Rumor: Android 3.0 Gingerbread Details
Slashgear and Unwired View are reporting on some leaked details of Android 3.0, dubbed Gingerbread. Eldar Murtazin, of Mobile-review.com, gave out quite a few details in a Russian podcast.
The details he provided are:
- Android 3.0 Gingerbread will be released in mid-October, 2010. First handsets shipping in November/December.
- Minimum hardware requirements for Android 3.0 devices are: 1GHZ CPU, 512MB of RAM, displays from 3.5" and higher.
- New 1280×760 resolution available for the devices with displays of 4” and higher.
- Completely revamped user interface. If you want to get a feeling of what Android 3.0 Gingerbread UX is like, check out the Gallery App on Nexus One. The same overall feel, light animated transitions,etc. Natively, through all the UI.
- Android’s split into 2 branches becomes official. 3.0 for top of the line/high end devices. Cheap, low-end mass market handsets will keep Android 2.1/2.2
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They need to have a built in intelligent task killer like the iphone that doesn’t kill the battery and also make it less nerdy so the general population will accept it further. Also, I think it would be better if Google starts getting in the hardware business and get rid of HTC and their cheap junk that breaks ever 2 months. Maybe they should also have the same sizing specs so you can have accessories that work together like the iphone docks for radios, alarm clocks etc. Anyways, its good to have competition.
I wonder if anyone will even care anymore about WM7. Microsoft really screwed themselves this time.
Cranky? Eh,doesnt matter to me. Im new to android.
Yup. We need better players that make acceptable ppcs. Htc has dropped the ball over and over with cheap poor quality devices that require consumes to constantly get a phone replacement every 3 months.
I’ve had quite a few HTC phones over the last few years and they all still work. The Nexus One is a solid phone and I haven’t had any issues, same with my old Touch Pro and Vogue. My wife’s Evo hasn’t had any issues yet. They might have some quality control issues just like anyone else though.
I have had tremendous luck with all of my HTC phones to date, I think they make fine products. Anyhow, with the resolution being increased, would the new resolutions be possible to see on an older device, say the EVO or is the resolution capped by the hardware?
@AndroidTroll:
I’m not sure why you are saying that but I am in the same boat as Frosty. I cannot think of any HTC hardware issues that I have had in the past few years. I had a keybard go out on a Touch Pro, but I tend to think that was me being a little rough on the device. The Vogue, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, Hero and EVO that I have/had all were good, quality devices.
But, like any manufacturer, a few bad ones are bound to get out. So if you have had problems with them before, I would recommend that you try them again.
the point of android is that google doesnt make the hardware. and gives you choices because of that
Before they start thinking of updating the software, they need to address some pretty basic issues and bruild these into the working of the new OS from the ground up:
–Battery life
–Lack of Accessories, we shouldn’t have to wait months for accessories for phones that were poorly planned on release and then released to fit a schedule rather than putting them out when they were ready. Apple beats everyone with this strategy. Even if their phones suck, they have a massive amount of accessories, they’ve made available to users on the first day of release. HTC/Sprint, take notice of this.
–Better marketplace. It’s not enough to copy the AppStore because again, Apple has it, you have to have more than 10,000 fart apps and 5,000 wallpaper apps. There isn’t an integrated PIM in Android, there isn’t a single large company making software for this platform. Things I used to find easy to do like have a unified mailbox don’t exist in Android. Let’s not even mention that you can’t set customized repeating schedules in the calendar on Android, but in Google Calendar you can online. You bring an event up on your phone that is triggered to go off every other week set via Google Calendar and it is uneditable on your phone because it’s a “Custom” repeat? Huh? What?
–Better support for existing WINDOWS applications. They exist, Android can’t act as though they don’t, they’ve been incubated and somewhat perfected for years, you need to support them.
–HTC Sync, what a joke. At least MS has an Activesync program that actually RECOGNIZES devices. I mean seriously. The interwebs are rife with people having issues connecting and syncing their devices with their computers. HTC Sync, IF it is being provided, at least make sure it works. Even three weeks after launch of the Evo, a lot of people can’t make it work.
–The ability to change basic functionality on the device. Some argue that this is what makes the device so stable. Yet, we bought them, allow us to do what we want with them like deleting applications and don’t assume that installing your applications to your SD card should happen in version 2.2 of the OS. That should have been built into the core OS from version 1.0, they had plenty of time to hear this request, build it right.
–Don’t release updates before they’re ready just because you’e bowing to consumer pressure. We can complain all we want, but we’ll complain louder if you send out something that bricks our phones.
This is a collaborative effort between HTC (picke the handset manufacturer of your choice) and Google, so how come it doesn’t seem as if Google is helping other handset makers and pushing their Nexus1 with updates and compatible software faster? They may well be selling the Nexus1, but their OS also sits on other handsets, make it work.
I wonder if this will work on an overclocked Droid. I just bought the Droid and would hate to see it go out of date along with its software. I want the newest and greatest, and I’ll be pretty mad if Droid doesn’t get 3.0.
@xxmillertimexx – not to sound mean but the Droid is already out of date… the Droid X should be out in a dew quick months… that “out of date” ship has long sailed away….
@xxmillertimexx If you want the latest and greatest why would you buy a droid now? I am like you and love having top of the line. I’m planning on upgrading from my US Cell TP2 to the desire when it is releaseds in august with the idea that the hardware that will be forwards compatible with new software (android 3.0). If I were you I’d return your droid and get at least a phone with a 1 ghz processor as that’s what android 3.0 may require of the specification rumors are right.
Boy thats got to be a kick in the nut’s to all those EVO user’s if they don’t get 3.0
From the Apache/6700, Mogul/6800, Vogue/6900, with some Treos in between. Diamonds, Touch Pros, Touch Pro 2 and now the EVO. Each device has worked great. The only one I had problems with was the Touch Pro, which worked perfect if left stock, super reliable, except I couldn’t customize it without eventually having problems, so it was boring quick. Personally I can’t blame HTC for lack of quality control. Usually it was my fault and refurbished replacements can’t count towards the original manufacturer..
Loving my 0002 EVO is working flawless and I am enjoying everything about it.. No Root, still stock, so many features, apps to play with out of the box..
@Wesley … nah, it’s the name of the technology game… something is always replacing the latest greatest with the next latest greatest. You get used to it, or else you go out and become a slave to the annual schedule of the iPhone. But hey, outside that, you get your choice of device AND carrier, and if it’s a choice or schedule, I’ll pick choice!
Somehow I see the Evo getting f&*^ed in this, someway, somehow. By time this is allegedly released, the Evo will probaly be obsolete by then, as HTC will most likely have a better phone on deck ready to go for Gingerbread.
I have to agree with you BALiens. Ive been an evo owner since launch day…absolutely love the device. However, I get that eery feeling that it will get left in the dark too. It basically has all the specs that 3.0 requires and probably extra, but how many other phones will too by then…Lets all cross our evo-fingers and hope the Android God blesses us lol
@NIKKG –
if you want all that, why not just buy an iphone? i like android BECAUSE it isn’t everything you want it to be…
Well this is nice and all, but my two comments are, 1.) I hope the Evo get 3.0, since it damned well better be considered a top tier handset, and 2.) Where can I find that 3D Gallery app? It’s driving me crazy! I know the DamageControl rom has it, but I much prefer the Fresh rom… Any links where I can find me an apk, or the actual app name so I can find it in market or appbrain?
@mindfrost82 –
My old PPC6800 lasted 2 years and was beat all to hell.
I went through what seemed like a million Touch Pros, never did get one that would last over a month, and i was even nice to that phone!
I have an Evo, and i absolutely love it and have had 0 problems so far, hopefully HTC has redeemed themselves. I think maybe the expensive case and screen cover will definately help this phone tho.
@sanjsrik –
Couldn’t agree more on the battery concerns. All these smartphones with huge screens and crappy battery life makes me cringe. It’s pretty sad when a SMARTphone can’t even make it through 12 hours of heavy usage. Granted there are a lot of factors that go into battery life (Signal, bluetooth, GPS, etc etc). But is it really too much to ask to send ~100-200 text, check email, browse the web, and make a few phone calls in a span of 10 hours without having the battery die?!
@Wesley762 –
no kidding. ouch. maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if they released it next year but it’s slated to be released 3 months!! They haven’t even released an official 2.2 yet for the Evo…I dislike the Iphone but at least they release OS updates to all phones on a regular basis. This fragmented “is my phone getting the latest OS update” from google is ridiculous. It’s one of my few gripes with Android. I’m perfectly happy with my moment but if I want 2.2 or above I have to get a new phone. Thumbs down.
@srtpusher –
I do got the iphone 4. I’m getting 12+ hours on battery with heavy use and excellent reception.
Google needs to slow it down and stabilize. Going way too fast with the updates. Its eventually going to turn people off Android for fear the phone will get outdated a week later.
@NIKKG –
Ummmm….. 12+ hours and excellent reception… on a iphone 4… unlikely! My brother, his wife, my mom and my younger brother has one and they all get drop calls and the battery life is a little better than the iphone 3gs.
@brucb3 –
Today its been on for 6 hours with moderate use and my battery is still at 80%. When I had my 3GS, I always had dropped calls, with the new iphone 4, I haven’t had 1 dropped call yet since I got it on launch day. If you are getting alot of dropped calls on yours, you probably don’t have towers close enough to you and should switch carriers.
I have a ? Say I buy a Droid X and it gets 3.0 later this year and 3.0 supports 1280×760 res. Could the Droid be bumped up to the res or is it a hardware limitation. I heard the Res is both hardware and software?
@brucb3 – Screen resolution is a combination of hardware and software. When you’re dealing with LCD panels, though, it is limited more by the hardware. Any LCD panel, whether a 4″ LCD for a phone or a 56″ LCD on a TV is made up of a specific number of physical pixels. That number of pixels is typically listed as the “optimal resolution”. If the resolution is set, in the software, to anything other than this “optimal” resolution, you end up with a mismatch of physical pixels versus displayed pixels and that can shorten the life of the LCD panel (that’s why, in Windows for instance, you generally can’t set your display resolution to anything higher than your monitor supports – or if you do you get the “pan and scan” effect)
Based on that… in theory, a Droid X or EVO could run at 1280×720, but it likely wouldn’t be good for the LCD (assuming they are using a true WVGA panel and not one capable of higher)…
@sanjsrik – You made quite a few legitimate points there and I only disagree with the stuff about accessories based on my purely-personal experience (i just don’t think accessories, including cases/screen-protector are useful — unless there is a death grip problem).
BUT, WINDOWNS applications?? You can not be serious, right? I have been a long time MW user too, but the demise of that eco-system (together with so many greate softwares) can only be blamed on M$. That’s fundamentally incompatible because they are two entirely different OS. Plus, imagine how inconsistant that would make the UI……