Canadian Wireless Carrier, Manitoba Telecom has launched their first Android based device, the HTC 6250. This is a welcome addition I am sure to MTS subscribers. The device is not available on their site as of yet but you can get one from your local stores. The device will run you $99.99 for a 2-year contract and $199.99 for a 1-year commitment.

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While most of us are clamoring over which handsets will receive Android 2.2, we tend to forget about some other users who are still far behind that mark. For example, the HTC Hero on UK’s wireless carrier, Three.

However, it looks like those Three Hero users (and we don’t mean the three users who have a hero…pun?) still on 1.5 will be getting their official upgrade to Eclair once Google OK’s the transition. They also apologize for the (long) delay, saying that other devices, such as the iPhone 4 and Galaxy S, had gotten in the way of their development process. Check out the full statement below.

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Over at CellularSouth’s website, there’s a shiny new update for owners of the HTC Hero. If you’re still waiting on Android 2.1, head over and hit the advertised button to serve yourself and nice helping of Eclair.
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According to an article over at eurodroid, there has been news flowing in that HTC Hero users, locked in on Orange, are getting their updates (finally) to Android 2.1. So, if you’re on Orange with a Hero, go to your updates in your system settings and see if there is any 2.1 goodness lurking in the shadows.

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The moment that Europe have been waiting for has finally arrived. HTC Hero has been on Android 1.5 (Cupcake) since last year but today time for HTC Hero to evolve. HTC is releasing the Android 2.1 (Éclair) update for HTC Hero. What an exciting news for you all!

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With reports that the first stage of the HTC Hero Android 2.1 upgrade was underway, HTC has been in touch to detail exactly what European owners should expect. As before, they’re saying the 2.1 Eclair update should be out by the end of June: the first update, which is out this week, prepares the phone for the second, full OS upgrade.

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Could the HTC Hero finally be getting its Android 2.1 upgrade? A new OTA software update has been announced in Taiwan, which promises to take the handset from its core Android 1.5 OS to the same OS 2.1 as on the Desire and Legend.

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I’m just as shocked as you are: Sprint has finally released Android 2.1 for the Hero. I know, I can’t believe it either! Sure, 2.1 might be old news if Google announces Android 2.2 in a few hours as expected, but who cares? Hero users can finally upgrade from the stale Cupcake OS.

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It has gone to the point where HTC Hero is out for almost a year now and it’s still sticking with Android 1.5, after two consecutive delays of a software upgrade. Who’s to blame? HTC or maybe the carriers that also promising the update “soon”? For now, HTC takes care of its faithful users, by apologizing.

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We’ve had a lot of questions from people wanting to know if we’ve heard anything about a possible release date for the HTC Hero’s ROM upgrade, so we figured there was no harm in asking HTC themselves. We didn’t expect to get any sort of firm confirmation, but we wanted to clear up the rumours that have been flying around about a 16th or 24th April upgrade date that have been flying around. Here’s what HTC had to say:-

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