Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" not Android 3.0, and is due this week

Google's next Android update is Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread and not Android 3.0 as was earlier surmised, and is due to be released on November 11.

A report by The Android Phone quotes a tweet from Alvaro Fuentes Vasquez, a team member of the Open Handset Alliance. He stated that the Gingerbread or Android 2.3 update will available for Nexus One, for developers on November 11.

The report follows an earlier report by Engadget that stated that OEM LG Electronics is due to launch an 8.9-inch tablet that will be powered by Honeycomb rather that Gingerbread.

Also in October, LG had reported that it will forgo its plans to launch an Android 2.2 or Froyo-based tablet but will wait for a more robust edition of Android for tablets.

The reports however seem to allude to the assumption that Gingerbread is targeted at smartphones while Honeycomb for tablets. It still leaves the industry guessing as to whether Android 3.0 is the awaited Honeycomb.