Four-year-old Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS still ships on some new devices, gets partial support from Google via Play Services updates
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Tweets: @liliputingnews and @ohthatflo Tweets: Liliputing / @liliputingnews : Even old phones running Android 2.3 can get new tricks thanks to Google Play Services, other software updates http://ow.ly/GDDyX Florence Ion / @ohthatflo : http://arstechnica.com/... this is just a fantastic explainer for why low-end android devices still ship with Gingerbread.