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  It has taken its time but HTC has delivered the impending Android update to Hero users. Starting today all Hero users will receive the update over-the-air bringing Android 2.1 (Éclair). The update comes in two packages – the first package updates the firmware over-the-air (FOTA) client and YouTube while the second one contains the [...]

  HTC has finally given the green signal to the Android 2.1 update for the chinned Hero. The OTA update v3.31.751.1 will bump the current Android 1.5 to Android 2.1 making it at par with the current fleet of HTC Android devices. This update is limited to Taiwan for now but releasing it in one [...]

  HTC Hero users are still waiting for the official Android 2.1 update but this modder has already installed the SDK image of Froyo to HTC’s chin-bearing device. It’s a brief one minute video and reveals some issues like the irresponsive touchscreen and non working of Wi-Fi. These issues will apparently be ironed out before [...]

  While HTC’s original Hero is still awaiting its official Android 2.1 update, Sprint has let loose the latest Android build for the chinless version. The Éclair update brings number of features like improvement in the Sense UI, enhanced corporate email support and minor bug fixes. Sprint Hero users can download the update from here [...]

  Hero maybe one of the best Android devices but the non-availability of Android’s latest 2.1 Eclair is a deal breaker since many 2.1 equipped phones are releasing soon. However, if a forum user from XDA-devs is to be believed, European HTC Hero users will get Android 2.1 in April. All the countries won’t get [...]

  HTC’s first Android device for the Indian market was a downer. I would say it was a futile attempt to give Indians an Android device but cripple it by locking it down to Airtel and give no possible way to gain access to the Android market. Soon after, HTC introduced the Hero, an Android [...]

  Well, we already have some screenshots of Espresso’s updated Sense UI taken from Hero and now here’s a video proving that a ROM for Hero is coming real soon. Although there’s no real date associated yet but going through the video and forum thread, the launch seems imminent once the devs iron out the [...]

  HTC Espresso was unheard until Digitimes and its secret sources claimed about a QWERTY-based Android phone named Espresso. Fast forward it to today and we’ve got new images of the UI claiming to belong to Espresso. Going by the images, the Espresso UI is nothing but a modified Sense UI with glass-styled icons and [...]

  Hero has been doing really well for HTC and to cash in on its Hero brand, the Taiwanese company is looking to unveil the Sense UI toting Android phone early next year. Patrik Andersson who has been snagged from LG to increase HTC sales in Sweden has confirmed the Hero follow up handset will [...]

  We already know HTC is working on v2.1 update for Hero but if you can’t wait to go the official route, good folks at XDADevelopers have managed to get 2.1 ROM, which is now available for download. It’s a customized pre-release ROM so obviously you won’t find few things you’ll find in the official [...]

  If these screenshots are to be believed, HTC will skip the Android OS 2.0 update for Hero and instead roll out v2.1 or Flan. What it brings under the hood is still a mystery but there are some tweaks on the Sense UI front. The home screen supports landscape orientation, which is not possible [...]

  HTC today launched the Hero Android device in India. It will be the second Android phone for the Indian market and as like Magic, Airtel will carry the device offering 100MB of free data transfer for the first six months along with flurry of Airtel services like Portfolio Manager, Hello Tune Manager, Weather Channel [...]

  Sprint has announced HTC’s first customized Android device, Hero but without its iconic chin. The CDMA variant however, doesn’t lose other features as it still boasts the same 3.2-inch touchscreen display with Sense UI, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD slot (up to 32GB), Footprints (first for Sprint) and more. The phone will hit [...]

  Jackie Zhang, marketing director at Dopod has confirmed that they are planning to launch at least three phones in the Chinese market. The phones will include Hero, Click, Magic and mostly a TD-SCDMA enabled unnamed phone. Hero will make its way out first and could be shipped as early as this month, provided the [...]

  T-Mobile UK has followed Orange’s footsteps to open the doors for Hero enthusiasts. HTC’s first Android phone with customized UI is now selling on T-Mobile UK as G2 Touch. Consumers can snag the black T-Mobile variant for free if they commit for a £35 plan per month that gives unlimited internet, 700 minutes and [...]