Android Central Podcast Episode 41

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