When HTC launched the Incredible S at MWC a couple of weeks ago, it didn’t get Gingerbread and a huge number wasn’t pleased. But HTC promised the new 4-inch device would be quick to get the fun of Gingerbread update and now it’s giving us a clearer date for as the company says that Android 2.3 will be distributed to its new flagship phone by the end of Q2 2011. Well, that’s at least better than none, but four months of wait is surely quite long to me.

Anyway, the Incredible S is not the only one getting the Gingerbread goodies. The Desire HD and Desire Z — both released in September 2010 — will also be leaping away from Froyo and up to Gingerbread and will be joined by the original Desire, which was announced way back at last year’s MWC. That handset was essentially HTC’s own-brand Nexus One, so we already knew it was capable of running Gingerbread, but it’s still rare to see a device go through two significant Android updates (the Desire began life with Android 2.1). God bless the Desire.

All these old Desires are placed on the same update schedule as the Incredible S, whereas the newly announced Desire S and Wildfire S will ship with Gingerbread preloaded.

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