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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Phones

HTC Hero: Unlocked At Harvey Norman For $799

9:47AM Nick Broughall | Yesterday afternoon, the folks at HTC finally announced the Aussie release of the HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo. The good news? They’re being sold unlocked through Harvey Norman for $799 and $599 respectively. The bad news? That means you’ll have to find your own contract with a data plan, which isn’t necessarily the easiest thing in the world. More »
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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HTC Launching Hero And Tattoo Android Phones Next Week

3:29PM Nick Broughall | Not exactly sure when the two phones will be hitting shelves, or which networks they’ll be on yet, but HTC sent me an invite yesterday to the launch of the Hero and the Tattoo Android phones next Wednesday, November 18. Considering it’s been four months since I had a preview of the Hero, it’s good to know that the handset will actually be here before the year’s out.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Looks Like The HTC Hero Will Be On NextG

5:16PM Nick Broughall | If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra. More »
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HTC Hero Getting Android 2.0 Update

11:40AM Rosa Golijan | According to HTC’s Twitter feed, the tragically flawed HTC Hero is getting a sprucing up with an update to Android 2.0. Will the OS actually shine through this time, or is HTC’s Sense UI gonna continue running the show? [Twitter]
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Sprint Hero Review: Faster, Stronger, Uglier

2:01PM Matt Buchanan | Take the most daring Android phone yet, but make it faster, stronger and better (but blander). You have the Sprint take on the HTC Hero, which happens to be the best Android phone you can buy. More »
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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HTC Hero Firmware Update Available Now, Fixes Sluggishness

1:20AM John Herrman | Would-be Hero buyers, look at the bright side: HTC will have ironed out most of the problems with the original. Like the slowness! Which you can now murder, to death, with an update. More »
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Software

Android Donut Out: Full Multitouch, Universal Search, Automated Backups AND Better Performance

8:20AM Matt Buchanan | Google’s dropped new code for Android Donut and it sounds too good to be true. People at XDA Developers are reporting it has system-wide multitouch, universal search, text-to-speech, automated backups, a new camera app, and somehow, supposedly better performance. More »
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
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How To: Install The HTC Hero’s UI On Your Sad Old G1

7:00AM John Herrman | The tireless tinkerers over at XDA have assembled a definitive guide to loading the Hero’s custom-baked Android build onto G1s. It’s fairly involved and a little risky, but hardly unfamiliar territory to HTC fans. [XDA, GetYourDroidOn—Thanks, Patrick!] More »
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Half Of HTC’s Phones Will Be Android Next Year

3:42AM Matt Buchanan | Nearly a third of HTC’s phones this year run Android—more than I thought)—but by next year, half of HTC’s will be Android. Exciting, since it makes us dream of a next-gen Hero running something like a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, which would be magical. (See what I did there?) Not a great sign for Windows Mobile though, which used to be tied up pretty tightly with HTC as a brand. [Digitimes]
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009