Samsung today announced the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) upgrade to the Samsung GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab, and GALAXY Ace/Gio/Fit/mini, giving users enhanced performance and an improved user interface. The GALAXY S and GALAXY Tab are Samsung's smart devices with 1 GHz application processors. The upgrade from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3 offers faster performance with 3D graphics, lower multimedia CPU consumption rate and an improved users interface, which enables faster access and control. Gingerbread also brings improved copy-and-paste functionality.

The Android 2.3 upgrade will start with GALAXY S in the UK and Nordic countries from mid-May, and gradually rolled out to other European markets, North America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, Africa and rest of the world.

The upgrade will be available via Kies, Samsung's device management software. Kies can be downloaded from Samsung?s corporate website (http://www.samsung.com).