXx]

only if palm pre did android OS... death to the Iphone!

[hd883low17]

i have the Pre now...had it 6 days...and my replacement for it (HTC HERO) is already on the way...

I LOVE the Pre's WebOS...it's freaking awesome, but, (and its's a BIG BUT), the actual hardware is CRAP...6 days and my Pre is already suffering from the "OREO EFFECT" and the DEAD PIXEL SYNDROME...not to mention, if I wait another maybe 3 months or so...it will also start the discoloration effect.

So....as much as i love the webOS...Im switching to the HTC HERO.