How quickly the HTC Hero went from hottest luxury smartphone to budget bin Android – fortunate for us that only applies to the price as the phone is still one of the best on the market. The Hero was slightly redesigned and repackaged as the HTC Droid Eris for Verizon Wireless and started selling for $99 but now you can get the phone for only $30 if you buy through Wal-Mart:

That is a heck of an awesome price for a pretty darn good Android Phone and an amazing phone in general. You would be paying $99.99 for the phone if you went directly through Verizon Wireless. Hey Amazon… are you paying attention?

[Via AndroidForums… THANKS tonyguy2000!]