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  • Android Gingerbread is ‘planned for Q4 2010′

    Android Gingerbread is ‘planned for Q4 2010′

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    While we're all busy laboring in the shadow of Android 2.2's impending release, here's Google's sneaky first indication of the next version's release. In the FAQ for its newly announced WebM format, the Mountain View team tells us that Android support will come in the Gingerbread iteration, which is "currently planned for Q4, 2010." We still don't know the particular point version of the latest tasty treat, but at least there's finally something to put on the feature list and a date (range) to look forward to.

    Android Gingerbread is 'planned for Q4 2010' originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 06:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Android’s Device Dashboard offers version distribution insight, pity for users still on 1.1

    Android’s Device Dashboard offers version distribution insight, pity for users still on 1.1

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Google's Android team has released a cool new site to help developers keep tabs on the distribution of the platform's various versions, something that's going to become increasingly important as it continues to splinter across manufacturers and countless devices, specs, and capabilities. The Device Dashboard is presently showing that 1.6 (Donut, if you recall correctly) owns the lion's share of the market, but 1.5 Cupcake is still contributing 27.7 percent to the mix -- thanks largely to the Hero, we suspect. 2.0.1, only available in wide distribution on the Droid at this point, owns another 14.8 percent, but you can bet this whole pie is going to drastically repaint itself countless times in 2010 -- and each version brings different bullet points to the table, which means devs are going to be facing tough choices deciding what to target. It may never have Apple-style hardware and software uniformity, but at least stuff like this'll help app shops make more informed decisions as they push out products.

    Android's Device Dashboard offers version distribution insight, pity for users still on 1.1 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which?

    Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which?

    Posted on October 31, 2009 | No Comments

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    Whoa, is that webOS 2.0 we see on the horizon? No, sorry, it definitely isn't -- but we can say with relative confidence that the upcoming Pixi will be shipping with a newer, slightly more feature-rich version of webOS than its Pre brethren around the world; if nothing else, Synergy supports Yahoo on the new model, as PreCentral observes. What remains to be seen is the exact version number that'll be shipping out of the gate -- recent DSLReports user agent logs suggest that 1.2.9 might be the gold build (for the record, the Sprint Pre currently rocks 1.2.1), but apparently there's some chatter going on about a 1.3 as well. Doesn't seem like much of a difference, but a 0.1 increment usually means more features, fixes, and changes than a 0.01 increment does, so naturally, we're pulling for a bigger number. There isn't any intel on what this mythical 1.3 might contain just yet or whether it'd be heading to Bell, Sprint, and O2 Pres, but we'll keep an eye out.

    Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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