Gingerbread Q3

[Helloneumann]

Droidlife is reporting HTC rep confirms Q3 release for Gingerbread.

 

[Jux]

That Mike fella still isn't happy.

 

[dpham00]

If it doesn't come out q3, they will confirm q4.

 

[Helloneumann]

Here's the link. HTC Rep: Thunderbolt Gingerbread Update Coming in Q3 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[Forgetful]

Yay GB will finally be here.


Oh wait, what does it do differently than froyo?

 

[Mortiel]

Yay GB will finally be here.


Oh wait, what does it do differently than froyo?

One of the main benefits to Gingerbread that is applicable to the Thunderbolt is its resource management... if any service is using too many resources in the background, Gingerbread kills it. This helps the phone run faster and improves battery life.

With that said, I will wait a week or two once its released before I get it, as it is almost guaranteed to have some kind of bugs. There are always bugs.

 

[z71kris]

One of the main benefits to Gingerbread that is applicable to the Thunderbolt is its resource management... if any service is using too many resources in the background, Gingerbread kills it. This helps the phone run faster and improves battery life.

With that said, I will wait a week or two once its released before I get it, as it is almost guaranteed to have some kind of bugs. There are always bugs.

Quoted for truth about always having bugs....

 

[zman3001]

This seems to make sense. I think they wanted to release Gingerbread with that update in July, but they knew that they needed to take care of the reboot problem and take away the free wifi tether thing first. I'm betting/hoping on by the end of August for the update, maybe 1st week in September.

 

[Forgetful]

One of the main benefits to Gingerbread that is applicable to the Thunderbolt is its resource management... if any service is using too many resources in the background, Gingerbread kills it. This helps the phone run faster and improves battery life.

With that said, I will wait a week or two once its released before I get it, as it is almost guaranteed to have some kind of bugs. There are always bugs.

Sorry I was being funny. I've been on and off GB for a while ( various AOSP, first gb leak, recent gb leak) and honestly have noticed not much difference from froyo. Aside from the sense 2.1 overlay which runs on froyo as well.

GB is being romanticized way to much. Some are going to be a little disappointed once it finally comes. [looks at mikeis]

 

[fdisker]

>> GB is being romanticized way to much

Agreed. I'm quite pleased with the Froyo MR2 update. Everything just works. I'm in no hurry to upgrade.

 

[groupdelay]

Yay GB will finally be here.


Oh wait, what does it do differently than froyo?

Keep dreaming. They only said that because they were way past the Q2 deadline and got tired of people spamming their facebook page with when will the thunderbolt get an update.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

One of the main benefits to Gingerbread that is applicable to the Thunderbolt is its resource management... if any service is using too many resources in the background, Gingerbread kills it. This helps the phone run faster and improves battery life.

With that said, I will wait a week or two once its released before I get it, as it is almost guaranteed to have some kind of bugs. There are always bugs.

They fixed the GPS, they fixed the re-boots - If they can improve the battery life with the GB release, I will consider it a finished product. It's just a shame that it's going to take six months after the release of the phone to get it working well.....I guess that's just they way these things work these days.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

If it doesn't come out q3, they will confirm q4.

Too bad they never seem to put the YEAR next to their quarter predictions.

 

[Cyber Warrior]

That Mike fella still isn't happy.

GB is being romanticized way to much. Some are going to be a little disappointed once it finally comes. [looks at mikeis]

Most of us realize that Mike loves to talk about Gingerbread. Can we please move on now and not have to referrance his name every time the word Gingerbread comes up. Enough is enough already. Every time I here the word Gingerbread I have his name stuck in my head.
:-X Thank You :-X

No need for follow up comments.. keep the thread moving.

 

[zero neck]

Most of us realize that Mike loves to talk about Gingerbread. Can we please move on now and not have to referrance his name every time the word Gingerbread comes up. Enough is enough already. Every time I here the word Gingerbread I have his name stuck in my head.
:-X Thank You :-X

No need for follow up comments.. keep the thread moving.

Move along

When gingerbread comes it will be ok. Froyo was the big step, gb is just ok.

 

[Cyber Warrior]

Move along

When gingerbread comes it will be ok. Froyo was the big step, gb is just ok.

Agreed... GB will not be a drastic improvement. Icecream Sandwich on the other hand... now that's something to look forward to. You have Froyo/GB mixed with Honeycomb... that's what's going to be the game changer on how the OS looks and runs. Hopefully they don't screw it up.

 

[Randomhero180]

I would rather just have them unlock the bootloaders for the thunderbolt. Instead they are doing the sensation and evo 3d first sometime this month.

 

[Jeenyus]

Htc said bootloaders may void warranty. Even though they providred the online tool

 

[OhioG]

Gingerbread isnt that great until you skype/gchat your kid on their birthday when in between meetings on a business trip.

 

[Mortiel]

Gingerbread isnt that great until you skype/gchat your kid on their birthday when in between meetings on a business trip.

Skype/Gtalk Video are both extremely awesome feature... shame the Thunderbolt never officially got Skype Video when it was supposed to... and will not even be close to the first Android phone to have it.