According to an article over on engadget mobile, the new HTC Droid Eris is nothing more than a rebadged version of the HTC Hero, and will be launching on November the 6th, the same day as the Motorola Droid and on Verizon Wireless.
They have info on “good authority” that the HTC Droid Eris will sport Sense UI, a 3.2 inch display, a 528MHz processor and pack Android 1.5 Cupcake OS.
Price wise the HTC Droid Eris will retail at $199 after a mail in rebate of $100, and the purchaser will receive an 8GB microSD card, and the hopes that HTC will eventually manage to push out Android 2.0 Éclair to the Droid Eris at a later date.