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A couple of days ago, LG said that the LG Optimus One handset won’t be getting the Android 2.3 update because the minimum requirements to run Gingerbread is a 1GHz processor. However, this piece of news was shot down by Android team’s Dan Morrill. He said that the hardware requirement for Android 2.3 is very similar to Android 2.2 a.k.a Froyo.

At the beginning of this month, we reported that T-Mobile UK has started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the Galaxy S handsets in the U.K. Apparently, that did not happen and T-Mobile UK never released the update. Now, another carrier in the UK – Three – has started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the Three U.K. branded Galaxy S handsets.

Quite a few weeks ago, we had reported that HTC will soon be rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the HTC Legend. Surprisingly, the company first rolled out the Android 2.2 update for the Vodafone UK branded Legend handsets. However, starting from today the company has started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the unlocked Legend handsets in Europe.

Motorola and Verizon are soon going to roll out a new software update for the Droid X. The new software update version number is 2.3.340 and is a pretty major one. The update will include Madden NFL football game for the Droid X. Along with this; the update will also improve the performance and stability of the device.

Last night at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference – Andy Rubin announced that Google will soon be releasing Google Maps 5. The updated version of Google Maps will bring with it many goodies like dynamic map drawing, many multi-touch gestures like using two fingers to tilt and rotate and offline caching.

In the beginning of November, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 got its much awaited Android 2.1 update. The update is still being rolled out to different regions of the world. It is still unclear whether the Xperia X10 will get the Android 2.2 update or not. However, a Sony Ericsson spokesperson in Turkey has revealed that the Xperia X10 will get its Android 2.2 update by Q2 of 2011.

The Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone is already one of the most anticipated Android handset of 2011. Many pictures of the device have already leaked on the Internet, until now no picture or video displayed the Gamepad of the device. Now, a new video of the Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone – dubbed as ZEUS has emerged on the Internet.

Yesterday, when we posted the video of Android 2.3 Gingerbread UI exposed through Voice Search, many of you must have noticed a new tab in the Android Market. Since the video was in some alien language (at least for me), I could not understand what that new tab in Android Market is for.

All over the world, Android lovers are impatiently waiting for Google to release the next version of Android – Gingerbread a.k.a Android 2.3. Google had earlier promised that Android 2.3 will bring it a UI over haul. However, with some leaked pictures of Nexus S running Android 2.3 it was pretty clear that Google will only be tweaking the UI instead of giving it a major over haul.

Samsung started rolling out the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update for unbranded Galaxy S handsets in early November. The Korean company has been slowly rolling out the update to unlocked devices in various regions of the world. It was just a couple of days ago that the company started rolling out the Froyo update in India.

The Motorola Droid is the bestselling Android handset until date. The phone launched with Android 2.0 on board, and then later was among the first few handsets to get the Android 2.1 and 2.2 update early. Now, Motorola and Verizon are going to release another software update for the Droid.

The Android powered Acer Liquid Metal is expected to launch soon on the airwaves of AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. This handset is also expected to launch soon in Canada and UK.

At the beginning of this month, Samsung started rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the Galaxy S in the U.K. Samsung is slowly rolling out the update in various regions of the world. Today, the company has released the Android 2.2 update for the Galaxy S in India

It was a few days ago that the Google Nexus One got a small update to Android 2.2.1. The update was a pretty minor one and mainly aimed at fixing bugs with the present firmware. Even though this update is a small one, owners of different handsets are already impatient for their share of Android 2.2.1 love.