Sprint’s support page for the HTC Hero is officially showing the Android 2.1 – Eclair update and states the update is available as of today, 5/19/2010. Follow the link for instructions on installing the update. Note that this is not an over the air update, you have to download it to a Windows based PC [...]
Sprint HTC Hero – Android 2.1 Update Leak
It looks like the official, signed release of the Android 2.1 update for the Sprint HTC Hero might have been leaked ahead of the official release. The file is labeled Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release. After a few developers looked through it, notably damageless who’s custom ROM I currently have running on my Hero, it appears to be the [...]
HTC Hero shows Android 2.1 Sense UI Enhancements
HTC has built a custom user interface (UI) to place on top of the stock Android OS that adds a number of additional features and experiences for the consumer. The Sense UI isn’t unique to Android, they do the same thing with Windows mobile platforms. Currently, the HTC Hero, both GSM and CDMA, as well [...]
T-Mobile Promotes DoubleTwist with myTouch
Ever since the launch of the latest myTouch 3G, the Fender Edition, T-Mobile has been promoting the use of DoubleTwist software to sync your myTouch with a desktop application. The Android platform currently lacks an officially syncing application for the desktop, though Windows users of HTC Sense UI powered Android phones have access to HTC [...]
MoDaCo Custom HERO ROM Builder Available
MoDaCo has released what they are referring to as a Kitchen Sink for created custom ROMs for the HTC Hero, both the GSM version and the CDMA version. The kitchen sink aspect is like a shopping like for making a custom ROM. You simply select the applications and/or features you wish installed on your phone [...]
GSM HTC Hero Gets Firmware Update
Users of the popular GSM version of the HTC Hero are getting a firmware update to version 2.73.771.73. I have no idea what the really entails, and HTC is pretty mum on the details so far, but it’s a good guess that this is a minor update and nothing extra ordinary. In other words, don’t [...]
Sprint Clarifies Android Update via Twitter
Sprint has gone one step further and actually clarified exactly which Android update will be coming to the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. With one quick tweet, they have taken all the guessing out of the update indicating they will skip Android 2.0 and go straight for 2.1, but unfortunately they don’t help with clarifying [...]
Sprint Tweets – Andoird Updates Next Year
Sprint announced via twitter that their Android powered phones, the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment would be getting Android 2.0 updates 1H of next year. This really isn’t surprising news, it was inevitable news and posting that it’ll happen 1H of next year? Yeah, nice big window you’ve saved yourself there Sprint. By June [...]
HTC STILL Can’t Talk about Eclair and Hero
Yesterday, HTC sent out a tweet that plainly states: Believe it or not, I STILL can’t say anything more about Eclair coming to Hero. Working as fast as we can, promise!
HTC Hero Development Tool
On the HTC Developer’s website there is mention of a NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. A quick click through brings you to the HTC 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge announcement page where HTC proudly announces their support for the challenge and states they will be providing the competition with HTC Touch Diamond2 phones and HTC Hero [...]
