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For our UK friends on the Orange network: HTC just released a maintenance update for the Hero. No, not a full-on Android revisision (sorry), but it's better than nothing. The update will take you to ROM Version 2.73.61.66. [HTC]

Orange UK has announced that they'll release the Motorola DEXT (what we know as the Motorola CLIQ) in early October for the low, no price of free. Though us Android users in the US have no official time frame for launch and any idea of price, Orange UK customers will be glad to...

The HTC Hero, of recent fame and notoriety, has shown its unique face (strong chin and all) on the Orange UK Website, it's first official appearance on a UK carrier's site. The HTC Hero is listed as 'coming soon' so there is no 'official' pricing option on the website but earlier reports had the Hero fully subsidized with qualifying plans

We had known that Orange UK was going to be a carrier for the HTC Hero a month ago, now we know the cost of the HTC Hero on Orange: FREE. Of course a qualifying rate plan is necessary in order to receive the HTC Hero for free (new customer, 2 year contract, £40 a month plan should do the trick). We've always been intrigued on how carriers do business...

According to reports, Orange UK will be the exclusive carrier for the HTC Hero. We had originally reported that Orange was looking to release 6 Android Phones this year--landing the HTC Hero would be a great start. Currently, there isn't an Android Phone in Orange's lineup--the Hero would be the first.

T-Mobile (Europe, not US) recently discussed its concern with everybody's favorite 4G technology: LTE. In Europe, it seems like T-Mobile has been falling behind in their LTE plans and here in the states AT&T and Verizon have both announced their LTE aspirations while T-Mobile is still focusing on their 3G rollout. So what gives? Is T-Mobile ignoring 4G and LTE altogether?

No. T-Mobile has some serious concerns regarding 4G and specifically LTE. Their first concern is that LTE does not natively support voice. Yeah, voice. As...

Well, that didn't take long. No sooner than CEO Hideki Komiyama says there's "some time to go" before SE puts out an Android device we get word that we could possibly see a phone on the Orange network by the end of the year.

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Orange France is reportedly lining up to deliver 6 Android Phones in 2009. Yeah, we're stunned too. SIX! One of the six is already on Orange: the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1). Another of the devices we already know about: the HTC Hero which was leaked with the rest of HTC's 2009 product line. To us, the Hero looks like the...

We reported that France would get a taste of the facelifted HTC Dream (aka the T-Mobile G1) sometime soon. Now the official date is out of the bag: March 15th. What's most interesting about the announcement of the HTC Dream on Orange France is that Orange isn't part of the Open Handset Alliance. Is this a sign of things to come?

[via androidcommunity]