29 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Sprint HTC Hero on Amazon – $79.99 (coming soon)

Sprint’s HTC Hero has finally appeared online at retailer Amazon.com. Though the phone is listed as “currently unavailable” it’s a good bet that it will be in stock soon. One of the nice things about shopping online for phones at Amazon is that there’s not rebate to file (all phones are sold with rebate included [...]

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21 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Sprint HTC Hero $99 – New Contract or Upgrades – Through 12/24/09

Best Buy stores have the Sprint HTC Hero for $99. This promotion is good for either a new 2 year contract OR an eligible phone upgrade (generally meaning you’re 22 months into a contract and will renew for 2 years). A minimum of a $25 per month data or Everything plan is required. Be sure [...]

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02 December 2009 ~ Comments Off

Android 2.1 HTC Hero Eclair ROM Preview Video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERak0Co3MK0[/youtube]Images and descriptions of  the next upgrade of Android, version 2.1, have been floating around on the web for the last week or so. Installing this ROM requires a rooted GSM based Hero as well as lots of courage since it most definitely makes you a warranty voider. Not brave enough to risk bricking your [...]

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29 November 2009 ~ 1 Comment

HTC Hero $69 at Best Buy

It looks as if Best Buy has lowered the price on the Sprint HTC Hero from their previous no-rebate price of $99 to $69. This deal (for now) is available only to new Sprint customers enrolling in a 2 year agreement. UPDATE: Best Buy’s site now indicates that this deal is also valid for those [...]

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18 November 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Sprint HTC Hero OTA Update Available Now

The Sprint HTC Hero update is now available. This Android 1.5 update fixes several issues including a pesky inability for regular headphones to play stereo sound, improves the HTC widget clock accuracy,  when you make a call now a speaker icon pops up and a microphone on the screen now giving you the option of [...]

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