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LG Commits to Gingerbread for Optimus One Series
You can go ahead and put away the pitchforks and torches. After putting a scare into folks earlier in the week with talks of hardware requirements, the handset maker has committed to Android 2.3 for their Optimus One series of phones. LG will upgrade all …
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Get the Gingerbread Launcher On Your Froyo Device
Modaco’s Paul O’Brien has extracted the Gingerbread launcher out of the emulator ROM and made it available for all devices running Froyo. Combined with the Gingerbread-keyboard, this can give you a bit of an impression what Gingerbread is like.
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Theme Spotlight: Get Your Theme On! Sonnysekhon @ XDA
In the wonderful world of XDA there are many developers working towards getting the most out of their device. In this spotlight, I’d like to highlight a specific dev/themer who shares his work among many devices. His work ranges from themes to wallpapers. He is …
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Is the Galaxy S Getting Gingerbread? Samsung Can’t Say for Certain
We’ve seen our share of corporate speak and PR mumbo jumbo before but Samsung might have just become the current king. When asked by Pocket-Lint whether or not the Galaxy S would see Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’, the handset maker replied with a very vague, albeit technical technical sounding answer. After reading the entire response a few times, the best we can gather is that they are still looking into the matter.
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LG Star Could be First Dual Core Android Device, Launch in Korea
LG seems to be back in town with a whole lot of new Androids, and we have to say, impressive ones. Now they are about to launch their first Android phone sporting a dual core processor.
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Does Gingerbread Have Minimum Hardware Requirements After All? (UPDATE)
It was rumored as far back as June that Android 2.3/Gingerbread would require specific hardware. If you recall, Eldar Murtazin was the one who first made reference to the idea that this release would need certain features in order to make the cut. Features that …
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Introducing the Gingerbread Tracker (UPDATE 2)
The most common question we’ve fielded in the 24 hours since Android 2.3 was announced is, “When is my phone getting Gingerbread?” With only the Nexus S launching with the latest build of Android, users of all other handsets are going to want to know if, and when, their respective phone will see 2.3 rolled out.
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Is the Nexus S Also Coming to Sprint and Verizon?
Many Android lovers patiently awaited the arrival of the Nexus One on Sprint and Verizon. Unfortunately, it never ended up happening. From what I gather, Google would have liked a CDMA version to have been produced, but with CDMA carriers releasing so many other powerful …
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Android 2.3: A Developers Perspective
Today is the big day. Android is growing up fast and Gingerbread brings a whole lot of juicy features for users, but what does this new platform mean for developers? Good question, let’s dig some.
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Hands on with the Gingerbread Keyboard!
I don’t think I can appropriately describe how much work it would take to pull me away from Swype. One handed, there is no better way to type. Period. I’m not even leaving that one open to opinion, as far as I am concerned it’s …
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Beta ROM Has HTC EVO 4G Running Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’
Hackers have been busy today, working to get Android 2.3 ported over to existing devices. The first phone to get the Gingerbread treatment looks to be the HTC EVO 4G.
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Quick Poll – Was the Nexus S Worth the Wait?
The Samsung Galaxy S is now official and we have another Android super phone lurking around the corner. Our question to you is this – Was it worth the wait?
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TechCrunch Reviews the Nexus S
With the official release of Gingerbread, everyone is buzzing about the new Nexus S. TechCrunch has been fortunate enough to have already had the opportunity to play around with the Nexus S, and Gingerbread and let the world know what they think.
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Gingerbread Guide to Answer Your Android 2.3 Questions
The official Gingerbread guide has been spotted online and it looks to be nearly 400 pages of “how-to” for Android 2.3. As mentioned early in the book (PDF), this does not cover the Nexus S, nor any other specific handsets.
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A Closer Look at Gingerbread’s Features [VIDEO]
t’s a huge day for Google and Android. The latest release of the platform has just been announced, timed with the unveiling of the Nexus S from Samsung. Hearing that Gingerbread (Andr0id 2.3) is available is one thing, but seeing how it works for phones is another. Let’s take a look at some the new features and enhancements to Android that come with today’s news, shall we?
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