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Based on U.S. consumer purchases of mobile devices in Q2, Motorola’s DROID smartphone is the top Android device.  The second most favored Android smartphone is the HTC DROID Incredible.  Both are sold by Verizon Wireless.  HTC’s EVO 4G and Hero follow in third and fourth place, with both being offered by Sprint.  In fifth place [...]

Hero users on Orange UK’s network will start receiving the Android 2.1 Eclair update as early as next week, according to an HTC spokesperson.  The following statement has been posted on Orange’s website: “We apologise for the delay in Orange Hero customers receiving their Eclair update. Testing the update across European markets took longer than [...]

While it doesn’t come as an over the air download, it is now possible for Cellular South customers to manually update their HTC Hero smartphones to the Android 2.1 operating system. The download file and instructions for applying it can be found on the Cellular South website. [via Phandroid]

HTC is finally pushing out an Android 2.1 update for its European HTC Hero users.  Users can expect to get a notification for the update that can be downloaded over-the-air.  We highly recommend backing up all your phone’s data before installing the firmware update. [via The Unwired]

Pretty much just what this one says in the title. After a while of waiting, the HTC Hero in the UK it set to recieve official OTA update to Android 2.1 – a welcome step for many Hero adopters. This news comes via the official HTC website, who encourage those that are going to receive [...]

The word is out. The Android 2.1 update for the GSM variant of the HTC Hero will start hitting handsets some time today, June 4th. If you have had a CDMA version then you may have had the Android 2.1 update sometime over the last month providing you live in the US. This would include [...]

Sprint and HTC have released the Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero. Like the update that recently went out for the HTC DROID Eris for Verizon, this Hero firmware update must be downloaded and applied from a personal computer. Sprint notes that applying this update will delete your personal data. The following is the [...]

If you are a proud HTC Hero owner, then you may have been looking at the newer Android devices running Android 2.0 or 2.1 with a little disdain. We say ‘may’ because if you have the technological know how, it is possible to gain root access to your HTC Hero and install a leaked ROM [...]

HTC’s just mentioned a new firmware update for the Hero on Orange a few minutes ago, so I thought I’d point it out to all of our EU readers. You can get the HTC Hero firmware update here.

If App sales are any indication, the Motorola DROID is topping the charts as the most popular Android device. According to mobile application analytic firm Flurry, the Motorola DROID accounted for 49% of all applications purchased from the Android Market on Christmas day in the US. The DROID was followed by the myTouch 3G with [...]