Android availability in the U.S. has been limited in the past, primarily because there was only one carrier who offered Android hardware. That is about to change, with Sprint joining T-Mobile in the very exclusive list of providers selling Android devices.

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The Hero isn't a bad little phone. It has Flash support in the browser, which has my interest.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/htchero.html

So far my biggest annoyance with the phone is no external speaker on/off button (e.g. on the side of the phone where i'm used to). This compounded by the way one gets to the speaker switch
1) Answer a call
2) Click menu
3) Click virtual button to turn speaker on

Why three clicks (and need look at the virtual keyboard) just to answer a call and get to the speaker?