Whilst HTC have been cagey about any possible release date for the Android 2.0 update for the HTC Hero, there is a rumour doing the rounds at the moment that we may see the update at some point in March.
Apparently, a Meteor employee (Meteor are an Irish phone carrier who provide the Hero) has had word from HTC themselves that we should see the update in March. Here’s the quote (from the Meteor forums):-
“Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in response here. I had posted on another thread announcing the launch of version 2.0, so when I heard that this may be being skipped to go straight to 2.1, I went to do a little more investigating.
We’ve been in contact with HTC and they have said that version 2.0 will be available in and around March of this year. HTC sense UI will be tightly integrated with Android 2.0, as with other versions of the software. Because of this new versions of the software take a while to develop. As for 2.1 this would also need to be developed and there is no update on this.
Sorry if there was any confusion here and if I hear any more on this I’ll make sure to let you all know.
Hope this helps
Glynn
Meteor talk to us”
Now, this obviously isn’t concrete proof, but it is, at least, something to go on. We’ve not heard very much from HTC no the subject for a while, and some users were beginning to doubt we’d ever see the update. For now, we’d best not get our hopes up too high, but I’ll be looking forward to March with interest anyway.
A combination of good design and a fully customizable user interface make the Hero a great smartphone. A boon for the Android platform still in its infancy. For those waiting to get Hero, suggest waiting for the Droid 2.0 version of the Hero.