Android 2.3 was announced a few days ago, and pushed out to the Nexus One that very same day. However, any other Android device will need to wait a little longer as Google is yet to push out the requirements and documentation to device manufacturers.
With that in mind, you can actually now download what’s called the Gingerbread Launcher on your Android 2.2 device. What this does is brings the UI to the Android 2.2 operating system. Of course, a lot of features are missing but what you do get is the basic skin so you can see how it will look when you eventually get the 2.3 update pushed out to you. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has announced a limited time offer on the refurbished Apple iPad Wi-Fi only models. The company is adding a further $20 discount to the regular refurbished price on the 16GB model and a further $50 off the price of the 32 and 64GB models.
Yesterday, LG published a Facebook update (now deleted) that said Android 2.3 Gingerbread would not land on the Optimus line of smartphones due to it requiring a 1GHz processor to run it. Optimus smartphone use a 600MHz processor.
HTC has announced, or confirmed we should say, that Android 2.3 Gingerbread will be rolling out to a number of HTC smartphones over the coming months.
Best Buy will be offering a free iPhone 3GS this coming Friday in a single day sale. On December 10, tomorrow, you’ll be able to pick up an iPhone 3GS completely free although a contract is needed.
Boy Genius Report managed to get hold of a BlackBerry PlayBook to test and see what its all about.
Infinity Blade for the iPhone and iPad has now been launched. The game is created by Epic Games and uses the new 3D engine to power the stunning graphics.
When Apple [AAPL] launched the new MacBook Air models recently, it was quickly reported on forums that the displays had a problem in some cases, with flickering. The temporary fix was to just close the lid down and reopen the lid which either put the MacBook Air to sleep, hence reloading it back up, or rebooting it. This kind of fix was just a temporary measure till Apple could get the drivers right.
For those of you using a Windows based PC, ie it has XP, Vista or Windows 7 on it, you’ll now be able to use the Google Cloud Print service (the Beta version of it) to print a test page.
Andy Rubin has confirmed on Twitter that each day, 300,000 Android phones are activated.
The Microsoft Kinect is selling very well for Microsoft [MSFT]. The company already announced recently that 2.5 million units had been sold within the first month. We now hear that in several markets around the world that this is leading to demand outweighing supply… ie, shortages of stock. 
The Google Chrome OS netbook was announced yesterday in the shape of the Cr-48 testing device. We now hear that 60,000 of them are being prepared for the initial (perhaps complete) shipment to those who managed to get lucky and register for the beta.
