New Features Of Android 2.3 Gingerbread Detailed

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New User Features

• UI refinements for simplicity, speed and power-efficiency
  
• Faster, more intuitive text input (redesigned keyboard and text input)
  
• Improved power management
  
• Control over applications (Manage Applications – running tab)
  
• New ways of communicating, organizing (NFC, VoIP, SIP)
  
• Downloads management
  
• Camera access (front and back)
  

New Developer Features

• Performance
  

• Concurrent garbage collector

  
  

• Faster event distribution

  
  

• Updated video drivers

  
  

• Native input and sensor events
  
• Gyroscope, rotation vector, linear acceleration, gravity, and barometer support Improved 3D motion processing
  
• Open API for native audio
  
• Native graphics management
  
• Native access to Activity lifecycle, window management
  
• Native access to assets, storage
  
• Robust native development environment
  
• Mixable audio effects
  
• Support for new media formats
  
• Access to multiple cameras
  

New Platform Technologies

• Media Framework
  

• New media framework fully replaces OpenCore, maintaining all previous codec/container support for encoding and decoding.

  
  

• Integrated support for the VP8 open video compression format and the WebM open container format

  
  

• Adds AAC encoding and AMR wideband encoding

  
  

• Linux Kernel
  

• Upgraded to 2.6.35

  
  

• Networking
  

• SIP stack, configurable by device manufacturer

  
  

• Support for Near Field Communications (NFC), configurable by device manufacturer

  
  

• Updated BlueZ stack

  
  

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jx3pdWBlZ34

Source: thinkdigit.com

Disclaimer: could not find post which details out benefits of Android 2.3 Gingerbread hence posting, if this is redundant mods do delete.

Edited March 26, 2011 by digitalnirvana