It’s official. Sprint has officially announced the HTC Hero for their network. The handset will be coming October 11th for $179.99 after various rebates. Looks like the same internal specs apply with Exchange Active Sync, and Sense UI, plus Sprint TV.

As for the outside you might notice that it is missing the chin on this model. If you are really eager, pre-registration is available now.

So you’ve been craving the HTC Hero but you don’t like the color that it comes in. You want something in, oh I don’t know, pink. Well, it’s your lucky day. The Android-powered handset is now available in pink according to the Carphone Warehouse Coming Soon page.

Great news for all of you gals who like pink phones. It’s scheduled for launch later this month and we still do not know which carrier it will arrive with. The HTC Hero will come with a 528MHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 3.2” display at 320 x 480 resolution and the Sense user interface.