Dear Google, You're Insane!

December is already off to a great start and Google doesn't plan to end the year without a bang! We have seen Chrome 8 with apps, Google's eBook Store, the Gingerbread (2.3) SDK all the way to the official announcement of the Nexus S! Even being able to get a very experimental version of Gingerbread on some of our own phones! We also got a sneak peak at the first Honeycomb Tablet, the first Chrome OS laptop and a preview of a new Google Maps to come soon! 

I'm going to touch very, very briefly on some of these below:

Chrome 8:

To the average web user, the most notable change you will notice is the addition of apps. There is a good selection of apps available already. They also have a great selection of games available, I was skeptical at first, but they run wonderfully for the most part. Ran into a little slowness but I think it is just from using a low-end computer. Try it nevertheless and let me know what you think!

Google's eBook Store:

To be completely honest, I am not a big reader. I have skimmed through and it seems pretty awesome. Lots of free eBooks, and we love free! I think this may be the first step to Android becoming an all-in-one device, now partially being an eReader as well.

The Nexus S and Gingerbread:

The Nexus S is a beautiful device! I am however a little disappointed in the specs. There is no dual core processor like most of us were hoping for. Google is great at listening to feedback and the users. I believe that Google did this to prove that they can have a super fast OS on low end phones, so therefore we will not run into quad-core processors by 2012 and as well as to end Android fragmentation. I installed an unstable Gingerbread on my HTC Hero today, even for the low specs for my device, it was pretty snappy and quick. It is said that if your phone can run Froyo (2.2) than it should be able to run Gingerbread (2.3) even better. As far as a minimum hardware requirement for 2.3, I don't think it will be very high (if there will even be one at all.)

As far as Honeycomb, I am looking forward to see how it will play with Gingerbread, if there will be any implementation what so ever. Google hinted us that it may just be another version of Android. All we can do is wait and see, but I have a feeling we will be getting more hints soon.

Hit up some of the links for more information - there is alot of it.