Android 3.0 Gingerbread details revealed

We’ve been hearing in regards to the upcoming Android Gingerbread release in Q4 for ages now. and also how the hot Android user interface will blow our socks off.

Still, everyone’s been pretty sketchy about exact details of what’s actually coming to Android Gingerbread. in the past.

Mobile-review.com’s Eldar Murtazin just went and spilled a boatload of interesting information about the imminent Android Gingerbread release.  Don’t run are seeking these details to his blog or his main site, you won’t find anything there yet.

Eldar did all of the spilling in his Russian podcast “Digestiv”. It’s audio only, so Google Translate won’t mean you can much. in case you don’t speak Russian, you’ll need to trust me in this

Her we go:

Android 3.0 Gingerbread shall be released in mid- October (around 15 -16th), 2010. First handsets shipping in November/December – for the vacation Season.
Minimum hardware requirements for Android 3.0 devices are: 1GHZ CPU, 512MB or RAM, displays from 3.5” and better.  (we all, obviously, heard that Android handsets with 2GHz CPU’s are coming)
New 1280×760 resolution available for the devices with displays of 4” and higher. (Anyone considering Android tablets now? )
Completely revamped user interface. If you like to get a sense of what Android 3.0 Gingerbread UX is like, take a look at the Gallery  App on Nexus One. The same overall feel, light animated transitions,etc. Natively, through all the UI.
Android’s split into 2 branches becomes official. 3.0 for prime of the line/high end devices. Cheap, low-end mass market handsets will keep Android 2.1/2.2

Eldar also confirmed my musings concerning the death of third party User Interface shells like HTC Sense, MotoBlur, etc;. Android 3.0 basically kills the desire for them.

Still, there’s some hope for third party vendors here – while Google takes over the UI on the high end, vendors get to maintain their UI shells/improvements on mass market Android smartphones, running Eclair or Froyo.