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Android Market: new features
We heard about Google's intention to overhaul the Android Market interface way back in May at Google I/O, and it looks as though the work is done, ready to be revealed with the release of Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Artem of Android Police received some information from an Android developer this morning, and changes to the Market app publishing interface disclose... Read more » Garminfone gets Android 2.1
Please note that these instructions were provided to a customer with a specific Wi-Fi problem after updating her phone via OTA on August 26th. If you are running a different version (or your Wi-Fi is working fine) you might want to check with Garminfone before jumping on this. After contacting support for Wi-Fi troubles, a Garminfone owner was sent the following... Read more » Motorola Cliq 2.1 update available now
Do you believe it, Cliq owners? Eclair is available to you as of right now. No, seriously. But, as expected, it isn't an OTA (over-the-air) update; you'll have to download and install this one for yourself. Start with this page over at Motorola's website and be sure to read the instructions. This update delivers a nice list of new features to ye ol' Cliq, not the... Read more » Nexus One could see Gingerbread OTA this week
A member of the Open Handset Alliance's leadership, usability, and testing team sent a tweet yesterday that indicates Android 2.3--a.k.a. Gingerbread--will be pushed out to Android Developer phones--a.k.a. Nexus Ones--over the air in the next few days. The original tweet: Preparen sus Nexus One (Developer version) para la actualización vía OTA de Android... Read more » Dell’s 2.2 Stage UI and widgets on video
Dell's Android 2.2 update is going to include some cool new widgets when it drops, but folks out there running cooked ROMs have access right now. In this video by Jenn Lee from StreakSmart.com, we get a tour of the new launcher's home screens, widgets and pop-up dock-like navigation. The widgets require the Stage UI, so they can't just be passed them around for use... Read more » Google updates Android “Platform Versions” page
Google's Android Developers site is regularly updated with new numbers regarding the use of various versions of Android by the mobile public. Yesterday, some new numbers went up, along with the chart below. As you can see, Android 2.1 is running more devices than any other version, with 40.8%, and 2.2 is in second place with 36.2%. 1.5 and 1.6 make up 7.9 and 15%... Read more » Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 (Shakira) to see 2.1 by 2011
After last week's announcement by Sony Ericsson that 2.1 was coming to their XPERIA X10, X10 Mini, and X10 Mini Pro by the end of November, a lot of X8 owners were left feeling a bit left out. But today, Sony Ericsson announced that the device will see Eclair by the end of the year. Of course, the other side of this good news is that it's the last major Android... Read more » Sony Ericsson offers up Eclair for Halloween!
Patient owners of Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10, X10 Mini, and X10 Mini Pro, your days of lingering in a world of Android 1.6 are almost over. Sony Ericsson announced today that Android 2.1 will begin rolling out to X10 devices in the evening (European time) on October 31st and will continue throughout November. Some users will get the update over-the-air, while others... Read more » Upcoming EVO software update ready: rooted or regular
Attention EVO owners, word is that a new OTA update is headed your way: version 3.30.651.2. Those of you who don't like waiting can grab a rooted version over at xda-developers. Included are improvements to the camera software, kernet, hBoot, and other miscellaneous system fixes. It's a minor, incremental jump. (I wonder if it will fix a recent bug that frequently... Read more » Video: Gingerbread hits Googleplex front lawn
As with every other major release, the next version of Android has a codename related to sweet snacks and a cute mascot to match. And now, a gingerbread man has joined the family of statues on the grass at Google HQ. Today, Google uploaded a video of the delivery and unveiling of the Gingerbread statue, which joins the Android family comprizing of the original OS... Read more »
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