I've been using the Hero for about a week now.
It's everything I could ever have hoped for - it's fast, looks great and is just pure AWESOME.
There's just one problem I wasn't aware of from the beginning. The HTC Hero is currently running Android 1.5, and HTC has confirmed that an Android 2.0 / 2.1 update for the hero is in the works. I decided to ask them more or less when the update was planned to come to South Africa.
This is the response:
Good Day
Thank you for contacting HTC Support.
We have received your email regarding Android Version 2.0 or 2.1.
The HTC Hero will still be on the 1.5 Android version as Google Global has not authorised Google SA to use Google Managed Service
Should you have any queries or require support please contact us on 0861 44 5323.
Kind Regards
HTC Support
Which pisses me off to a serious degree. I mean
http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/ <-- Google Goggles requires Android 1.6 to run FFS.
Other than that, it's an awesome phone.
"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings."