What is gingerbread?
Released as Android 2.3. Details provided by Google on December 6th, 2010: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html • New user features • UI refinements for simplicity and speed • Faster, more intuitive text input • One-touch word selection and copy/paste • Improved power management • Control over applications • New ways of communicating, organizing • Internet calling • Near-field communications • Downloads management • New Developer Features • Enhancements for gaming • Performance: Android 2.3 includes a variety of improvements across the system that make common operations faster and more efficient for all applications. Of particular interest to game developers are: • Concurrent garbage collector — The Dalivik VM introduces a new, concurrent garbage collector that minimizes application pauses, helping to ensure smoother animation and increased responsiveness in games and similar applications. • Faster event distribution — The plaform now handles touch and keyboard