Who will get Gingerbread after the Nexus One?

[eric.atx]

Running cm7 nightly on my Evo and I can tell you it rocks. Battery life seems better also. I'd classify gingerbread as more of a "spit and polish" release to me. It's cleaned up nicely. I love it. Cleaner and looks nice. Looks more refined!

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[Glenn]

I don't understand...I am a noob with Android...I thought when Google came out with a new O/S it could be used on all Android phones. Why can't the Moto phones have it now? The Bionic is coming out...why would it have 2.2 instead of 2.3? Thanks for the education.

Because, with exception to the Nexus phones, all the phone manufacturers add some of their own UI and/or "enhancements" on top of the Android OS. So when Google releases a new version of Android, the manufacturers have to update whatever changes they've made to the previous version to the new version, which takes time.

Carriers also tend to want certain things added or changed, so those things have to be updated, as well.

 

[levo912]

The Nexus One is not gonna get Gingerbread, till they sell enough Nexus S, cuz they have to make their profit first, then I guess the Evo would get Gingerbread.

 

[rem_kujawa]

I just have a feeling that the EVO won't get it, and if it does it will be too late and most of us will be on to something with a dual core.

 

[eric.atx]

I just have a feeling that the EVO won't get it, and if it does it will be too late and most of us will be on to something with a dual core.

Sprint took a hit in this Samsung thing because of the epic not having froyo. They will get it out soon to top everyone else. I bet it comes out sooner than we'd expect. Before summer.

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[rem_kujawa]

I really hope so.

 

[darkmatter]

Questions...does Gingerbread have qualifications? Meaning does a phone have to have a certain size processor? If/when it drops for every other phone but "American Galaxy S" phones, would devs. be able to create a ROM so I could put it on the Captvate?

thanks for any response.

people have gingerbread running on the original droid, and from what I hear, it runs very well.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get my og droid rooted so I can get in on that action.

 

[rem_kujawa]

I just wish someone would make the call and give a date. So far its been dead.

 

[laserguided]

people have gingerbread running on the original droid, and from what I hear, it runs very well.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get my og droid rooted so I can get in on that action.

Man, I'd love to see you run Gingerbread on your OG Droid. Here is a link to rooting. How To: Root the Motorola Droid | TheUnlockr
I've seen a lot of people who have done so, and I'm interested to hear how it goes for you.

Also, Is anyone with the Nexus One actually getting OTA Gingerbread yet? I know Android Central reported on it yesterday. I'd like to know if that is actually happening.

I have a Droid 2 and have from a Verizon employee that we should expect Gingerbread on Droid 2 and Droid X in February.

 

[laserguided]

Also, Is anyone with the Nexus One actually getting OTA Gingerbread yet? I know Android Central reported on it yesterday. I'd like to know if that is actually happening.

Nevermind this was just a Froyo update. The Nexus S is getting an update for their Gingerbread, bollocks. Maybe that update will indicated they've worked out all the bugs in Gingerbread and are ready to send it to the Nexus One.

 

[menschmaschine5]

Nevermind this was just a Froyo update. The Nexus S is getting an update for their Gingerbread, bollocks. Maybe that update will indicated they've worked out all the bugs in Gingerbread and are ready to send it to the Nexus One.

The Nexus 1 also got a froyo update. The common theory seems to be that both updates are to fix the SMS bug. Maybe the N1 will update to Gingerbread once they've tested that.

 

[kathrinet11]

What about the Captivate?? haha

 

[rem_kujawa]

What about the Captivate?? haha

Lol, I bet you'd like froyo first.

 

[ssplumb]

I hope DX they were showing photos with it already on a x with the new moto blur.

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[igotsanevo4g]

2.3 isnt THAT much better than 2.2 anyways, its nothing like the upgrade from 2.1 -> 2.2 IMO.

 

[splmonster]

2.3 isnt THAT much better than 2.2 anyways, its nothing like the upgrade from 2.1 -> 2.2 IMO.

From what I hear that is not true, and Gingerbread is a big leap in performance. Now that may be in benchmark numbers and not real world testing.

 

[rem_kujawa]

From what I hear that is not true, and Gingerbread is a big leap in performance. Now that may be in benchmark numbers and not real world testing.

what kind of benchmark numbers are you getting?

 

[sniffs]

The "performance" gain is simply because it's less garbage collection, so less jitteryness and lag.

however, the 2.1 to 2.2 had the JIT compiler so that had a huge performance gain, 2.2 to 2.3 isn't.

I have 2.3 running on a few devices, and while fast, it's not earth shattering and wont yield you any number increase.


To sum it up, 2.1 to 2.2 is like adding a turbo to your car. 2.2 to 2.3 is like changing your pulleys to lightweight pulleys, which gives you the appearance your cars faster, but all it does is get your RPM's up quicker.

 

[whatsadroid]

The Thunderbolt I think shouldve been the next

 

[leanaf82]

Wouldn't it be sad for Epic owners if the Evo got gingerbread a few weeks after they got froyo.

My guess would be the G2 would be the next to get gingerbread.