Gingerbread -- Android 2.3 -- despite being a "dot" release (aka minor), actually brought some fairly major changes to the Android platform. (It also brought us the statue you see above).
Cosmetically, nothing changed that much. The notification bar at the top of the screen went black, and the signal strength and battery indicators turned green. Many had been hoping Gingerbread would contain the handiwork of Matias Duarte, who led Palm's webOS UI and now is user experience director for Android. But it looks like we'll have to wait for Ice Cream Sandwich for that one.
Another big question you'll ask is "Will my phone be upgraded to Gingerbread?" For the first half of 2011, far too many phones launched without it. But slowly, our unofficial list of phones is starting to see upgrades.
More Gingerbread stories
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by Alex Dobie
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by Alex Dobie
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Just as Motorola Droid 2 owners in the US are eagerly awaiting their Gingerbread update, users of its international equivilent, the Milestone 2, received some welcome news from Motorola Eu...
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by Chris Parsons
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by Alex Dobie
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by Sean Brunett
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Great news for you owners of the Samsung Mesmerize (check out our review), as your phone will officially see the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update at some point. There have been a slew of devices receivi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 27, 2011
Well lookie here, it's the HTC Holiday, showing up a little less broken that the last time we saw it. The folks at Engadget got their hands on some pictures and the specs, and it certainly looks...
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by Anndrew Vacca
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by Alex Dobie
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We came away with a positive impression of HTC's 7-inch Flyer tablet when it launched back in late May, however, one thing we weren't fans of was the Flyer's UK pricing. At £480 for Wifi-...
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by Chris Parsons
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AT&T users have had the joy of Android 2.3 on their Motorola Atrix 4G devices for quite sometime now but Motorola has finally gotten around to unleashing it in Canada as well. If you have a Motor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
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Verizon has published the Motorola Droid 2 Gingerbread update support pages, and that's usually a sign that the update isn't far off. The update will bring the Droid 2 to Android 2.3, and softwa...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Earlier today Sony Ericsson announced that all of its 2011 Xperia phones will get upgrades to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, as well as a number of other new features. (And...
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by Phil Nickinson
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Sony Ericsson today announced the latest addition to its Xperia line -- the Neo V -- which will be the first of its phones to benefit from its new "Facebook inside Xperia" software upgrade. ...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Aug 24, 2011
The Vizio 8" (yes, that's the name) now supports Hulu Plus, the first tablet to officially do so. To be fair, Vizio's latest device runs Gingerbread instead of Honeycomb, so you can't real...
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by Jared DiPane
Aug 24, 2011
Motorola this morning announced the UK as the Motorola Fire, a 2.8-inch Android 2.3 touchscreen device with a physical QWERTY keyboard on the bottom. The device will launch with a 1420mAh ba...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2011
We've lost track of just how many Gingerbread builds have leaked for the HTC Thunderbolt, but a new one's just appeared in RUU form. Ol' Football just dropped build 2.11.605.0. And being an ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 22, 2011
It's been a while since we heard any Gingerbread news for the Droid 2 Global, as Motorola seems to have slowed things down after finding some issues with Gingerbread. But thanks to Android devel...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 22, 2011
As we expected, and let you all know about -- the Samsung Admire has now arrived at MetroPCS in time for back-to-school sales. One thing we weren't sure of at the time was what, exactly MetroPCS would...
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by Phil Nickinson
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LG this evening announced the Optimus Sol (aka the LG -E730). And this things packed with a number of standout features. First off, it's running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, as well it should. It's b...
