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The Cowon D3, equal parts stunning and frustrating, got at least incrementally better in July when it finally scored a heavily skinned version of Gingerbread. Now, with version 3.55 of the media player’s firmware, the D3 is getting even more streamlined. There’s no huge new features to speak of — and don’t even get your hopes up for market support — but overall the PMP should be more stable and run a bit smoother. Hit up the source link to check out the full list of bug fixes and to download the update now.

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Cowon D3 firmware hits 3.5, gives your Gingerbread PMP a spit shine originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Updates can be somewhat of an addiction to the Android faithful — just peep those XDA forums. And even though this particular Google upgrade isn’t exactly the Ice Cream Sandwich of our Autumn dreams, it’s still a noteworthy bump to the oft-used Maps app. Bundled up in version 5.10.0 are two minor, but useful tweaks that’ll display your four and five star rated Places, as well as letting you tack a photo onto your review. We managed to download the update directly to our phone, but last we checked, the web-based marketplace still hadn’t refreshed with the latest offering. Make sure to hit the source link below to keep your Gapps up to snuff.

Google Maps update adds top-rated reviews, photos to Places originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Want in on some Honeycomb optimized Google Voice action without going through all the trouble of sideloading? Today’s your lucky day; the boys of El Goog silently pushed out Google Voice 0.4.2.36 to the Android market this morning, adding native tablet support. You can snatch up this update right now directly from Google itself — but we wouldn’t blame you if you decided to sideload it anyway, just for old time’s sake.

[Thanks, Ryan]

Google Voice for Honeycomb tablets now officially available, no sideloading necessary originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sprint to double Upgrade Fee to $36 starting September 9th? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android update junkies are in for a treat from Sony Ericsson. The handset maker’s serving up the freshest batch of Gingerbread to its Xperia line of smartphones starting this October. Bundled in to this 2.3.4 rollout are a bunch of OEM enhancements, bringing along deeper Facebook integration that’ll let you like and share your app discoveries with friends, and “3D sweep panorama technology,” so you can snap those self-portraits for 3DTV viewing. SE’s also thrown in a native screen capture function and, of course, there’s Google Talk with Video Chat. The Neo V will be the first phone out of the launch gate with these baked-in tweaks, but if you’ve got a beefier Xperia device, it’s probably better just to wait.

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Sony Ericsson updates Xperia line with the latest Gingerbread goods originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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