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In case you missed it CyanogenMod 7, one of our favorite AOSP Android ROM, has now been officially released for many Android devices (HTC EVO 4G, HTC Desire HD etc.). It brings among other things a stable release of Gingerbread (Android 2.3) with its wealth of improvements as well as WiMax (4G) support on the HTC EVO 4G.
As we said CyanogenMod 7 brings Gingerbread to your Android device (see http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices for compatibility) and while many changes have been made behind the scenes you should notice overall that your smartphone is faster. We tried CyanogenMod 7 on a HTC EVO 4G and loved it: nice new lockscreen, screen off animation, fast & smooth scrolling, new theme chooser etc. We highly recommend this custom ROM.
This YouTube video from Google summarizes some of the Android 2.3 improvements that you will find included in CyanogenMod 7:
You can get Gingerbread on your Android device today if you download CyanogenMod 7 (stable release) using ROM Manager (Android Market) or @ http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices.

The changelog for CyanogenMod 7 can be seen below:

7.0.0

• Common: Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) - Google
• Common: Fixes and changes from AOSP master - Various
• Common: ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0: Koush, Cyanogen, Zinx
• Common: Themes engine - T-Mobile
• Common: Performance enhancements for Qualcomm hardware - Code Aurora
• Common: New boot animation - 73v1n - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYXiKWwp0DQ
• Common: Fix readahead values for NAND/MMC devices
• Common: Revamped notification widget - cvpcs
• Common: Updated various graphics for GB style - blunden
• Common: DSPManager updated for 2.3 - alankila
• Common: Restyled music app and forward-port of features - Jason Asher
• Common: Rotary answer in Phone app - James Peterson
• Common: BT VoiceDialer fixes - Matthew Sparby
• Common: Calendar enhancements - James Peterson
• Common: Stagefright fixes for 7x30, 8x50, and 7x27 - Zinx, arcee, Cyanogen
• Common: Pacman package manager - Kmobs
• Common: Workaround for unknown phone number - Jiri Tyr
• Common: Trackball answer/hangup - Juan Rodriguez
• Common: CMParts reorganization - Robert Burns
• Common: View ChangeLog via CMParts (System) - Wes Garner
• Common: Optional screen on/off animations - Diogo Ferreira
• Common: New browser incognito mode - optedoblivion
• Common: New trackball/trackpad wake - Zinx, Cyanogen
• Common: Legacy sensor/GPS support - arcee
• Common: Enabled v8 javascript engine on armv6 (msm7227/msm7225) - arcee
• Common: Customizable overscroll - arcee
• Common: Torch cleanup - defer
• Common: 2D compositor backwards compatibility - arcee
• Common: OpenGL backwards compatibility - Zinx, Cyanogen, Sileht, ezterry
• Common: SMS templates using gestures - Riccardo Ciovati
• Common: Phone Goggles - David Bidorff
• Common: Option to always show battery percentage on lockscreen - Robert Burns
• Common: Option to show music controls with compatible headset connection - Wes Garner
• Common: CPU frequency/scaling control in CMParts - Robert Ramiega
• Common: Option to pause/play music with camera button - cvpcs
• Common: Allow SIP User-Agent configuration - arcee
• Common (non-HTC): Fixed mobile connection suspension - arcee
• Common: New music widgets - Jason Asher
• Common: Updated FLAC support - cvpcs, Cyanogen, kroot
• Common: Updated wallpapers - Fitsnugly, Prash
• Common: Customizable search/long-press search - Sven Dawitz
• Common: New lockscreen styles - Rotary Revamped (default) and Lense - Sven Dawitz, Stefano Pignataro
• Common: Customizable app launcher on rotary lockscreen - Sven Dawitz
• Common: Now playing and album art on lockscreen - kmobs
• Common: GPS fixes - CodeAurora, arcee
• Common: Breakfast/Brunch - arcee
• Common: Statusbar battery percentage with mini icon - Sven Dawitz, design by Jazz Kalsi
• Common: SMS split for braindead carriers - Mike Wielgosz
• Common: MMS user-defined custom vibrate - Wes Garner
• Common: CMParts cleanup - Sven Dawitz
• Common: Notification profiles - Martin Long
• Common: TI wl12xx FM radio reverse engineering - Michael A. Reid
• Common: Tablet tweaks - Sven Dawitz
• Common: Revamped CMStats - Chris Soyars
• Common: Improved RTL text support and fonts - Eyad Aboulouz, Eran Mizrahi,
• Espresso/Legend: Enabled native WiFi tethering - Cyanogen, OMAPZoom.org
• Legend/Liberty/Buzz/Click: Enabled FM Radio - Alexander Hofbauer (libaudio patch)
• Z71: Enabled MPEG4/AAC video recording - arcee
• Z71: Enabled native WiFi tethering - arcee
• Passion/Bravo/BravoC/Supersonic/Inc: Kernel 2.6.37 - Google, Cyanogen, defer, Kali-, toastcfh, slayher
• Vision/Glacier/Espresso: WiFi calling compatibility and optimization - Zinx
• Vision/Glacier/Ace: Unified kernel - HTC, Cyanogen, Zinx, Kali-, defer
• Vision/Glacier/Ace: Fix FM radio on 2.3 - Zinx
• Vision/Glacier/Ace: Fixes for video overlay - Zinx, CodeAurora
• Vision: Only install WiFi calling on TMUS devices - attn1
• Espresso/Legend/Liberty: Unified kernel - HTC, Cyanogen, attn1, jznomoney, Alexander Hofbauer
• Supersonic: WiMAX support - HTC, Shinzul, toastcfh, shift, #teamwin, Cyanogen, Joey Conway
• Supersonic: HDMI mirror support: #teamwin
• ONE: Enabled native WiFi tethering - arcee

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