Is this the OS upgrade, Gizmodo’s source saw on the pure Google phone?
According to Slashgear
The images show the Hero running firmware 2.1 together with a new sync control dialog that allows users to switch between manual, WiFi-only or 3G/WiFi synchronization. There’s also a new control bar added to the homescreen, with shortcuts to different wireless connections; it’s unclear if this replaces the individual toggle switches found in HTC Sense on the Hero and HTC Tattoo currently.
Interestingly, the homescreen is shown in both portrait and – slightly janky – landscape orientation, which has led some to suggest that another landscape-slider Android device from HTC is in the works. Alternatively they could merely have added accelerometer-controlled landscape viewing. Android 2.1 is tipped to arrive before the end of 2009.