Top o' the news

• Your favorite stories of 2010
• The most popular videos of 2010

Hardware news

• Droid Thunderbolt breaks cover -- with a speaker under that kickstand?
• HTC Evo Shift 4G breaks cover again, with a Jan 9 sale date
• New hardware GPS fix emerges for Samsung Vibrant
• Rumor: AT&T to announce the Motorola Olympus at CES
• Sony Ericsson Android slider leaks out, successor to the X10 Mini Pro?
• New device renders show off the Motorola Cliq 2

Software news

• Updated Music app leaked -- shows off awesome UI overhaul
• ADWLauncher EX brings a whole lot of awesome to your home screens
• Android Quick App: TuneIn Radio

Tablet news

• HTC Scribe trademarked, to be company's first tablet?
• BN's Android-based Nook line is the company's top holiday seller
• Archos 70 available now for $350, sports 250GB hard drive, Android 2.2
• More pics of the Dell Streak 7 emerge, appears aimed at T-Mobile USA

Top o' the news - Here comes LTE

• Did the HTC Incredible HD (aka HTC Mecha) just appear for its close-up? (Update: More pics show up)
• Verizon Thunderbolt actually is the LTE Incredible HD/Mecha?
• HTC Thunderbolt: The first to 4G, again
• Another shot of the HTC Incredible HD appears
• Verizon Samsung LTE device outed, sporting front-facing camera

Hardware news

• More pictures of the HTC EVO Shift 4G surface
• New devices coming to the Xperia line at Mobile World Congress
• Nexus S now available in the UK from Carphone Warehouse
• TELUS-branded HTC Desire HD shows off for the camera
• Playstation phone may be 'Xperia Play,' reportedly will hit stores in April 2011

Tablet news

• Motorola to show Honeycomb Android tablet at CES
• New Dell tablet receives WiFi certification
• Dell Streak 7 television ad slides leak out
• Verizon Galaxy Tab drops to $499 sans contract at Best Buy

Software news

• Swype reopens beta program for all!
• Swype now offers 'micro' build, says Evo users need to uninstall beta before latest OTA upgrade
• SPB Mobile Shell for Android looking for a few brave beta testers
• Touiteur changes name to Plume [Android Twitter clients]
• Firefox 4 beta for Android is updated
• Howard Stern channels have gone live on Sirius XM for Android
• Android quick app: X-Plane 9

Google news

• Google makes Android Market changes official
• Market gets new app categories, AT&T users can charge apps to bills

OS updates

• Android 2.3 source code being now pushed to the Android Open Source Project
• How to flash AOSP Gingerbread to the Nexus One [Updated with video]
• Nexus One's Android 2.3 Gingerbread update promised 'in the coming weeks'
• Epic 4G's Froyo update looking pretty good for a Dec. 26 push
• Motorola updates Android OS roadmap; some of you won't like it
• Sprint acknowledges problems with Samsung Intercept Froyo update
• Nexus S gets its first OTA update
• Droid Pro update now available, brings slew of bugfixes and improvements
• HTC Wildfire getting Froyo over the next couple months, Europe this week
• Droid 2 Global update begins rolling out
• Blur 3.0 update for the Droid 2 leaked and customized

The Nexus S is here, dual-core processors have arrived, major changes to the Android Market, Facebook gets a big update and more of your voicemails and e-mails. Listen in!

Nexus S is released

• Nexus S Hands-on Photo Gallery; Update: Video
• Nexus S available online now (with free shipping); stores open at 8 a.m.
• Nexus S rooted (to nobody's surprise)
• How to unlock the Nexus S bootloader
• Nexus S torn down: Touchscreen is flat, no hidden SD card
• The Nexus Ninjas return!

Hardware news

• LG officially announces Tegra 2 dual-core Optimus 2X
• Motorola's Honeycomb tablet caught sporting Verizon logo in blurrycam shots
• Major Google TV update being pushed out, Logitech Revue included
• HTC Evo 4G getting an update, adds NOVA demo game, Swype
• HTC's CEO says LTE phones coming in 2011, will support NFC, too
• HTC A7373 coming to Sprint in early Jan. - now what exactly is it?
• HTC Evo Shift 4G gets pictured
• HTC Merge shows at Verizon LTE demo, but still nowhere near stores

Software news

• Android Market update shrinks app refund window to 15 minutes
• Hands-on with the new Android Market application
• Google Maps updated with 3D tilt feature, vector graphics
• App Inventor now open to everyone
• Facebook for Android finally gets chat, push notifications!
• Words with Friends coming to Android (update: plan on playing your iOS friends)
• Skype updated, now installs to SD card
• Dolphin Browser Mini beta now available in the Android Market
• Swiftkey keyboard updates with a new HD skin, 5 new languages, holiday trial period
• The Official PlayStation app, coming soon to Android
• Posterous releases official app for Android devices
• Trillian for Android IM client is out of beta, into the Android Market at $4.99

OS updates

• Droid X Android 2.2.1 update available again after an oopsie on the initial push
• OG Droid Android 2.2.1 update is pushing out now
• Samsung Intercept's Froyo update may come starting Dec. 17
• Vodafone HTC Magic Android 2.2.1 OTA now available
• CyanogenMod 6.1.1 now available for the Evo 4G, Nexus One, G2, myTouch 3G

Android 2.3 Gingerbread

• Gingerbread SDK is released! Update: Video
• Minimum CPU speed for Gingerbread? Googlers say no
• Previewing Gingerbread with the 2.3 SDK [how-to]
• Gingerbread developers have new toys to play with
• Gingerbread SDK ROMs everywhere
• Gingerbread keyboard code includes Playstation buttons
• Oops! Bug found (and fixed) in the Android 2.3 SDK Eclipse plugin
• Someone at Google got a little artistic in the Gingerbread SDK
• Gingerbread gets Arabic, slew of other new languages
• Android 2.3 User Guide now available for your viewing pleasure
• Get the Gingerbread launcher now

Which phones will be updated?

• 'Will my phone get Gingerbread?' Here's our official unofficial upgrade list
• Nexus One's Gingerbread update 'coming in a few weeks'
• LG says Optimus One line will get Gingerbread, now quit asking

Nexus S is announced

• Nexus S available Dec. 16 at Best Buy, Dec. 20 at Carphone Warehouse (Update: Pricing announced)
• Nexus S landing page now live: T-Mobile, Gingerbread, 1GHz processor
• Nexus S and Gingerbread video gallery
• Google and NXP integrate NFC in Android 2.3, starting with the Nexus S
• The Nexus S backstory: Pure Google

Other OS updates

• How to manually apply Android 2.2.1 for the Droid X
• Bell Mobility rolling out Froyo to its Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant users

Honeycomb

• Andy Rubin demos Honeycomb on prototype Motorola tablet, coming in 2011
• Video: Andy Rubin with the Motorola tablet and Honeycomb

Hardware news

• Android activations now number over 300,000 daily, Andy Rubin tweets
• Notion Ink Adam tablet -- all six variants -- available for preorder later today
• PlayStation Phone runs Neocore -- poorly -- on video

Software news

• Goobye, tiles: Google Maps to get update with vector graphics [Updated]
• Gmail app updated with better reply, priority inbox features
• YouTube, Voice Search apps updated
• Android Quick App: Madden NFL 2011
• Google's eBooks go live, available on Android, iOS, and the web
• Google Books vs. Amazon Kindle

We get a glimpse of Gingerbread!

Top o' the news

• Gingerbread shows itself in official video (update: And the video's back up)

Hardware news

• Samsung Continuum review
• Verizon LTE launches Dec. 5, phones coming by mid-2011
• $5 app promises to put LTE on your Android smartphone today! (Not really)
• Motorola Olympus found in a bar -- erm, make that bought in a flea market
• AT&T says Motorola Olympus won't be available in November, then pulls post
• LG Star dual-core Tegra 2 smartphone gets the hands-on treatment from GSM-Israel
• LG Star makes another appearance, shows off UI and a benchmark
• HTC Merge in Entrepreneur Magazine
• Is this another Nexus S sighting?
• Sony's PlayStation Phone gets caught on blurrycam with Gingerbread

Software news

• Content ratings now live in the Android Market developers' console
• Angry Birds Seasons now available
• Android quick app: Google Reader
• Unrevoked: HTC Incredible OTA root fix now available
• Dolphin Browser HD updated to 'fix UI compatibility issue' with Gingerbread
• DoubleTwist update brings WiFi syncing with paid 'AirSync' add-on
• Logitech Revue about to get a much-needed update to its Netflix app
• Winamp for Android officially announced
• RIM buys The Astonishing Tribe
• Pocket God for Android now available
• Samsung releases 'GPS Restore' app for Vibrant, Captivate -- does it work?
• Comcast Mobile Android app set for release Dec. 3 after missing Nov. 30 target
• YouWave is Android on your Windows PC

OS news

• Original Droid about to get another update, no, it's not Gingerbread
• Archos family of internet tablets finally receives update to Android 2.2 Froyo
• Sprint's LG Optimus S gets the custom ROM treatment [From the forums]
• Xperia X8 Eclair update begins
• Android 2.x on 83% of all phones

Odds and ends ...

• The Cell Phone Junkie Android app
• Android Central's Best of 2010 Awards

It's a special post-Thanksgiving podcast, with special guest Craig Johnston.

Gingerbread news

• More Nexus S Gingerbread pics and specs leak
• Hey, look, it's the Nexus S again
• Gingerbread reportedly spotted in the wilds of Belgium

Hardware news

• Droid 2 Global officially acknowledged by Verizon on Facebook
• HTC drops WiMax and CDMA enabled device off at the FCC --EVO Shift 4G?
• HTC Merge user-agent string appears, confirms our hands-on info
• Is this the Motorola Olympus?
• Samsung Stealth V (SCH-i510) gains DLNA certification - now what is it?
• PlayStation Phone coming Dec. 9?
• Acer to bring a 4.8-inch Android phone in Q2 2011
• MetroPCS launches LG Optimus M as its first Android phone

Software news

• Android apps to gain content ratings, as listed by the developers
• AppBrain v5 now available for download
• Rovio confirms Christmas edition of Angry Birds is on the way
• Team Viewer BETA now available for Android devices
• Another browser exploit that we're not worried about is uncovered
• Frogger among 8 new OpenFeint-enabled games on Android
• Skyfire 3.0 released -- social networking browser for Android
• Hands on with Skyfire 3.0 for Android

Tablet news

• Samsung: More than 600,000 Galaxy Tabs sold worldwide in first month
• Review: The Viewsonic 10-inch gTablet
• Acer announces 7- and 10-inch Android tablets in Q2 2011
• Best Buy: WiFi-only Galaxy Tab delayed

OS updates

• Sneak peek at an upcoming Samsung Fascinate update
• Sprint HTC Hero to receive maintenance update starting today
• Sprint Hero OTA rolling out, may have issues
• Sony Ericsson explains why U.S. X10 hasn't been udpated yet
• European Motorola Defy to get upgrade to Android 2.2 in Q2 2011

Craig's books

• "My Nexus One"
• "My Droid"

Top o' the news - Gingebread is Nigh!

• Google CEO teases Gingerbread on Samsung Nexus S
• Nexus One gets an update to FRG83D (no, it's still not Gingerbread)
• Android Market obviously getting revamp with addition of new graphics
• Android Market developer console down for scheduled maintenance [updated]
• What we may see in Gingerbread, as tipped at Google IO in May

Hardware news

• LG Star: Dual-core Tegra 2 in 2011
• HTC Merge 360-degree view appears, quickly disappears from Verizon's site
• HTC Merge now appearing in Cellbrite machines
• Motorola Droid Pro officially on sale today
• Droid Pro on Verizon: First Impressions [Video]
• Motorola Droid Pro benchmarks [video]
• Will the world phone Droid Pro work on AT&T or T-Mobile in the United States?
• Droid Pro: Most annoying ringtone ever
• Droid 2 Global in this month's Esquire
• White Evo 4G available everywhere
• Giorgio Armani Samsung Galaxy S officially announced
• Sony Ericsson Anzu X12 gets handled and has its specs revealed
• Verizon announces the LG Vortex
• LG Apex available from US Cellular on Friday
• Samsung Galaxy S available now on Cellular South
• Sprint Samsung Transform review

Software news

• Angry Birds lite coming for older phones
• Netflix coming to select Android devices early next year
• Google Maps, Street View updated
• Meet Google Hotpots -- (Local hot spots, only missing a letter)
• Google Shopper updated to version 1.3 for better filters, featured lists
• Finally: Edit Google Docs in your browser
• Google Sky Map gets updated with time travel, multitouch
• New Winamp for Android build includes SHOUTcast integration
• Comcast's Android app coming Friday?
• Comcast Xfinity Android app first look

Tablet news

• T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab hacked to make phone calls
• Galaxy Tab root (and others) just a few clicks away with z4root root
• AT&T's Samsung Galaxy Tab available Nov. 21 for $649; data starts at $15 a month
• US Cellular to offer Galaxy Tab on Nov. 19 -- $399 on contract after rebate
• Sprint Galaxy Tab available today -- $399 on contract, data starts at $29
• Update for Sprint Galaxy Tab now official, and hopefully successful
• Samsung Galaxy Tab now available on Bell -- just not in all store locations
• Dell Streak with white back available from and exclusive to Best Buy
• Enhance your Galaxy Tab experience by adding Bluetooth keyboard, mouse
• Samsung Galaxy Tab source code released

OS updates

• How to manually apply the Droid Incredible maintenance update
• Froyo available to Desire users on Virgin finally
• Canadian Galaxy S phones get Froyo update news
• Froyo hitting HTC Legends on Vodafone

Top o' the news - Yes on Nexus 2, no on Gingerbread

• Samsung Elite /Nexus S / Nexus 2 pics from the wild
• This the Samsung Elite/Nexus S/Nexus 2?
• Best Buy tips the 'Nexus S' on T-Mobile? Maybe, or maybe not
• Best Buy to feature Nexus S materials as soon as Nov. 14 [rumor]
• Nexus One will be the first to get Gingerbread, maybe this week
• How to prepare your Nexus One for Gingerbread
• Gingerbread coming today? It's still pinging
• More random signs that Gingerbread is on its way (though nobody really knows when)
• Adobe AIR prepped for Gingerbread, too

Hardware news

• HTC Mecha (Incredible HD) on Verizon -- with LTE, the new Sense and Android 2.2
• Might the Droid Incredible HD be a Verizon Android LTE device?
• Samsung finally (and officially) announces the dual-screen Continuum; Coming to Verizon on Nov. 11
• Live from Samsung's Continuum event
• Samsung Continuum Hands-On!
• Verizon announces Droid Pro presale, in stores Nov. 18
• Droid Pro, Droid 2 Global now available for pre-order online
• Motorola adds 'Profiles' with Droid Pro
• Droid 2 Global gets introduced by Motorola in video form
• HTC Merge being delayed -- to get LTE?
• HTC Merge accessories show in Verizon's system
• Motorola Dogz - LTE, stock Gingerbread
• Motorola Citrus available Nov. 11 on Verizon for $49.99
• Motorola Flipside now available from AT&T

Tablet news

• Verizon Galaxy Tab available today; AT&T's version coming Nov. 21 for $649?
• Samsung Galaxy Tab launches on T-Mobile
• Sprint Galaxy Tab Hands-On
• Sprint Premier customers invited to preorder Galaxy Tab
• HP Photosmart eStation (Android almost-tablet) hands-on [Video]

Software news

• Angry Birds updated with 45 new levels!
• Swype for Android beta updated
• 8pen keyboard updated, is now free
• Opera Mobile beta in Android Market
• Doodle Jump updated, now on sale until November 17th!
• Tango Video Calls updated with fixes for EVO and Samsung devices
• YouTube Remote wants to control your leanback experience
• Yahoo! Messenger updated for video calling, bugfixes aplenty
• Wall Street Journal comes to Android Tablets
• Bing: It's not just for Verizon anymore

Hacking

• T-Mobile G2 finally cracked open, permanent root for all (and the Desire Z and HD)
• Clockwork recovery for G2 now in Rom Manager
• Leaked: Android 2.2.1 for the Motorola Droid (FRG83), and rooted, no less
• MyTouch 4G root still a bit of the ol' caveat emptor
• Clockwork recovery for myTouch 4G now in Rom Manager
• Sprint Epic 4G Froyo leak made available to all
• CyanogenMod 6 on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G

OS udpates

• Droid Incredible maintenance update starting to trickle in
• Motorola Backflip keeps up with the times -- receives Android 2.1 update
• Motorola Cliq 2.1 update now officially available

Top o' the news

• Motorola Droid Pro presale starts Nov. 9, launch day is Nov. 18
• Motorola Droid Pro pricing: $179 with contract, rebate

Hardware news

• Sprint turns on 4G for New York City, others
• T-Mobile pimps itself as 'America's Largest 4G Network'
• T-Mobile bringing 'affordable' Android phones this holiday season
• T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Hands-On [Video]
• Samsung Continuum available Nov. 11, has 3.4-inch Super AMOLED display
• Latest Verizon comparison chart has the Motorola Citrus, LG Vortex
• Samsung Continuum specs vs. the rest of Verizon's high-end Android lineup
• LG Optimus S available Sunday on Sprint
• Samsung's Galaxy S becomes first smartphone to be Wi-Fi Direct certified
• Dell Venue arrives at FCC again, armed with T-Mobile's 1700MHz band
• LG Pad on its way in Q1, to ship with Honeycomb?
• Logitech Revue getting software update to address frame-rate issue

Software news

• Android 101: Preparation for the Dalightly Saving Time switch
• Google gives developers a spot to list changes in app updates
• 8pen keyboard now available on the Android Market
• Android Facebook app getting Places, Groups - no phone, says Zuckerberg
• First up in Facebook's single sign-on: Zynga, Groupon, Loopt, scvngr, Yelp, Flixter, Booyah
• Facebook for Android update in the Market now, get your Places on!
• Twitter for Android updated with whole bunch of improvements
• Android Quick App: PowerAMP [video]
• OpenFeint brings a slew of new games to Android
• Firefox 4 steps up to Beta 2
• Google Instant officially on Android 2.2

OS update news

• Froyo, Eclair continue their dominance
• Latest Google Maps update tastes a tad like Gingerbread
• Droid Incredible maintenance update reportedly starting Nov. 8
• T-Mobile pushing update to G2, brings Wifi calling, bugfixes
• Manually updating the T-Mobile G2
• Motorola Backflip to Android 2.1 upgrade instructions, release notes
• T-Mobile myTouch 4G already getting an OTA update
• Froyo pushing out to Galaxy S phones in the UK right about ... now!

Site news

• Win a Galaxy Tab from Waze and Android Central!

More rumors than we can shake a stick at.

Top o' the news - Gingerbread, Honeycomb and rumors - oh, my!

• Android 2.3 -- and Android 3.0.1 -- are starting to ping websites
• Will Gingerbread be Android 2.3?
• Gingerbread man arrives at Google HQ [video]
• Samsung unveiling new Android device in New York City on Nov. 8
• A second Google phone out before Christmas?
• Samsung Nexus Two (or Nexus S) reportedly a lot like the Galaxy S, only different
• Google shutting down Nexus One forum, but ours is still here to help!

Hardware news

• Verizon giving away the HTC Merge as part of 'Urban Challenge' in Seattle
• T-Mobile officially says myTouch is the myTouch 4G, coming Nov. 3 for $199
• T-Mobile LG Optimus T available Nov. 3 for $29.99 after contract, rebate
• Google TV - first impressions [from the forums]
• Logitech acknowledges frame rate issue with Revue video playback [Google TV]
• Is this the LTE Android smartphone Verizon's CFO has been carrying?
• HTC Knight headed to Sprint?
• Sony's Android Playstation Phone poses for pictures
• Hands on with the Samsung Mesmerize [video]
• HTC Wildfire to be released in U.S. before end of the year
• HTC Desire HD goes down under, available in Australia soon
• HTC Droid Incredible HD rumored to be coming Nov. 23
• NOOKcolor revealed, brings 7-inch e-reader/tablet Android hybrid

Tablet news

• Sprint Galaxy Tab officially Nov. 14; $399 on contract, data starts at $29
• T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Tab to be released Nov. 10
• U.S. Cellular is getting the Samsung Galaxy Tab; price, date not announced
• Samsung Galaxy Tabs coming to Best Buy, Wi-Fi-only $499

Software news

• Adobe releases security advisory for Flash
• Google Maps updated to Version 4.6 with search improvements
• Android Quick App: the Impossible Level Game
• Android Quick App: ChromeMarks browser bookmark sync
• 3D graphics on Android? Done, thanks to HTML5 and the Fennec browser
• Android Market passes 100,000 'apps'
• More evidence that PayPal payments are coming to the Android Market

Other OS updates

• Droid 2 update on the way, Verizon says
• Sprint Galaxy Tab will have Sprint ID; the Epic 4G also will get it
• Android 2.1 update for Telus HTC Hero available now
• Manually update Motorola Cliq to 2.1
• New Evo 4G update leaks out, is rooted
• HTC Desire HD receives first OTA update
• Sense 2.2 leaked for the HTC Aria

Community

• Win a free Logitech Revue from your pals at Android Central [Google TV]