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T-Mobile UK's Hero hits tomorrow as G2 Touch
We're getting ready to enjoy the Magic-based myTouch 3G here in the States -- but in the UK, which is centuries ahead of the US in terms of Android technology (they're running the French Cruller code branch over there), they're about to launch a version of the Hero instead as the G2 Touch. The carrier's European divisions have been expected to get the phone over the next few weeks, and British customers in particular will be pleased to know that it'll be up online tomorrow and in stores "over the next few days." That's fine, T-Mobile, whatever -- we'd rather have the myTouch anyway. Hmph.[Thanks, Eddie]
T-Mobile's G2 Touch (HTC Hero) hitting Germany in August, not July
It's the same HTC Hero you already crave only now with a touch of colorful Hypo-magenta-semia that always results in a name change. The result? T-Mobile G2 Touch now scheduled for an August launch date, not July as originally announced. We imagine this will push the UK launch back as well what with T-Mobile HQ'd in Germany. Missed launch date or not, we've been ready to take on extra debt, sell the ferrets, whatever it takes just to take home that Sense UI and excellent on-screen keyboard riding Android 1.5 since like, yesterday.[Thanks, Vaios] Update: T-Mobile UK has stated via Twitter that the G2 Touch ship date will be released "ASAP." Thanks, Chris!
T-Mobile UK changes mind, dubs its Hero the G2 Touch
T-Mobile's British division has had a last-minute change of heart, christening its latest Android set the "G2 Touch" instead of the G1 Touch moniker it had thrown around before. The news comes straight from T-Mobile UK's official Twitter account, which followed up shortly thereafter by announcing that the G2 Touch would be free (yes, free) on a £40 per month (about $65) contract of 18 months. Of course, that leads to the obvious question of what T-Mobile has planned for the G1 name -- is it dead, or is it considered a flagship badge that might see use on some future high-end Android model with a QWERTY keyboard? There are definitely some QWERTY loyalists in the mix here, so we can't imagine that T-Mobile plans on abandoning physical keyboards for Android altogether (and that goes for both sides of the pond, by the way).[Via Talk Android]
