Differences between Android Froyo and Android Gingerbread
What is Differences between Froyo and Gingerbread
Android market has been expanding since its launch. Like other countries Pakistan is also facing the increased demand for android. Many intelligent Symbian users have shifted to Android. Froyo was the 2.2 version of Android, now Gingerbread has been released which is version 2.3. Since many phones still have Froyo installed, their users are considering to replace it with a better and updated OS. Here we will give you a brief overview of both flavours:
Android Froyo:
- Support for Advanced Microsoft Exchange
- Added functionality of Wi-Fi hotspots
- Contact Sharing and Voice dialing over Bluetooth
- Browsers can upload files to servers
- Support for animated GIFs in browser
- Support for Adobe Flash 10.1
- Extra high DPI screens support
Phones that Support Android Froyo:
- Samsung Captivate
- Samsung Vibrant
- Samsung Acclaim
- Samsung Galaxy Indulge
- Galaxy Mini, Galaxy Ace
- Samsung Galaxy 551
- Samsung Galaxy 580
- HTC Merge
- HTC Wildfire S
- HTC Desire HD
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Desire Z
- HTC Incredible S
- HTC Aria
- Motorola Droid Pro
- Motorola Droid 2
- Motorola CLIQ 2
- Motorola Droid 2 Global
- LG Optimus S
- LG Optimus T
- LG Optimus 2X
- LG Optimus One
- SE Xperia X10
- Samsung Vibrant 4G
- Samsung Galaxy S 4G
- HTC Inspire 4G
- HTC Evo Shift 4G
- HTC Thunderbolt
- HTC T-Mobile myTouch 4G
- Motorola Atrix 4G
- HTC Evo 4G
Android Gingerbread:
- New interfaces for extra themes
- Extra Large screen supported
- SIP Communication Protocol Supported (Audio and Video calling)
- Support for Near Field Communication (NFC)
- WebM/VP8 video formats supported
- AAC audio encoding supported
- Added Audio effects like reverb, headphone virtualization, equalization and bass boost
- Added functionality for Copy and Pasting text
- Added functionality Multi Touch Software Keyboard
- New features for game developers like Audio, Graphical and input enhancements
- Gyroscope sensor supported
- New Download Manager for HTTP downloading
- Added Support for Native codes
- Increased Application control for power management
- Multiple cameras supported
Phones that Support Android Gingerbread:
- Google Nexus S
- HTC Cha Cha
- HTC Salsa
- Samsung Galaxy S II (Galaxy S2)
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Thunderbolt
- LG Optimus 3D
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
- Motorola Droid Bionic
- HTC Pyramid (2.3.2)
If You want, we can show how to upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 in a separate post. Please let us know in your comments.