After months of warming in the oven, Google’s Android 2.3 operating system — better known as Android Gingerbread — is finally starting to make its way to handsets around the world. Android 2 ...

December was the fourth anniversary for Android 2.3 Gingerbread—an eternity for smartphones—yet the OS stubbornly refuses to die. The OS that originally shipped in 2010 is still clinging ...

The long awaited Gingerbread release is out, along with a plethora of user and developer oriented features that will delight and amaze. For me, I'm just excited to have another excuse to use the ...

Andy Merrett has been using mobile phones since the days when they only made voice calls. Since then he has worked his way through a huge number of Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson models. Andy ...

Google on Monday announced its new Nexus S phone, which runs an upgraded version of the Android operating system dubbed Gingerbread. Gingerbread (Android 2.3) mostly adds refinements to older ...

September 23, 2008, Android 1.0, the first commercial version of Android is released. Just over 3 years later, October 19, 2011, after evolving from Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread ...

It’s the death knell for a deprecated operating system. On Friday, Gingerbread, version 2.3 of Google’s mobile platform, is no longer officially supported. That’s due to a previously ...

Google has started emailing users of very old Android devices to tell them it's time to say goodbye. Starting September 27, devices running Android 2.3.7 and lower will no longer be able to log in ...

Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. “As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our users safe, Google ...

HTC has finally launched an official Desire Gingerbread update, which will update the HTC Desire to Android 2.3.3. There's a pretty big catch, though. This is not your traditional "over the air ...