The HTC Hero may sound like old news, but Cellular South is looking to spice things up a little by adding a black version into their lineup. As far as we can tell, the new black HTC Hero 6250 is identical to the original HTC Hero that’s been in Cellular South’s handset lineup for quite ... Read More »
Does anyone still need proof that the Android OS is becoming the most popular smartphone platform of choice? NPD’s latest report shows Android secured the number one spot in the U.S. for Q2 as the most popular smartphone OS purchased by consumers.
The Android OS accounted for 33% of the overall smartphone purchases in Q2 ... Read More »
It looks like HTC is going to make good on their promise to roll out Android 2.1 to all HTC Hero owners by the end of June. Last week, we reported that the Android 2.1 OTA update was hitting handsets in Taiwan and it appears as though European owners of the HTC Hero ... Read More »
While Android fans in the U.S. are lining up outside Sprint stores to get the shiny new HTC EVO 4G, GSM HTC Hero owners are finally getting a taste of Android 2.1. Late last night, we broke the news that HTC announced an Android 2.1 OTA upgrade for the GSM HTC Hero that ... Read More »
The wait is finally over! According to HTC’s Plurk account, the Android 2.1 upgrade for the GSM HTC Hero will start hitting handsets some time tomorrow, June 4th. Over the past month, HTC has been busy rolling out Android 2.1 to the CDMA variants of their handsets in the U.S. market (Droid Eris and Sprint ... Read More »
Hero owners I know you have waited long enough so you can feel free to skip down to the full upgrade instructions from Sprint at the bottom of the post. For the rest of us lets take a moment to celebrate the end of OS fragmentation for this CDMA segment of the Android world.
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Ok so most the time these Android 2.1 upgrade dates are worthless, but sometimes they actually turn out to be true. Our friends from Android Central have posted an internal Best Buy document which states the Sprint Hero Android 2.1 upgrade has been delayed again until May 21st. Sprint had hoped to have ... Read More »
Sprint had hoped their Android customers would be upgraded to Android 2.1 by now, but they are still working with HTC and Samsung to deliver you a “positive experience”. We reported Sprint was internally testing their Android 2.1 upgrades last month and hoped to have them ready by early Q2, but ... Read More »
The wait for Android 2.1 could almost be over for Sprint fans.
The much anticipated Android 2.1 update is coming to the Hero and Moment.
