Today is the day Android fans had been waiting for. The first Android 2.3 Gingerbread loaded phone, Nexus S is now available at Best Buy. Announced on , Nexus S is the second generation phone developed by Google after Nexus One. It is manufactured by Samsung while Nexus One was manufactured by HTC.
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YouTube has a great design for all the countless number of video hours it clocks every day. YouTube greeted me with a new message as I logged in today for my daily dose of lolcats and what not.
They’re testing a new homepage layout that will definitely remind you of Facebook. 
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Slowly but steadily, Facebook app for Android has been improving with every new release. Gone are the days when iPhone users could laugh at Android users because their Facebook app was crappy. It still isn’t as full featured as its iPhone counterpart but Facebook App 1.5 for Android has a few new features and bug fixes that make it more useable than ever before. The last update brought Places, Groups and improved notification support to the Android App and now chat has finally arrived with version 1.5, years after its iPhone counterpart. Push notification support is also there now so that you can be notified in almost real time of anything happening on Facebook.
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Posterous is one of the simplest blogging platforms out there, even simpler than tumblr. Posterous lets you blog from just about any OS/browser you can send an email from thanks to its great email publishing feature. But sometimes, you actually desire a dedicated app. Posterous had come out with an iPhone app sometime ago and today, they’ve released their first Android app.
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If you think you can’t get enough stalkers thanks to Twitter, FourSquare and Facebook, here’s yet another service by Google that can let your friends and loved ones keep an eye on you. Google Latitude lets you share you location with your friends and even see where they are. This app has been available for Android since a long time but finally it has been released ( after a peek-a-boo release a few days ago ) for iPhone users.
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Color me optimistic when I say that this tablet would be the first Android tablet that competes with the iPad. Sure, Samsung Tab is out there, but how many people actually buy it over an iPad? Not many. One of the reasons is that Samsung have stretched out a phone OS without any large number of 3rd party apps that actually work well on a tablet. You can’t really blame Samsung for that as they’re too early to the game. The real tablet Android OS will be Honeycomb, thought to be version 3.0 of Android. This should bring along official APIs and developer support for tablet apps.
Permalink: New Pictures and Specifications of Motorola’s 10 inch Android Honeycomb tablet Leaked
In case you’ve been unhappy with the laggy performance and delayed rollout of Froyo for Galaxy S by Samsung, the silver lining has been revealed. A super fast, lag free build marked Android 2.2.1 i9000XXJPU has been leaked which fixes much of the issues people used to complain about previously. Gone are the days when you needed to install a lag fix just to make the phone useable under heavy load ( a lot of people will still say that a lag fix is needed, don’t listen to them ). 
Permalink: Android 2.2.1 XXJPU ROM for Galaxy S leaked – THE Froyo build you have been waiting for!
It’s that time of the year again when the next flagship Android phone is released, yet again, to dethrone the current contender. Normally, the attraction to upgrade is based on the feature set of the device. But when you look at the Galaxy S and then Nexus S, there aren’t many benefits in upgrading apart from a few features such as NFC, gyroscope and flash. But the major feature in Nexus S is Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread. This is the latest update to Google’s mobile operating system and now that they’ve tied it with a new Google experience device, you can be rest assured that the next OS update will be released on this device first.
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Earlier, we posted on how you can get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread launcher on your Android 2.2 Froyo device. Here’s another interesting and must have tip for Gingerbread lovers: you can install the multi-touch capable keyboard from Android 2.3 on your Android 2.2 device. The awesome guys over at XDA Developers Forums have extracted the keyboard and modified it to make compatible with Android 2.2.
Permalink: How to install Android 2.3 Gingerbread Keyboard on any Android 2.2 Froyo Phone [Download apk]
Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ was somewhat quietly announced yesterday (in case you missed it, read this to find out all you need to know about it.) While it’s a relatively minor upgrade, it does sport a slightly improved look which a lot of Android 2.2 users now envy. So unless they get Android 2.3 ROMS for their handsets, there are a few alternatives to give you the Gingerbread look and feel on your device. First up, the Gingerbread Launcher with a cool fade effect and greenish icons.
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