HTC Hero :: Regrets?

After 5/6 months of owning/defending/schooling people about this phone, Ive decided to throw the towel in. It is just way too tedious, Buggy and slow to be used as a normal phone, Simple tasks such as texting, Making calls, Taking pictures are all piss easy to do on other phones, These little tasks seem like a mountain for the hero. Battery life? Lets not go there. It got to a point i would use my pay as you go nokia 6230i for texting instead of my hero, Which has unlimited texts. Ive been trying to keep telling myself its one of the best phones and thats its a phone that has set standards, Defended it to the fullest in 'Whos phone is best' arguments at work and with friends, But after half a year now today ive just given up. I cant even type a short message anymore, The response on the right side is hit and miss to say the least but now its a struggle to get the delete key and the 'L' is basically dead. I have to write a message like this, Type a sentence find a 'dead' key then turn the phone landscape, Carry on typing text, Find another 'dead' key and then have to turn the phone portrait again. And so it goes on. Anyone else here feel that they regret getting this phone? I tried my hardest guys. I guess another hero will be joining ebay.