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Noah gets some time with the junior member of Samsung's new Omnia Trio: Omnia Lite.

While I'm definitely not tired of HTC's Hero, I needed to write about a couple of other things real quick before coming back at you with the full specs and PR photos. We can speculate on the carrier and talk about Sense later. This post is about the hardware. Folks looking for this probably want to get straight to the menu, so let's do it; straight dope, no filler. Well, no more verbiage, anyway.
Processor: Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Memory: 512 MB ROM, 288 MB RAM
Dimensions (LxWxT) 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm (4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches)
Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery
Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320x480 HVGA resolution

Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
3.5 mm audio jack
5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
G-sensor
Digital Compass
GPS


Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery capacity: 1350 mAh
Talk time:
- Up to 420 minutes for WCDMA
- Up to 470 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
- Up to 750 hours for WCDMA
- Up to 440 hours for GSM

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

An official press release, seen here, states that "The HTC Hero will be available to people across Europe in July and in Asia later in the summer. A distinct North American version will be available later in 2009." So what will be so different about the American version of the phone?

About six minutes into my first video from a sit-down with HTC's CIO, Horace Luke, he mentions that the company is working on hashing out the Teflon coating with other colors, as the white model is the sole device currently featuring the material. The only other Hero hue seen in the wild thus far is brown. The HTC 09 centerfold, as I like to call it, showed a pink phone. Check out the vid below for a quick peek at a some other variations.

It seems pretty reasonable to associate the other colors with the distinct nature of the US model, but it's possible that HTC has more in mind. Whether or not this could include a Donut is unknown, but both are expected by the end of the year. 

As anticipation grows ahead of Palm and Toshiba’s announcements, let’s take a look back at what else made the news during this last week.

1. LG Target Number Two Spot.

Currently sitting third behind Nokia and Samsung in the world mobile market share stakes, LG has big plans for the future in order for them to leap frog arch-rivals Samsung and claim the number two spot. We can expect more Black Label phones, the name given to their sleek fashion phones such as the Chocolate, the Shine and the Arena, plus a Prada III.

2. Everyone Loves T-Mobile!

First it was ‘3′, then it was Vodafone, and now the world and his dog are putting in a bid for T-Mobile! Both Telefonica, who own O2, and France Telecom, who own Orange, are reported to be breaking (more…)

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