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Sprint Android 2.1 update is “going very well,” still expected to come in first half of 2010

We learned in the past that Sprint was planning on skipping quite a few versions and making the jump from 1.5 straight to 2.1 and as far as when, we were simply told that it would be in the first half of 2010. Well, in a little bit of good news, Sprint has decided to [...]

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Irish carrier Meteor announces that HTC Hero will receive Android 2.1 update in March

This will not necessarily mean anything for majority of the HTC Hero users, and certainly not for myself who is still on Sprint here in the US. However, Irish mobile carrier Meteor have announced that the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero is scheduled to go out in March. According to a forum posting on [...]

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Cellular South unveil HTC Hero upgrade plans, 2.1 is is coming in 2010

It looks like Cellular South will also be rolling out an update for the HTC Hero, and similar to what we have heard with Sprint, they will also be giving the Hero OS 2.1, which is scheduled to arrive sometime in the first half of 2010. We’re excited to announce that Android 2.1 is coming to [...]

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Sprint’s skipping Android 2.0 and giving the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment 2.1

It seems that Sprint is doing a little change up from the earlier message about the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment getting 2.0 in the first half of 2010. But they are backtracking in a nice way, and instead of going to 2.0, they are going directly to 2.1. And still keeping that same, first [...]

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Editing the User Dictionary on the HTC Hero and Eris

The user dictionary is a great feature found on many smartphones, and proves to be very helpful when typing, but at times that dictionary can become pretty bad when you start adding some incorrect entries. Unfortunately for me, that seems to have become the case with a few words that I added accidentally. Anyway, such is [...]

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HTC Hero successor to be announced during Mobile World Congress 2010

I will first state that finding out any successful, or even remotely successful phone will be getting a follow device is not all that much reason to celebrate. However in the case of the HTC Hero it is worth mentioning — mainly because it does not feel like it has been around for all that [...]

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HTC Hero look-a-like makes an FCC appearance

Its always fun to see what is crossing the desk of the FCC, mainly because it leads to guessing and speculation. And the latest device is sure to bring plenty of both. Anyway, at first glance it would appear as of this device was the European HTC Hero, but as with many of the FCC [...]

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HTC Hero with AT&T 3G support now available, selling for $579.50

We have been hearing rumblings about how the HTC Hero was expected to become available with AT&T here in the US for a while now, and unfortunately at this time we still have nothing firm in regards to that. But we may have a glimmer of hope for any AT&T customer that is still holding [...]

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Official change log for the Sprint HTC Hero software update

As many of us Sprint HTC Hero users have learned, there was a recent software update. And while many of us applied that update and began digging around, the official change log was nowhere to be found — until now. Anyway, direct from the Sprint Community Forums, here is what was changed and corrected. HTC Hero [...]

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Sprint is rolling out the first over-the-air HTC Hero update

The rumors are true, Sprint is indeed rolling out an OTA update for the HTC Hero, which I can say because my HTC Hero is being updated as I type up this post. I am not sure of the roll out process or how long this will take for everyone to get notified. Instead I [...]

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