The HTC "Thunderbolt" and "EVO 4G" finally getting Android Gingerbread update?

HTC Thunderbolt and EVO 4G smartphones might get upgraded towards the Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” operating-system by no later compared to end of June, based on a TalkAndroid reader who submitted a note allegedly from an HTC representative.

Despite bountiful company resources, both device manufacturers like HTC and wireless carriers happen to be dragging their feet with regards to upgrading their devices towards the latest OS, that has been readily available for nearly 6 months.

Meanwhile, the hacker community has were able to push unofficial Gingerbread upgrades towards the most of smartphone's running older versions of Android natively. The only real device that officially runs Gingerbread right now is Samsung’s Nexus S, that was produced in partnership with Google to operate a pure version from the OS with no carrier alterations.

Justifiably, Android phone owners are pissed off how the updates aren’t coming any faster.

Unlike older versions from the iPhone, most Android phones have sufficient hardware requirements to aid timely OS updates. However, upgrading to Gingerbread isn’t great for tha harsh truth of either the carriers or hardware manufacturers, who does rather you purchase newer devices featuring Gingerbread rather than obtaining the update free of charge.

The Android 2.3 Gingerbread Ported To Samsung Galaxy S From Samsung Nexus S

Though Google has not  officially released Android 2.3 Gingerbread on some other phones aside from the Nexus S, developers made a decision to find the OS working without awaiting the term official to be attached with it.

We're excited at this news and anticipate that there'll be a soon more refined version with each one of the functions being fully operational. With the looks on the video you can view below, Android 2.3 Gingerbread seems to be running pretty smoothly to the Samsung galaxy S.

Android Gingerbread to be released now?

latest version of Google's Android mobile OS may be released today, news suggest - possibly meaning that the long-awaited Samsung Nexus S phone might also be just around the corner.

Gingerbread, aka Android 2.3, was supposed by Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) a few weeks before to be due for release in 'a few weeks', suggesting that it is possibly supposed to get out some time roughly now and confirmation of that might have come from a blog post by Notion Ink, makers of an Android tablet known as the Adam. Inside a blog post, they drop in the comment: '6th December is another big day for Android and you'll find how quick Notion Ink can work. (Eden is extremely compatible with 2.3)' That kind of suggests they know that today's the day for Gingerbread's release.

This tends to well tie in with an notice that is due tomorrow about a latest certification program for Near Field Communications devices. NFC is technology related to that used in contactless credit cards and many public transport payment cards, such as London's Oyster Card. It is thought to Gingerbread contains support for NFC technology, enabling phone owners to try their phone as a credit card if it has the suitable NFC chip in it.

Put together, these both propose that not just is Android 2.3 probable to come out very soon, but that we could well be considering Samsung's Nexus S phone very soon also - the next 'Google phone' after the original HTC-made Nexus One that will run Android 2.3 and have an NFC chip in it.

However in the absence of the Nexus S, but Gingerbread will arrive today, the update will mainly be limited to owners of the Nexus One - everybody else may have to wait for the phone suppliers and networks to pass on the update to them.

Samsung Nexus S photos emerge with Android 2.3 Gingerbread

 

 

 

These are some new images of Samsung Nexus S have surfaced the web today,presentation the device running on Google's upcoming OS ,Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The new photos were sent to tech blog XDA-Developers via a tipster and it is confirmed that Android Gingerbread will be called to Android 2.3 not Android 3.0
 

The images are quite heavily and blurry cropped however still it gives an idea of what is heading towards us in near future.
 

Furthermore there are lots of reports pointing a release date of 6 December 2010 for Android 2.3 Gingerbread but it is unclear whether the Samsung Nexus S can be getting an official announcement or not.And as far as its cost is concerned,that's so for sure that it might be falling in high end Smartphone category.