Tag: GINGERBREAD

Google is working hard today. Shortly after Google eBooks landed on the scene, word hit that the long awaited Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and Nexus S had also been revealed. The Nexus S from Samsung will be the first device on the market to get access to the new features included in Android 2.3, but you can expect many devices, especially higher profile ones like the Droid 2, Droid X and the Galaxy ...

It should come as no shock that Google wants to take on the iTunes ecosystem directly. As our portable devices continue to converge, smartphones are increasingly performing music playback duties. Whereas Apple has a tightly integrated iTunes store and app package, Google has... well, nothing really. There's an Amazon music store app on most Android phones, but Google wants in on some of the hot ...

Today at the Google I/O developer conference the Web giant announced the newest version of Android, 2.2 or Froyo. The latest sugar-coated update of the mobile operating system packs in a number of seriously impressive enhancements and features that should only serve to reinforce its position as one of the most innovative operating systems in the mobile sphere. Here's a quick run down of what to ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... HTC's Evo 4G won't officially hit the market until June 4th, but Engadget got an early chance to review Sprint's new superphone. The comprehensive rundown includes information on everything from the packaging to the individual specs, and the fortunate (and almost overwhelmingly glowing) reviewers found its aesthetics ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. In celebration of 'Dante's Inferno,' Wired reimagines other literary classics as 'Grand Theft Auto,' 'Modern Warfare,' and 'Sims'-style games as video games. [From: ...

Tech confections are nothing new: we've seen laptops, Kindles... heck, Martha Stewart even got in on the geek-baking action once upon a time. So maybe we shouldn't be impressed with this edible Mac, but the truth is, we love to eat, and the phrase "chocolate icons" really hooked us. So then... custard-filled pico projector in 2009? Yes. Hit the read link to check out more photos of this ...

Even geeks need to get in the holiday spirit. Just because we spend our lives playing video games, watching sci-fi movies, and Tweeting about 'Heroes' doesn't mean we don't like a little seasonal merriment. But we do have to do it our own way, like putting solar-powered LEDs on trees, sending out hand made light up cards, and instead of gingerbread houses we like to make gingerbread TIE ...