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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2011
The folks at C Skills have done their magic again, this time with Gingerbread (and possibly Honeycomb) and have released GingerBreak. If you don't keep up with this sort of thing, the C Skills t...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 26, 2011
The Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update for HTC's Incredible S is already rolling out over-the-air to users in Italy, according to reports currently bubbling forth onto the Internet. So far there's...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 25, 2011
The GSM version of the HTC Hero is in need of a CyanogenMod maintainer, so it has been dropped by the CM team. Ciwrl sends word that while they have tried to keep the Hero on the supported devic...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2011
Could be hours, could be days, could be weeks, but T-Mobile has told one of its Twitter followers that "Gingerbread is coming to the G2X soon. You won't have to wait long." Let's certainly ...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 21, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing So what happens exactly when you take the Palm Pre and load it up with a healthy dose of Android -- more specifically a Gingerbread AOSP. The folks over at PreCentral...
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by Joshua Munoz
Apr 21, 2011
I hope everyone Europeans reading abroad are ready for this, but Samsung's Galaxy Ace (which shipped with 2.2) is definitely getting upgraded to some Gingerbread goodness, and if you just can't wait f...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 19, 2011
Ruh-roh. Here's some bad news for European Galaxy S owners following the triumphant roll-out of the handset's Gingerbread update last weekend. According to Vodafone UK, the update has been "...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 18, 2011
British retailer PC World will sell the Wifi-only version of HTC's 7-inch Flyer tablet for £479.99, according to a newly-updated product page. This matches the current price for the Wifi-o...
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by n64kps
Apr 18, 2011
Samsung released the Android 2.3 Gingerbread source code today for the original Galaxy S I9000 phones. If you're a developer and you love releases like this, get your kitchen going and sta...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2011
Getting word out of Europe this morning that Gingerbead is starting to push out for the original Samsung Galaxy S. That's right in line with what Samsung Finland had said, as well as the Three network...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 14, 2011
Here's the thing about this leaked Gingerbread build for the Sprint EVO 4G: If you're waiting for unicorns to come flying out of it, you might come away disappointed. That's not to say we'...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 14, 2011
Alongside today's EVO 4G leak, a Gingerbread test ROM for the HTC Desire has also leaked out via the 911HTC blog. Version 3.06.707.0 is based on Android 2.3.3, but is running the old version of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 14, 2011
While it can never come soon enough for impatient Evo 4G users (like all of us here), Gingerbread with HTC Sense has finally leaked out. We shouldn't be surprised, as there was no way HTC would ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 13, 2011
A quick peek at an internal page at Sprint lets us know that the Epic 4G apparently will be seeing some of that sweet Gingerbread goodness, as build ED12 is being tested. It's an .rdf file, so t...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 13, 2011
HTC Droid Incredible owners have been patiently waiting for their Android 2.3 Gingerbread update and while we still don't have an actual release date for it, HTC is now advising folks it will ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2011
A new build of Android 2.3.3 for the Motorola Droid X is making the rounds this afternoon and reportedly has hit up a few people OTA-style. Here's the deal: We're looking at Android 2.3.3. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2011
Fresh out of HTC's London event today is that the 7-inch HTC Flyer Android tablet will be available in Europe starting May 9. Carphone Warehouse has it listed at £599, but you'll likel...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2011
Samsung has announced that its dual-core Galaxy S II will be released in the UK on May 1. The Gingerbread-powered Galaxy S II brings some impressive specs to the table -- a dual-core 1.2GHz proc...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 07, 2011
In the latest chapter in the ongoing Galaxy S Gingerbread saga, Samsung Finland has updated its official blog with the news that Finnish Galaxy S owners (and other Europeans too, presumably) wi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 06, 2011
Here's the deal regarding which version of Android the Sprint HTC EVO View 4G will launch with: The devices we saw at CTIA were running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, because that's the most...
