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
Jan 20, 2011
HTC reportedly will ship the first of three planned tablets in March, according to unnamed sources speaking to Digitimes. The initial offering is the "Flyer," which will run Android 2.3 and ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 16, 2011
For those of you waiting to get your hands on CyanogenMod 7 (aka Gingerbread), nightly builds have finally (we say that with a smile) started up for the phones supported by the community project. Bui...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 14, 2011
It has been long rumored that Google will release a cloud-based music service that will integrate with Android, with Google having showed off a preview last year at its Google IO dev conference.&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2011
There's been much hubbub made this week over a study by Computer World that tracks which phones have been upgraded to Froyo, and how long it took them to receive the update. Here's a little secret tho...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 13, 2011
A recent FCC filing for what seems to be an updated model of Samsung's Nexus S has given some credibility to the possible existence of Android 2.4. Engadget recently noticed the listing fo...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 12, 2011
Yeah, you'll need to take this one with a big grain of salt as some of these rumors have been floating around for a whole now but with that said and out of the way. New information is suggesting that ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 10, 2011
Are you a Samsung Nexus S owner who has been experiencing random reboots during calls? If so, you'll be pleased to know that Google has now been able to replicate the issue and is working with Samsung...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 09, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewingBack in December when the Gingerbread SDK was released, some folks found an interesting file hidden deep within. While we still don't claim to understand this...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 08, 2011
Engadget scored a lengthy interview with Matias Duarte, Google's Director of User Experience and the man behind much of the UI direction of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and 3.0 Honeycomb. ...
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by Android Central
Jan 06, 2011
Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)Processor: 1 GHz QualcommDisplay: 4.2-inch 'Reality Display'Camera: 8 MP with 720p video recordingHDMI outMemory: 512 MB internal phone memory, 8 GB mi...
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by Android Central
Jan 06, 2011
Operating System: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)Processor: 1 GHz MSM8255 Snapdragon (Scorpion)Display: 4.2-inch 'Reality Display'Camera: 8 MP with 720p video recordingHDMI outMemory: 512 MB internal ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 06, 2011
Google barely got done launching Android 2.3 Gingerbread and already 2.4 is being caught on camera. Dutch tech site Tweakers got to play with an Xperia Arc and were surprised to find 2.4 listed ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 05, 2011
We've looked at the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc before but Sony has just given it an official announcement at their CES 2011 event. The predictions of it running Android 2.3 have now been confirmed and i...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 04, 2011
Near Field Communication is a feature of Android OS that arrived with Gingerbread (2.3). The practicality of NFC in our day-to-day lives is still to be questioned, but it undoubtedly represents a uniq...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 01, 2011
Google's latest developer phone brings Android 2.3 Gingerbread and new hardware, but is it the right choice for the average consumer?One of the biggest gripes many of us have about Android is the way ...
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by Jared DiPane
Dec 30, 2010
If you have held on strong to your HTC Droid Eris, and not lost hope even with the lack of official updates you will rejoice to know that custom ROM developer punk.kaos has brought a sweet t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 27, 2010
Another updated feature that comes to us with Gingerbread is the download manager. Just like a download manager on your computer, or the one built into your computer's web browser, it's designed...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 22, 2010
On any phone without a physical set of keys, the on-screen keyboard is one of the most important parts of the operating system. Android has a leg-up over other platforms here, as third-party rep...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 22, 2010
Samsung's Nexus S is now available to purchase from the Carphone Warehouse. Customers considering the "Pure Google" experience can get one for £429 sans contract and free with a variet...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2010
Another new feature to Gingerbread is Near Field Communications (NFC). It's a fancy term for wireless communication between things that touch each other. You've probably seen this with you...
