Android

Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth on my thoughts after switching from the Hero (I had since the 11th, Roughly 2000 voice minutes and 350 MB "network" data used, so it got a good work-out.) to the Moment yesterday.

So far my feelings are still mixed on the Moment.

Things I like:

Haven't killed any apps at all, and yet it has never once lagged in any way, ever... (Except Pandora, it seems to be a HOG but  that's Pandora's problem, not the phone or OS.)

WiFi works great.  Probably 20% more range, and I haven't had the "it shows connected, but doesn't work" syndrome that *always* plagued me on the Hero.

If you want to use the physical keyboard, it's decent, but the physical KB wasn't really much of a factor influencing my decision to swith... The stereo/WiFi/Lag (extra HTC apps running)/SMS messenger/Laggy ringtone issues I was experiencing were the reason I decided to switch.

No "awake problems"

Screen is REALLY sharp, clear, bright.. and although it "washes out" in the sunlight, it's still as usable in the same lighting situation as the Hero. (when looking at it straight-on, someone looking "from an angle" won't see it that way.

Personally I think the audio quality (Music playback through my Klipsch image S-4 ear buds) is better on the Samsung.  More balanced, better treble, clearer voices.  I'm sure that could just be the "combination" of these specific ear-buds and the phone.  Your milage may vary a lot depending on your earphones.  (Of course, there is NO stereo problem.  Stereo first time, every time.)  Max volume *might* be just slightly higher on the Moment, but I couldn't compare side-by-side, and the max volume (on both phones) is more than enough unless listening while mowing a lawn or such. (Again with the specific pair of buds.)

In call volume can go higher than the Hero for noisy situations.  Speaker phone definitely louder (if you want it, obviously it turns down also)

I like the proximity sensor. No more touching the "End Call" button with my face and hanging up the phone.  The Moment "blanks the screen" when it gets about an inch from your face.

I appreciate the ability to switch to speaker phone right on the screen.  An "End Call" button right on the screen would be a nice addition,

Although the camera takes longer to "start up" (and although it is only a 3.2 Mp camera, vs. a 5.0 on the Hero, the picture quality is actually better on the Moment.

There is also the "LED flash" on the Moment's camera, although I haven't used it.

Personally, the "pinch zoom" vs. the "-/+" zoom on the browser, the -/+ is much more accurate. press + once, and the text size for most pages is just where I want it.  With the pinch method, I often over-shot, or under-shot where I really wanted it.

What the Hero is better at:

In the "dialer" you can start typing a name (via the letters on the number pad) and it will find all contacts that can match those letters), You can't do that on the Samsung.  There may be some alternate dialers, I haven't looked yet.

I like the looks of the HTC suplied calendar better, although functionally they are the same.

The Hero's virtual keyboard is much better/accurate.

On the same note, andt this (in MY opinion) is a huge one -  big enough to almost want the Hero back - again, your preferences could obviously vary to a great extent, but for me, this one is major, pretty much making any other advantages/disadvantages a "wash":  On the Hero, when you are typing on the virtual keyboard, and you hit the wrong key (finger isn't centered, not an obvious type-o kind of wrong key) it pulls up a list of "possible matching words"  The most likely candidate is highlighted in green, and if you press the space bar, that highlighted word was automatically inserted instead of the wrong letters you actually typed. (Which, for me was always about 99.9% accurate except it would pick "ti" instead of "to" when I was trying to type "to")  On the Samsung, although the same "list of possible words you MEANT to type shows up, and you can touch the word you want, it does NOT automatically try to pick the word it THINKS you were trying to type.  If you hit the space bar to go onto the next word, it just inserts the "garbage" you typed.

I like the physical keyboard for doing some stuff, but just to do a "quick reply" to something, or a simple search, sending a text back to someone, etc...  I would prefer to use the virtual keybard.  I would guess I'd prefer the virtual keyboard for about 95% of my typing, so I REALLY miss that.  If you think you'd want to use the virtual keyboard most of the time, I'd definitely recommend staying with the Hero...  On the other hand, if you already turn the phone side-ways to use the larger layout, you might be fine just using the physical keyboard...  I've used a blackberry for 5 years, with the "verticalt mode" screen and keyboard, so I'm kind of set in my ways, as to how I like to enter data, that is why I don't do much in landscape mode, except where it is the better choice (for me) with certain kinds of apps.

Having 1 or 2 more screens (instead of 3) would be nice, but not critical.  I only used 4 screens on the Hero, the 4th was for the calendar widget.

Moment uses Micro USB, Hero uses more common Mini USB.  Unless the Micro USB connector is very thin like the supplied USB cable on the Moment, you can not open the keyboard while it's plugged in.   PLUS I have a LOT of mini USB cables and chargers laying around

The Samsung will not "detect" that it is hooked up to a data port (and give me the notification on the phone to allow me to mount the SD card) when hooked up to my older P4 system (An old "weather machine" running Linux) but works fine on the laptop and my "server" (older Core2 Duo).  It also works fine on Wife's Aspire1 netbook running Sidux Linux...  Just something about that P4... I don't know if the old P4 is possibly a USB 1 or 1.1 device, that might be the difference, I don't know.  I don't think it's the OS, since I'm running Sidux on both the P4, the Lenovo laptop,and the wife's netbook.

The antenna/radio does seem to be fractionally lower signal strength on the Moment - as in it's easier to get it to switch to roaming when I'm upstairs in my house, which was difficult at times with the Hero.  Neither are in roaming "by default, just sitting there upstairs, but it was sometimes hard to get the Hero to go into roaming mode to make a call. (Background, I've not REALLY BAD sprint reception in the town I live in, so I had to force my Hero into roaming (where I had 7 bars) to make reliable calls - My Airrave unit as promised by Sprint tech support should be here in a few days, and my repeater system for my car will be here Monday or Tuesday, $150 delivered, btw)

Of course, the thinner/lighter form factor of the Hero is a plus, but more-so if you carry your phone in your pocket like some people do, instead of a holster.  It doesn't really doesn't bother me, but it's something for someone else to consider.