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 Phil Nickinson
Jun 01, 2011
Can't put it more plainly than that. According to this little tidbit that just hit our inbox, it looks like the Sprint HTC EVO 4G -- the first 4.3-inch Android smartphone, as well as the fir...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 01, 2011
You went to sleep last night, didn't you. (OK, so did we.) But wake up this morning, and that Droid X Gingerbread soak test has turned into a full-fledged dunking, with the update rolling out en ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 31, 2011
The rumors are true, folks. While your phone likely is still languishing with Froyo (hey, could be worse), the Motorola Droid Pro (read our full review) is getting its Gingerbread update. An...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2011
Hey, look at that. It's none other than the about screen from the Droid X Gingerbread "soak test" that's pushing out this morning. Same Android 2.3.3 as the previous leaked Gingerbread ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2011
Sitting by your Droid X waiting on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update? It ain't happening just yet. Yeah, Verizon said it's starting today, but in limited numbers, folks. And remember how Motor...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2011
Good news for those of you in Europe with Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play and Xperia Arc -- an Android 2.3.3 update has started to roll out. The list of improvements, in handy bullet form, includes: ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2011
Verizon just dropped us a line to confirm that the Motorola Droid X indeed is getting its official Gingerbread update (see our hands-on) this week. The push will begin on Friday. You might not get it ...
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by Chris Parsons
May 25, 2011
It was only a couple of days ago we were reliving the discussions of which devices would be getting Gingerbread eventually -- with the clear choices having been the Motorola Droid 2 and the Motorola D...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 23, 2011
Well, two out of three ain't bad, folks. Way back in early December, we asked Android Central Seer (it's on his business card) Jerry Hildenbrand to predict which phones might get the upgrade to Ginge...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 23, 2011
Update: And we just got the official word from Sprint:It was mistakenly posted on Sprint.com that HTC EVO 4G with Android 2.2, Gingerbread, was available through our sale channels. We apologize f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2011
Members of Motorola's Owner User Groups who have a Droid X are getting invitations to participate in a new and (cough) confidential project. While the invitation doesn't come right out and say i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 21, 2011
Wanna see a neat, but mostly useless trick? Of course you do! Grab your rooted Honeycomb tablet and change the screen density past 170 and reboot. You'll be faced with what appears t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 19, 2011
It's not just the international versions of the Samsung Galaxy S phones that have some serious Gingerbread cooking -- Samsung and Sprint are hard at work getting a Gingerbread build for the Epic 4G re...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2011
You didn't really think the Droid Incredible would be left to languish with Froyo, did you, folks? (You certainly shouldn't, because HTC's said Gingerbread's coming. And to that end, a leaked Gin...
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by Joshua Munoz
May 18, 2011
Good news for Vodafone customers rocking the Samsung Galaxy S: Your Gingerbread update is finally being pushed out.Gone are the woes of last month, when your update was 'temporarily suspended' and now...
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by Alex Dobie
May 18, 2011
The new Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro has arrived on O2 UK's "coming soon" page, and is slated to be available for sale through the network sometime next month. The Gingerbread-powered...
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by Chris Parsons
May 17, 2011
For many folks out there, the stock web browsing experience on Android isn't the best -- luckily, there are a lot of third-party web browsers to choose from. One that appeals to many is Dolphin Browse...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2011
We know full well that Sprint's testing Gingerbread builds for the Samsung Epic 4G, and the latest to leak out is build EE03. News of this Android 2.3.3 build has actually been floating around for a f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 16, 2011
Someone had better call a plumber, 'cause the leaks are going crazy! Here's another Gingerbread leak, this time for the HTC Evo Shift 4G. But this one has a twist -- Shift 4G developer TMa...
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by Alex Dobie
May 16, 2011
The 3G version of the HTC Flyer tablet is now available to pre-order from Three UK at a subsidized price of £169 (~$275). In order to bag a 3G Flyer for less than a third of the ...
