14 DAY TRIAL // HTC Hero, the most attractive handset running under Google's Android operating system the Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has released on the market, will soon see an update to the Android 2.0 (Eclair) version of the platform. While this has been rumored for the past few days, now it is almost official, as HTC announced the update over its Twitter account.
Those HTC Hero owners out there who were waiting for the Android 1.6 flavor of the operating system to come to their handsets won't see this happen, as the device will jump to the just announced / unveiled Android 2.0 variant. According to the news, the update should come to the phone as soon as the HTC Sense solution is optimized for the new OS flavor.
Here is what HTC's customer support said in an email to androidguys regarding the updates for the device: “The Hero will not be receiving the Android 1.6 upgrade, it will however get the 2.0 one. Do note however that we do not have a confirmed release date for this upgrade, all I can recommend at the moment is that you keep yourself updated by visiting our website regularly as the latest information will be available to view from there.”
The aforementioned tweet is further proof that the Taiwan-based handset maker will deliver an Android 2.0 update for the HTC Hero and will skip the release of Android 1.6. For what it's worth, this does not sound like bad news, only that those hoping to receive Donut in a matter of days might have to wait a few weeks before Eclair arrives.
In related news, we learn that the Android 2.0 flavor of Google's OS has been brought to a T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream). The videos below will show you just how the device can handle the new OS version, brought to it via a cooked ROM from XDA developers. Basically, it shows that the good old HTC Dream can run under the new platform.