So you woke yesterday morning to the news that your trusty HTC Desire will be left without an official upgrade path to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and now the world seems a cold and uncaring place. Fear not — we’ve got the complete lowdown on what today’s news means for Desire owners, along with a details of some leading Gingerbread-based custom ROMs that can bring you right up to date with the latest version of Android.

New tablets, device software updates and more. Can’t ask for a better day then that, unless of course you’re hoping to get OEMs to stop skinning their devices — in which case, I think we’ll be waiting awhile but we won’t go down the road right here, right now. By all means though, feel free to ramp up a discussion in the Android Central forums about it or join in on some of the ones highlighted below:

Read our HTC Flyer review

Oh T-Mobile, you sneaky thing, you. For all the talks of a buyout, you sure are charging forward, bringing more great devices to your catalog, like the HTC Flyer. HTC’s 7-incher has just been spotted passing through the FCC, but equipped with 1700Mhz radios, a telltale sign it’ll be running on T-Mobile’s HSPA network.

The bad news: If your HTC ThunderBolt is still suffering from reboots following last month’s update, well, you’re just going to have to live with it. According to the internal memo we just received, Verizon’s got no short-term help for you. The good news: A fix indeed is on the way — hey, we told you HTC and Verizon were on the case — and it’s scheduled for release in the second half of June.

HTC may be preparing software updates for the Sensation which will unlock its bootloader, if a new “stock” answer from customer support representatives proves to be accurate. Several XDA forum users have reported receiving the following from HTC support reps in response to questions about the Sensation’s bootloader.

Sprint’s first 3D smartphone will cost $199; tablet runs $399

Sprint this morning announced the long-awaited launch date for the HTC EVO 3D. You’ll be able to get the 4.3-inch glasses-free 3D smartphone on June 24 for $199 on contract. As you’ll recall from our initial hands-on with the phone back at CTIA, this is HTC’s first foray into the 3D arena, with dual cameras on the back so you can create 3D content as well as consume it. Specs are:

Read our HTC Sensation Review (European version)

Oh, my. So that’s what all the fuss is about. We just gave the European version of the HTC Sensation a thorough what-for (read our full review), and now it’s time to do the same for the U.S. version, which will be known here in the colonies as the T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G.

Judging from our overflowing inbox, it looks like most of you have noticed that the Android 2.3 update for the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint is now available, just like Sprint said it would be. You’re getting system version 4.22.651.2, and it’s a whopping 109.21 megabytes. Not surprising, but be forewarned.