If you're an AAS regular, you'll know that I love doing direct, informed comparisons between different cutting edge smartphones. Having been using the HTC Hero and Nokia N97 side by side for the last week, here's my head to head between Nokia and HTC's flagships. The result is somewhat predictable, but I do note that both devices are currently flawed and awaiting major software updates. The Hero's is apparently imminent, the N97's is about 3 weeks away. Still, hopefully it's an interesting comparison and worthy of comment.

"I know I'll get shouted down for being biased, but, just as for my N97/Touch Pro 2 head to head, the Nokia N97 simply outguns the opposition - here by an even bigger margin. it's not all about specifications, of course, and I've tried to put real world observations in where necessary. But in this case, the specifications don't lie - the N97 simply does most things better and for longer than the Hero. Whether it's playing music or taking photos or handling email or browsing the Web or.... simply making phone calls, the N97 wins out."

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