its way too outdated software and hardware wise, i dont really recomend it because there is way more powerfull hardware for alittle extra cash, i am selling my Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 for $330......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xperia_X10 .....it is better camera wise(8.1 megapixel(compared to 5 for the hero)), hardware wise(1GHz cpu, 348 MB of ram(compared to 528MHz and 288mb of ram for the hero)), display(4.0" with a resolution of 856x460(compared to 3.2 inch with a resolution of 260x480 for the hero))
here is the hero's page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htc_hero
bottomline, you are gonna be throwing out the htc hero way too soon because its hardware will bottlekneck soon to be released advances in software and it will loose its value way too fast so i recomend you paying alittle extra for getting better hardware