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Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

An official Android 2.1 update for unlocked, SIM-free Hero phones has finally been posted by HTC in several European countries. According to reports, this update is available as an over-the-air download in countries like the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden and even Serbia. The company hasn’t released yet any similar updates for the G2 Touch versions, [...]

Droid’s support makes Motorola come closer to Apple in customer happiness

Published on: 2nd June, 2010

A new Change Wave study reveals that Apple is still leading in the customer happiness ranking but is followed closely by Motorola. About 77 percent of the iPhone customers are very satisfied, while the Droid pushed Motorola to a surprising 64 percent. Other companies have significantly less, with Android’s maker HTC at 51 percent and [...]

HTC Hero to be upgraded to Android 2.1 in April

Published on: 7th April, 2010

The HTC Hero smartphone would be upgraded to Android 2.1 on April 16th, as an e-mail received by an owner from HTC says. This date is scheduled for owners residing in Greece, Norway, Russia, South Africa and the Ukraine only, other markets following soon. The rumoured date is in contradiction with another earlier leak mentioning [...]

Telus phones sport paid Android applications

Published on: 29th March, 2010

Telus has quietly become the second Canadian carrier that gets paid applications in the Android Market. Commercial applications initially limited to Rogers are now available to be bought on devices like the Motorola Milestone or HTC Hero. Paid applications are sold in the currency of the developer’s home country, usually in US dollars, if they [...]

Palm has cut guidance due to unexpected slow sales

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

Palm has cut its guidance for the current quarter and expects to have between $285 million and $310 million in revenue. The company directly incriminates the “slower than expected” take up of the Pixi, the Pre and their Plus equivalents. It is also a fact that carriers have ordered fewer devices and occasionally delayed receiving [...]

Widgets for Hero and Eris SMARTPHONE from HTC

Published on: 21st December, 2009

HTC has created for their own Android based phones, Hero and Eris, four widgets. These applications can work only on HTC phones and include a battery information utility, a calculator, a today-in history application and a throwing dice application. The first and the last application mentioned need some extra instructions about them. The battery application [...]

The HSPA+ Telus Network Launched

Published on: 10th November, 2009

Telus, as announced earlier, has recently launched its HSPA+ network, as well as a full hand of new phones, including the iPhone 3G and 3GS, as well as other non-iPhone devices. The HTC Hero smartphone, an import of the original European version device, is adapted for the North American 7.2Mbps HSPA, with Sense UI, a [...]

Hero Will Cost $329.99 Off-Contract

Published on: 7th October, 2009

Sprint’s HTC Hero has raised an important question from interested customers, that is: “How much does it cost off-contract?” Since the price of Hero will be $179.99 on a 2-year contract, the former question has good grounds. To answer the question, HTC has officially been set on $329.99 for off-contract sales. Many people have been [...]

Cellular South Intros HTC Hero Android-based Smartphone

Published on: 23rd September, 2009

Cellular South is a small United States carrier which has recently expanded its line of offered products with HTC`s Hero smartphone that is functioning on the Android Platform developed by Google. HTC Hero is very similar to the one commercialized by Sprint network communications company. HTC`s innovative mobile phone is plat, comprises CDMA/EVDO support and [...]