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So why has Froyo not already landed on HTC’s Desire, Legend and Wildfire handsets? In an interview with Pocket-lint at the Qualcomm Uplinq convention in San Diego, USA, HTC’s global PR and online community manager (Eric Lin) explains why. In short, it is because every HTC application requires a port to Froyo. The saving grace [...]

Yesterday the rumor-mill went into overdrive and ground up so much finely processed rumour from which to feed the masses I think everyone lost their way a little bit. Thankfully it is a new day and with that comes some perspective. It all started when Mobile-review.com’s Eldar Murtazin spilled all the Android 3.0 Gingerbread beans [...]

Rumors have been swirling about Google’s next update to the Android OS, 3.0 Gingerbread.  We have heard that the release would come in Q4 and now we have something even more specific, a mid-October release date, possibly the 15th or 16th. Other details from Rumor Czar Eldar Murtazin Russian podcast include a revamped UI (user [...]

Android UI has been a major part of the strategy for HTC and Motorola. With more and more manufacturers adopting the green robot, the user interface is really the only way to separate oneself from the pack. HTC have become particular famous for their Sense UI which also exists on WinMo devices. It is clean, [...]

A little tidbit from Brian Swetland, an employee of Google who works on the Linux kernel, tells us that the iteration of Android beyond Froyo will be called Gingerbread.  Looks like we hit it pretty dead on with our guess back in mid January when trying to come up with clever “G” names that hit [...]