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HTC Droid Eris: Last Month’s Killer Android, Now $US100 On Verizon

12:45AM Dan Nosowitz | HTC’s Droid Eris, one of the worst-kept secrets in recent memory, is coming to Verizon November 6 for $US99. Essentially a rebranded Hero, it shows just how fast time flies: Last month’s Android champion is this month’s killer budget option. More »
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HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor

4:30AM Chris Jacob | HTC’s new UI patent that “organises applications, widgets, and web pages into pages of a virtual book” may “borrow” a few ideas from Palm, but it’s cool with me. I’m all for a snazzier version of Pre’s card system. More »
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Is The Sense UI Now Available For HTC Magic Phones?

3:50PM Nick Broughall | I don’t read Chinese, nor do I own an HTC Magic. But it looks like the promised Sense UI ROM update for the HTC Magic has been made available on the HTC Taiwan site. If you own a Magic and are game to have a play around with the ROM on your phone based solely on a website in Chinese, let us know whether or not the update works… [HTC Taiwan – Thanks Unimaginative]
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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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HTC Tattoo: Budget Android Phone Gets Slick Sense UI

6:00PM Danny Allen | Previously leaked as the “Click“, HTC’s Tattoo has replaceable face covers that you can also design yourself. It runs Android with HTC’s beatifying Sense interface (as seen on the Hero), and has a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headphone-jack, and MicroSD storage. More »
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HTC Touch HD2 To Make The Switch To Android

9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The HTC Touch HD QWERTY slider (pictured) used HTC’s heavily modified WinMo OS, but a new rumour suggests that for its sequel, HTC will be continuing its embrace of Android. Our fingers are crossed for a Sense-packing QWERTY. More »
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Upcoming Software Update Fixes The HTC Hero’s Only Real Problem

3:55AM John Herrman | Well, this changes things. Right after it came out, Matt called the HTC Hero “tragically flawed.” Why? Because the otherwise fantastic Sense UI was slooooow. HTC, presumably run by competent, rational human beings, has fixed this. More »
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HTC Hero “Sense” UI Officially Coming To The Magic

12:03PM John Herrman | The HTC Magic is getting an official update to the Hero’s wonderful “Sense” UI, but there’s a catch: the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, which is basically the same freakin’ phone, probably won’t get the update, for lame licensing reasons. More »
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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 »