14 DAY TRIAL // Wireless carrier Sprint has already unleashed into the wild its first Android-powered mobile phone, the HTC Hero, and, although the device looks great and it already started to make fans among the operator's users, it seems that there is some confusion that also comes along with it. The reason is a simple one, as Sprint's Hero comes both with and without the “with Google” logo on the back cover.
Basically, some of the Hero units that reached the market via Sprint this weekend came along with the logo, while others didn't, and it seems that there are already some people wondering whether their model is capable of delivering the same experience as the other one. According to droiddog, the answer would be 'yes', there is only one device that reached Sprint's network, and not two of them.
“The difference between phones with the branding and those without is…. Non-existent. I have it on high authority (someone from HTC who definitely knows) that 'with Google' was simply added later on in the production process. I don’t have information on why or what kind of arrangement HTC and/or Sprint has with Google,” the news site notes.
Those of you who have been keeping an eye on the latest news regarding Sprint's HTC Hero might have noticed already that even some of the images used in the news tend to be confusing. For example, the device listed on Sprint's website does not have the “with Google” logo on the back, while the one caught into the wild by droiddog, or the one reviewed by sites on the Internet, has it.
Earlier reports on the “with Google” logo showed that HTC had packed the devices that do not bear it with a few more goodies than the ones that have it, yet it seems that this is not the case. Both models will feature the same EVDO connectivity, will receive the same OTA updates, and will come along with the same capabilities when it comes to the Sense solution packed on them or to the applications they support.
