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The World’s Coolest Grandma Is A 91-year-old Superhero

10:00AM November 21, 2010 | Casey Chan

A photographer recently noticed that his 91-year-old Grandma was feeling lonely and depressed. So to cheer her up, he decided to take pictures of her as a superhero. After she saw them, she couldn’t stop smiling. More »


Cameras

GoPro Releasing Cheapest HD Helmet Cam

3:03AM August 5, 2010 | Sam Biddle

GoPro, known for its stellar line of helmet-attached HD cameras, is planning to release an even more affordable model, set at $US180. Engadget speculates the extreme sports cam will offer 960p recording, based on its model name, the HD Hero 960. [Engagdet]


Software

HTC Hero Getting Android 2.1 Update For GSM Networks

6:23PM June 4, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It appears some people are still using Plurk, that Twitter rival from a couple of years ago. HTC is one of them, with their corporate account confirming that GSM HTC Heros will be getting the Android 2.1 update today. This comes after HTC pushed the update out to CDMA Heros the other week, with Sprint customers getting lucky on May 19th. [AndroidAndMe]


Software

HTC Hero Owners Upgrading To Android 2.1 BEWARE

11:45PM May 20, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Yesterday we brought the good news to Hero owners that Sprint was pushing out the Android 2.1 firmware update – but before you press yes on that update, make sure you back up all your data. More »


Software

HTC Hero Owners On Sprint Get Android 2.1 "Eclair" Update

12:10AM May 20, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Sprint has gifted its HTC Hero owners the long-awaited Android 2.1 update, seven months after the first screenshots of a Hero running the faster, snazzier version showed up. More »


Software

HTC Hero App Controls Lego Mindstorms Robot

9:53PM February 8, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

We’ve seen all manner of phones controlling robots, cars and helicopters, but a HTC Hero operating a Lego Mindstorms robot? Awesome. It works via a purpose-built app which uses the Hero’s accelerometer, connecting to the ‘bot over Wi-Fi. More »


Mobile

Sprint Confirms Android 2.0 For HTC Hero

8:55AM December 12, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

From Sprint’s official Twitter feed: “Happy to announce Android 2.0 is coming to Sprint’s Hero & Moment. Date TBD, but roughly 1H 2010.” More »


Mobile

20 Upcoming HTC Android Devices Mentioned In Leaked ROM

1:50AM December 4, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Nestled in the leaked Android 2.1 ROM, 20 new devices are mentioned by name—including those we knew of already (Dragon, Dream, Hero and Passion) but some new friends too, Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Sapphire and Supersonic. Phew. [AndroidSpin via BGR] More »


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The HTC Hero: My Second Favourite Mobile Device Ever

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5:03PM December 1, 2009 | Nick Broughall

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been playing around with the HTC Hero. The US guys reviewed it way back in July, and while I don’t disagree with anything in that review, there are still a few things worth mentioning about the Android phone now that it has finally hit Australian shores. More »


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Leaked Shots: Android 2.1 Running On HTC Hero

12:11AM December 1, 2009 | Danny Allen

We haven’t heard from HTC after its promise to update the Hero to Android 2.0, but maybe that’s because it’s updating the Sense UI for Android 2.1 (expected by year’s end) instead. Click to zoom in on the screens: More »