Blue Blur is upon you DROID Pro owners! After months of waiting following a 2.3.3 May tease, the Pro will join the rest of Motorola’s lineup in the Gingerbread ranks. And now that I think about it, is this the last of them? Let me get this straight – Motorola managed to update their entire portfolio of phones to Gingerbread before Samsung could get either the Fascinate or Charge on it? And I’m going to attempt to not even mention the Thunderbolt and Incredible debacles. Got to give it up to Moto for that at least.

If you own a Pro, you are in for a completely different experience than what you have grown accustomed to over the last year. The UI is now blue, but the biggest part of this update is the stability and speed that comes with Gingerbread. Welcome to the party!

As for a time of release, we just heard from a reader who received it yesterday. Head on into Settings>About phone>System updates and see if you are greeted with kindness.

Full changelog after the break.  

Each month, the Android team publishes the distribution numbers for each version of Android.  It doesn’t do much other than give us a chance to laugh at the idea that some people are still running phones with Cupcake and Eclair on them.  Well, it also gives us a look at which OS is on the rise – this month it’s Gingerbread thanks to Motorola who upgraded their entire portfolio.

And then next month or in December, we should see a new entry as Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Fun, fun.

Via:  Android Developers

This week we found out that a “soak test” has been scheduled for owners of the DROIDX2.  Details of what were to be included had yet to materialize, but this latest leaked SBF file (from the2dcour) for the device may give us a pretty good hint.  The full SBF below will bring your device up to Android 2.3.4, is still locked, and does not appear to be the 3D Blur that we have seen on the DROID3 and Bionic.

Download:  VRZ_MB870_4.5.1A-DTN-150-30_1FF_01.sbf.zip (334MB)

Good news is that you can still root with Pete’s root tool.

Via:  XDA

Cheers Balltongue!

It has been a wild ride for the HTC Thunderbolt and the Gingerbread update for it that finally arrived this week.  Once it went live, users flocked to it, hoping for magic.  What they found though, was a support document (which was pulled and has now returned) that had no idea what it was talking about followed by a couple of bugs that were almost as frustrating as the 5-6 months wait.  The first was pretty major – voicemail notifications no longer worked.  Can you imagine the effect on someone whose job relies heavily on such a simple, yet important piece to their phone?

The other bug, which is just more annoying than anything, has to do with Google Talk.  With Android 2.3.4, we were all supposed to see video chatting capabilities, except they were only half-way introduced with this update for the Thunderbolt.  On my device, I could not get it to connect no matter what I tried. Others claimed they could at least connect, but there was no way to get the front-facing camera to work, leaving the service useless in video form.

And then yesterday, rumors started flooding our inbox suggesting that the update had been pulled.  Has it? We are pretty sure it has been at this point.  The thing most of you are wondering though, is “What about those of us that already updated?”  Well, all signs point to Verizon working quickly to make this situation right.  Now, I have not been given or seen a time table, but I don’t think I need to remind you of the amount of time it took them to fix that reboot bug (3 months?).  Let’s just hope they see the importance of having correctly working voicemail notifications and get this puppy out in a matter of days.

To those of you that are rooted or ROM’d, you may want to check out this fix for voicemail notifications.

Oh, and here is the correct Thunderbolt Gingebread PDF…  

The rugged Casio G’z0ne Commando is scheduled to receive its Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in the very near future.  A friend just sent over this support document that details the upgrade before it goes live on Verizon’s site.  For the most part, the update looks like a bug fixer, but we know that 2.3 will make it buttery smooth just as it did the Thunderbolt.

For those of you running wild in the woods with a Commando by your side, be sure to get to an area that has service soon so that your phone can get in on the GB party.

Cheers ___!

Packed inside the Gingerbread (Android 2.3.4) update for the HTC Thunderbolt, you will find a new dock app that pops up automatically when dropped into a cradle.  As you can see in the photo above, it’s simple, but still gives you enough information to make it worthwhile.

It’s not customizable other than the wallpaper stream in the background or the music you decide to play, however, it’s a welcomed addition.  It pulls in your calendar feed, weather, can turn into a hotspot automatically, and even pull in your Friend Stream.  If only we could toss in a Gmail icon it might be perfect.  

The Gingerbread (Android 2.3.4) update for the HTC Thunderbolt is now available for everyone to pull.  All you have to do is go into Settings>Software update and “Check new.”  Go get it everyone!

Full changelog here.

*Note – If you receive the OTA, please let us know if Google Talk with Video is working.  On the leak, it looks like it should work, but it cannot connect to actual video calls.

Cheers Chris, Raymar, and Owen!

With the Gingerbread (Android 2.3.4) update for the HTC Thunderbolt finally getting the go-ahead from Verizon, it should become available to a small batch of users starting today (according to our sources).  If you do not feel like waiting though, we have manual update instructions here, but just know that you will lose root and also wipe your phone completely if you go that route.  So while you wait for your phone to get the green light, we thought we would share some of what you will see.