2.3 to be next major Android release from Google?

By on Oct 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Rumor October 22, 2010

If you thought you would have to wait until Android 3.0 to see the next major revision of Google’s mobile OS, think again. In an Android support thread, discussing an issue with Android 2.2 and WPA enterprise wireless networks, an anonymous Google employee let out a little bit of a bombshell. As the post reads:

Yes, Android 2.3 is a “major release”, and this patch will be available then.

The “patch” the Google employee is referring to is a fix to allow WPA EAP authentication that was, apparently, broken, committed to the Android repository, and pushed out with Android 2.2. Sounds good to us, but what do you think Android 2.3 is going to be called? Our vote: Pavlova.

[Via Android Central]

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  • Stang68
  • GeeBees

    Man, Google is absolutely rocking with Android. No wonder it is the top selling cellphone OS and dumped Apple and their defective iPhone hardware into 3rd place.

    Don’t cry Apple Hipster Douchebags, at least you can’t possibly do worse than Microsoft and their dead Kin and Windows Phone 7 OSes.

    • Perspective

      You must’ve missed Verizon’s failure to outgain AT&T despite both the Droid X and the Droid 2, as well as the 14.1 million iPhones sold last quarter. Though Android gained the previous quarter, they got their ass kicked during the current one, as they hadevery quarter prior to the last. Cheers.

      • Insight

        And you must’ve missed the exploit that every smartphone manufacturer ended their quarter in August, while Apple extended theirs through September…This of course gave an undeniable lead because their statistics were skewed due to an extra month of reported earnings.

        CHEERS

      • Eric

        So, when we will see 2.3? When 3.0 is out??

      • Rumpole

        Do you have any idea what you’re talking about? Quarters means quarter of the year. Jan-Mar is a quarter. Apr-Jun is a quarter. Jul-Sept is a quarter. Oct-Dec is a quarter.
        No publicly traded company ends their quarter in August.
        Oy.

    • Johnathan

      But but I’m still waiting on 2.2 to come out on my phone LoL You don’t hear iPhone users saying that

      • The Rogue Economist

        Except first-gen iPhone users… they can’t upgrade to the 4.x iOS versions, no matter what.

        If 2.2 doesn’t come out officially on your Android device, root it and install it yourself. Not a clean solution, but it does work… have a G1 here running Froyo.

  • 3 Phones Jugglin

    Patches are nice….but im more intrested in what Google will do in terms of redesigning the Layout of the Homescreen, Notification Bar, Widgets, etc.

    I guess that wont come till 3.5 or even 4.0. Whatever those will be called after Honeycomb….Ice Cream or Jellybean.

  • Bill

    I hope it’s called, fix this damn X from rebooting 4 or 5 times a day!

    • Jeff

      That’s Motorola’s screw up, not Google’s. I have my Droid X rooted with custom stock Android 2.2 rom (Fission) and it works flawlessly and wayyy faster than any Android phone I’ve ever run.

  • Neo

    It’s going to be called iOS wanna be.

    • brianw

      Yeah! I mean who REALLY wants Widgets and a non intrusive notification system. Forget about true multitasking too! I’d rather have Steve jobs tell me what my phone can and cant do!

  • GUy

    I actually WANT Android to kick ass, but right now the integration of Apple’s iPhone into their Mac series and their presence on just about every website/application makes it really hard for the average consumer to give Google’s offering a chance.

    That’s why you’re still hearing people bitch about how their iPhone’s are so much better, blah blah blah. Reason being, people will pay whatever if they can have an easy to use device that works with everything they own. Tell me an iPhone slapped up with a Mac and the iSuite doesn’t rock…now if Android can come up with a media management software (3rd party or otherwise) that syncs flawlessly with your computer AND your car/tv/xbox/ps3 (etc.)…then you’ll see people dump the overpriced brainwashing company for opensourcedawesomeness.

    Here’s a crazy thought: Windows 7 could actually pull off a win if they make it stupid easy to sync your PC/Car w/ ‘Sync’/XBox with a decent media suite…they’re mega rich. Buy up some genius developers to make a sexy UI that fits all those devices and you’ve got the new king of the ring!

  • tomm

    No wonder I couldn’t connect to my schools secure 1x wireless. Hopefully GB fixes EAP.

  • MacMan

    Android 2.3 grilled cheese.

  • Channan

    If this is true, it’ll probably just be called “Froyo” also. 2.0 and 2.1 were both Eclair and we know Google is going in alphabetical order with their names so Gingerbread has to be next.

    • brianw

      I don’t think 2.1 was a “major” release though. I do believe this will be GingerBread. Quite some time ago gingerbread was rumored to be 2.3 – 2.5.

    • Mark

      So will Zebra be out by Christmas?

      • StevenHamburg

        aren’t you just too witty?

      • Channan

        Does Zebra sound like a fucking dessert to you?

      • Keith

        Depends on your locale…

  • Mark

    Just another fragment……when will g
    Google learn that you can’t make an OS a roller coaster.

  • JM

    I wouldn’t get too excited…unless there are going to some major UI enhancements as well.

  • http://www.willatworklearning.com Will

    My Android Smartphone is NOT SMART. Google STILL has not created a SYNC mechanism for Outlook that works with Windows 7 (if you don’t use Exchange).

    I keep wondering whether Verizon will give me my money back for selling me a product (the Droid) that doesn’t do what it was advertised to do. SMARTPHONE’s are supposed to enable users to keep their contacts and calendar up to date.

    Is it Google or me who is NOT SMART?

  • kyle

    so when will this one be available on samsung products 2012 ??? sometime this old 1. whatever really sucks. or is it just the implementation of android on the samsung platform. oh I have three sprint epics. very sluggish os.

    Kyle

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