Update news for HTC Hero on Android 2.1

Stumbling once again on an interesting program for Android, which does not start on Android 1.5, which is standard on the HTC Hero, decided to monitor the news about the long-promised update to 2.0-2.1.

Initially, HTC promised to release 2.0-2.1 update before the new year, and now there is no news on the official website.
As it turned out, a little more than a week ago at the Mobile World Congress it was announced that the firmware update for HTC Hero, containing Android 2.1 + updated Sense (HTC proprietary interface), will be released soon.

The deadlines are not exactly defined, but according to fonehome.co.uk and slashgear.com, the update is worth the wait in March.
There is also information from T-Mobile that for their versions of Hero and G2 they will release an update in late March - early April (possibly after the release of a common firmware).

UPD: I also found information from the HTC Regional Director in the Benelux countries that the release is scheduled for mid-March.
UPD2: DaemonI gave a link to the message in the official blog of HTC Russia , the release of a new firmware for Hero is expected in April
UPD3: SteelRat found information on androidandme that “it is possible that all phones with android onboard released in the US will receive firmware 2.1 in the second quarter of 2010. On some phones, due to the small amount of memory and a weak processor, there will not be some functions, like live wallpapers. And also need a wipe. ". Those. It may be worth waiting for all the early Android phones to be updated.
UPD3: A note with the latest news about the release date from roces (in short, the update for the Russian version of Hero will be released on April 2).