Android Gingerbread is 'planned for Q4 2010'
By Vlad Savov 
posted May 20th 2010 6:21AM
posted May 20th 2010 6:21AM
posted May 20th 2010 6:21AM
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@Tristan88888888
And further to what
JONNNathannn has stated, what would you be missing from 2.1 to 2.2? Well lets look at the things 2.2 is set to add. USB tethering...HTC already added this in 2.1! So in the case of HTC Sense we actually have features Nexus One user don't have out of the box. 2.2 will enable FM radio...already got it on my Desire thanks to HTC. Wifi hotspot. OK, this I don't have...but this I don't really need either.
What devices would I want to get on the net? My laptop...which is better on bluetooth tethering, something HTC again cooked into their code that was missing in stock 2.1, and better still the aforementioned USB tethering. And my iPod Touch...why would I do that? My Desire is equal as a portable browser...it made sense when I used to use JoikuSpot to turn my Nokia into a hotspot but it makes none now.
The only feature that will be huge is Flash 10.1, and right now it's not even known if this wont be a downloadable installation from the market as it's being tested and run on 2.1 in every demo I've seen of it.
@Tes
ok well a large contributing factor to this is hardware as well. its like all of this is moving way to fast for me to buy a new phone. my intentions are to get a new phone, but one that will last me the entirety of the contract i get it on. i like how these phones can evolve now thorugh software, but its sad to see a top of the line phone like the droid from six months ago being called old hardware and things like the evo 4g coming out. with all this change i just feel like this train is moving too fast for me to jump on...
Gingerbread + Expected Tegra 2 smartphones = WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
I want to go to there. I only hope Super AMOLED is more widely adopted by then. I need that 85% less reflectivity...
Q for Quesillo! Yum!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesillo
This may be misleading. Google had said that the next Android OS release would be split into two, one for the high end handsets and one for the low end handsets. This was to make it easier to update the phones without a lot of rewriting of the code.
LOL I can just picture the headlines: Gingerbread 600% faster than Froyo XD
H should be Spiral Ham
I can't help but feel a little bit sorry for people using the new Sense UI phones. HTC's track record on updates isn't exactly great.
@Alz
See my comment above...most of the features being brought by 2.2 HTC has already baked into 2.1 using sense. Why is the envy only in one direction? While HTC users have been USB tethering away I never heard anyone say "I feel sorry for Nexus One users who miss out on this..."
@Tes
USB Tethering has been in sense since 1.5, it;s on my hero.
@Stotherd
Proving my point further. This apparent disadvantage of having Sense seems to be a total fabrication seeing as in reality Sense users have been enjoying MORE features for quite a while.
@Alz Sense UI is normally has features a couple revisions above the current Android releases. I think most users wouldn't be using Android if it wasn't for Sense UI. I know I wouldn't. Google's standard android interface is pretty crappy IMHO.
Oh goodies more stuff ;p
Google. HTC. Android. Check this out:
"HTC HERO (SPRINT) 2.1 SOFTWARE UPDATE | 05.19.2010
WARNING: Installing this software will erase your current user data. Please see instructions below for details."
Setting a new standard for epic fail.
@Ariel Bender
Because every Android phone doesn't save user data to SD cards already right? Oh wait...they do. Name be the phone that does a full flash and then still has user data on the phone. Before you mention the phone I think you'll mention, the iPhone only updates while connected to your PC/Mac which backs up that user data before you start...so no, it doesn't.
I don't get why everyone is complaining about how many updates are coming out for android. I mean, the original iphone is getting almost NONE of the new features in 4.0, and major updates come out only once a year from apple, aside from bug fixes and maybe one added feature. Every android release has new significant features though. Would you rather they wait all year round and then release it as one giant update? (actually, imagine 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 smashed together, that's a whole lot of win) I bought the incredible fully knowing 2.2 was around the corner. I know that I'm fine though because the incredible is almost identical to the Evo software wise, and the evo HAS to be updated to 2.2 being android's flagship device now.
@I Fling Poo
The original iPhone is three years old though. The G1 is JUST about to turn two.
Gotta give Google props for the blistering pace of Android development. Phew. I got my DROID the day it dropped, and though I wish they'd crank out 2.2 already, 2 OS updates in
Why Engadget still doesn't have heads at Google I/O '10 is still beyond me, so anyone wants to see live feeds about Google I/O day 2 go here: http://news.cnet.com/relevant-results/?tag=rb_content;overviewHead
@BeholdTheNexusOne
It's a developers conference...not really showing off gadgets at all. Yesterday they introduced a bunch of development platforms for enterprise. Would any Engadget reader care about that? Even if they announce FroYo for Android phones, the announcement will be slanted at devs and what they can do with it rather than at customer and what it brings to their phones.
@Tes True...but they're talking FroYo baby!! And now that Gingerbread is coming soon even more reason to understand how/why they're going to layer the OS from the apps.
These names aren't cute. In fact, they're pretty fucking gay.
@Failbait To each his own. Now about your name...
wow, froyo hasn't even broken free as yet and ginger bread is already beginning to show its face. i'm wondering how much will froyo grow in that short space of time.
I love that little robot.
hey google / android team.
can u release maybe 2 versions per year and not more. THAT will stop the fragmentation thing.........i think.
Some people can't look forward to future updates because their phones never have been updated and never will. Apple supports their devices better but I'd still take a google android phone over an iPhone anyday, simply due to the absence of restrictions. It will still be interesting for the people stuck in the past to gaze at the 'present' though.
I hate it when companies announce another new OS before the actual new OS is released. I feel ripped off.