The Hero is a flop folks.
Think of it this way: The iPhone evolved into the iPhone 3Gs and will continue to evolve. Meanwhile, the HTC Hero is already dead. It will evolve into nothing because it was just a stopgap product as HTC tries to come up with a product that can compete with the iPhone.
1. Hero development is over
2. The Hero was not a stand-out in sales
3. The Hero won't receive any real updates because it is a 1st generation Android phone that cannot hack android 2.1 according to
HTCSource: "Due to 3D issues it sounds like 1st gen android phones will not get android 2.1"
4. While sense may evolve to get rid of its ergonomic failures, we will never see it on the Hero
All HTC is doing is throwing poop at a wall to see what sticks.
They are just building "novelties" as they search aimlessly (they are throwing poop at the wall with a blindfold) for a successful competitor for the iphone. When some HTC phone becomes successful SALES standout they will take that phone and re-refine it as a flagship phone.
This
article was a great read at breakfast yesterday morning on my hero, which I actually like (I came from a 3 year old Samsung A707