Rumor puts 'Hero' release in October

We can't source this much past the XDA Developers post, but if it pans out, there could well be a new Android phone coming to the United States this fall. User atomixpaintball says he works for a company that's prepping the Hero for an Oct. 11 targeted release date.

I work for a wireless developer firm and I have just received word from the US carrier (cannot disclose who yet) that the release date for the HTC Hero (Android) is October 11th 2009.

The carrier is giving us specifications to develop wallpaper, ring tones and apps to sell in their market place.

Certainly we'll have to take all this with a grain of salt for a while, but we will say this: Oct. 11 is a Sunday. And a gold star goes to the first commenter who can tell us which carrier loves to release phones on Sundays (hint: And wasn't all that keen on Android in the beginning).