Just in case upgrading to Android 3.0

I think I take note of these when I hunt for my new android hp or tablet

However, Gingerbread has minimum requirements like (among others) 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 3.5 inches screen size. 

(oh no HTC Desire Z will fail to run on future 3.0)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" 4Q Of 2010 Release

Google, according to some Russian source, will release their next Android OS (Android 3.0 or Gingerbread) in fourth quarter (4Q) of 2010. With Google's unique naming conventions on their Android OS, Google's Gingerbread focuses on their user interface (UI). Google tries to encourage universal consistency in the design and to minimize fragmentation.

The talks about "fragmentation" (there are disconnects among products, not streamlined in the way inconsistent in Google's Android OS design, consumer-based interfaces, simplicity, etc) is a criticism among (mostly) Apple lovers because their products are generally consistent (design, architecture and engineering wise). It's true (arguably speaking) that no companies are immune to fragmentation problem. Even Apple has fragmentation on their own. For example, Apple's latest OS is not backward compatible with their older generation iPhones.

Gingerbread features (comparable to current and older OS's) better UI, animations, integrated Google apps, increased speed, and others. However, Gingerbread has minimum requirements like (among others) 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM, and 3.5 inches screen size. Another unfortunate fragmentation since older devices may not be able to run Gingerbread. To Google's credit, fragmentation is not due to the limitation of their Android OS (in fact, manufacturer could profit more because the it's an open-source product or it's free). The fragmentation is the result of different manufacturers with different marketing and business goal interests. They each have different flavors of Android OS. Google is making an effort to make sure that consistency is at the highest priority.
Source:
PCWorld
B4Tea
Engadget