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Google’s steady move into the mobile phone market has been met with a great deal of success, with their Android operating system finding a home in the hearts of both consumers and developers. The operating system, which has future plans for tablet computers and maybe even netbooks, is still in the process of working out the kinks, but Google’s development team has been committing a great deal of resources to making sure Android is updated frequently, with features that only make it more appealing. Android 3.0, an update dubbed “Gingerbread,” is no different, with a host of new features and minor tweaks that were unveiled by the company earlier last week.

The information was leaked by Phandroid, a website devoted to Android updates and information. A bit of backstory is required before going into the actual updates themselves. Rival smartphone developer Palm has been in a structural shakeup after being acquired by HP, so much so that developer Martias Durate, the lead of Palm’s webOS team, left the company for greener pastures at Google. WebOS has been hailed for its sleek and innovative design, and with information pertaining to visual enhancements in Android, many speculated Durate was in part to thank.

In the 19th Century, thousands of everyday people flooded California in the hopes of striking it rich, panning and mining for gold. Instead, most lost everything and only a few found that elusive fortune.

The iPhone and Android have created the modern day version of a digital gold rush, as people download software to build cell phone applications and strike it rich at $1.99 a pop. Many of these developers are professional programmers, but a growing number are average people with a little computer knowledge and a dream of launching the next Pandora.

For the one guy in the Balkan Islands that hasn’t heard of cell phone applications, they are downloadable programs that do everything from ordering pizza and finding public restrooms to trivia games and fart noises. People download these apps to their phone for a small price, if not for free, but they are often ad supported.