According to HTC Club, an inquiry regarding the 2.1 update for the Hero was sent to HTC who responded with the following:
Thank you for contacting us,
Regarding your request, kindly be informed that there are Rom upgrades to the HTC Hero released for the handsets with the following Roms Nordic/Greek/RUS/UKR/SA on the 16th of April.
Rom upgrades for other handsets should follow shortly.Please note that you can contact us via support line. For further details, please go to http://www.htc.com/europe/CA_Hotline.aspx, you’ll find a toll free number that you can dial only from a landline.
Best Regards,
HTC Team
http://www.htc.com
Just to reiterate those key points:
This is the kind of stuff we like to hear – let the waiting begin continue! Oh yeah, and for the record, this is filed as a rumor.
[Via PhoneArena, GSMdome]