Hero by HTC

Looks to me like it does have file transfer; maybe not, but I'm just talking about connecting, not transferring. I thought this was going to be the answer to my prayers - the most versatile phone I could find without having to get robbed by AT&T for an iPhone. I'm starting to wonder whether I totally picked the wrong thing. I haven't downloaded any apps, and it still seems to hang to me, and jumps to functions from out of nowhere ... the only thing I added were a couple of downloaded photos for wallpaper, and I deleted most of the included wallpaper choices. It just seems to be doing weird things. Every time it goes dark, I have to click to turn the screen on again. And I just set it down and it seemed to go dark in seconds. I've done this a few times in a row. It just sleeps, and I already got on the phone this afternoon with a hapless sprint rep who knew less than I did about the phone. So that was a waste.

I've already set the timeout to one minute. Didn't affect it one whit. As soon as I put it down, it goes out in seconds. And now when it goes off and I get it back up, I can't press home and get my home screen. I have to press menu to make it go to the home screen. And I just set it down and the "set alarm" screen popped up. I set it down again and the "weather" screen popped up with a box that says "connection failed" It's telling me I need to enable data connection to do something. I wasn't trying to do anything. It's getting maddening.

So you're telling me I have no bluetooth connectivity with this thing? Then what's the point? Jeez. I can't sync my mac calendar without transferring it to gmail, and can't even get bluetooth to talk? I just want decent wireless transmission in some form between my laptop and phone. Not too much to ask, I don't think.

Thanks. It may have to go back; I'm still learning it, though, so it could be that I've done something. But it's frustrating that the Sprint people – and the Best Buy people, too – seem to know so little about what they're selling and servicing. I was finding answers online faster than the tech person I was speaking with today could. As for the upgrade to 2.0, it sure would be nice to know it's on its way. When I was in the store, someone was exchanging a Hero for the Samsung phone with the slide-out keyboard -– the Moment, maybe  – which I don't want (it's bulky and heavy), mainly for the speed of a better processor. And it already had 2.0, I think. But he said he liked the hero. I figured it had to be better than what I had, and for internet access, it is, but just about any phone would be. That MotoQ is the reason I chose not to get anything else with Windows. And the Palms and blackberrys are bulky, too. I wanted small, sleek, durable, big screen, fast, versatile and easy to use. This was supposed to be all of the above. Guess the jury's still out.