Mobile Phone Reviews

If you own a Sprint HTC Hero and have not updated your firmware quickly jump to settings / about phone / system update / firmware update.  Now that we are all on the same page I wanted to get an idea what real-world improvements if any you’ve seen on your devices.  If you are using a Sprint HTC Hero go ahead and drop a comment below and let us know what’s working or not working with the 1.56.651.1 update.  Based on what we’ve seen from the forums many are still reporting less than stellar battery life even with WiFi, Bluetooth and background data sync off.  If you fit this bill we recommend following our quick tips for extending battery life on the HTC Hero here.

For those of you still wanting more information about the HTC Hero Software Enhancement to 1.56.651.2, here’s a quick rundown of what the update is intended to to improved: improvement to camera picture quality, DST (Daylight Savings Time) issue resolved, Unable to receive SMS due to full memory, Memory leak when Bluetooth is in connecting state, 3.5mm mono when not using headset with mic, and Dialer application causing excess battery draw.

The TI OMAP3430 processor powering the Palm Pre is limited to 500MHz despite the processor being rated at 600MHz by Texas Instruments because of battery concerns .  Over at webOS internals they’ve put together a group of patches that promise to improve the speed of the Palm Pre and save battery life at the same time.

Before you even consider exploring the power of the Palm Pre’s TI OMAP 3430 processor please realize that any unauthorized modification of your device or source code could permanently damage your phone (i.e. brick).  Now that you have been warned there are four patches available for your device: Powersave Smartreflex 500MHz, Powersave Smartreflex 600MHz, Powersave CPU Scaling 500MHz, and Powersave CPU Scaling 600MHz.

If you are up to the task head on over to PreCentral and get to patching.