Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” Announced [Update]
by James Plafke | 12:32 pm, December 6th, 2010
Two years after the first Android device released, Google has released the Gingerbread update to their mobile Android operating system, with the just-announced Nexus S, codeveloped by Samsung and Google, to be the first device shipped with Gingerbread.
In a since-deleted post, Engadget wrote that some Nexus One users reported receiving the Gingerbread update as well; make of that what you will.
Update: Google straightens out the somewhat confusing wording of their initial release: “Not sure where Engadget is getting their reports. The Nexus One OTA isn’t happening just yet – should be coming in a few weeks.”
Though only a decimal-point upgrade, Gingerbread does bring a few nifty new features to Android:
- Fastest version of Android to date
- Near field communication support
- User interface upgrades
- New keyboard and text selection tool
- Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling
- Improved copy and paste functionality
- Gyroscope sensor support
Google also announced that the Gingerbread SDK/NDK is available now and that they’ll be open-sourcing Gingerbread in “the coming weeks.”
(story via The Official Google Blog; title pic via Home IT Innovation)
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