Looking back, the moment I became turned on to the HTC Hero was when I watched the videos of the launch, held in London last June. The HTC speakers really got their message over. The “Quietly Brilliant” catch-phrase fitted so well with the Hero’s understated good looks.

At the time of writing this, I’ve had my Nexus One for five short days. I find myself slightly troubled: while the Nexus One is a truly beautiful device, I don’t have the same emotional attachment to it as I have to my Hero. This may be because it’s too soon… the Hero is still there on my desk, as a WiFi device… it’s hard to let go.
The GoogleNexusOne channel on YouTube has some vidoes (embedded below) that may encourage that emotional attachment. They’re certainly nice to watch.
Episode 1, Concept & Design
Episode 2, Display & 3D Framework
Episode 3, Testing
Episode 4, Manufacturing
Added, 8 Feb 2010…
Episode 5, Day One