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