Original GSM HTC Hero Gets 2.1 Upgrade in Asia

[phandroid]

Once again, there is good news and bad news for some of our HTC Hero owners who’ve been stuck with Android 1.5 for nearly a year now. The good news is that HTC has finally brought the upgrade to Android 2.1 out for the phone. The bad news is that it’s only for the Taiwanese [...]

More...

 

[mgillespie]

Running it my rooted phone, and it's a VERY solid release. makes the HTC relevant again. basically a Legend with better battery life...