While the
Economic Daily News doesn't cite any sources, its claim that HTC will launch its Android-powered
Hero handset on June 24th makes a lot of sense to us. Something's up on that day since we've already seen the press invite to a
June 24th event in London, the same place that witnessed the launch of the
HTC Touch Diamond last year. The EDN reports two variations of the Hero:
one without the QWERTY and another, the HTC Memphis (better known as the
HTC Lancaster around AT&T) with full keyboard in tow. What confuses us though is the
EDN claim that the Memphis/Lancaster will be an AT&T exclusive for 6 months when it ships in Q3... so why the London launch then?