Sony is working hard to turn around its image as an Android laggard to the leading vendor when it comes rolling out Android updates to its mobile phones. Now known as Sony Mobile Communications, the company has posted a page on its website allowing Xperia users to officially unlock their bootloader and follow the posted […]
Acer’s mid-range Android 4.0 tablet, the Iconia Tab A510, has gotten considerably closer to a possible US launch after an FCC approval Wednesday. While the filing is focused on wireless and just confirms that it’s a Wi-Fi only version, it shows the 10-inch slate getting close to a probable US release. European tips had put […]
Feb 16 2012 | Posted in
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The Acer Iconia Tab A200 is getting an official update to Android 4.0, users on the Android Police forum have reported. The update moves the tablet from Android 3.2 to Android 4.0.3, as promised earlier. If owners didn’t get an automatic notification of its availability, they can manually check by going to the System update […]
Feb 13 2012 | Posted in
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The newly unveiled Foursquare update is also now known to have a special extra for Android 4.0 users. Those who have a Galaxy Nexus or another phone that supports Android Beam can use the NFC feature to share a location, a list, or themselves to someone else just by bringing the phones close together. To […]
The rumored HTC Primo could be the first ‘low-end’ Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) handset to reach the market according to a Stuff tipster. It is said that the phone will come with ICS from the outset, although with HTC’s Sense 4.0 interface overlay sitting on top. It is expected to fall into the entry […]
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
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ASUS has rolled out an update for its quad-core Tegra 3 Transformer Prime that is said to address its GPS and Wi-Fi performance issues. Since its launch, users have complained that the metal back of the device hinders its Wi-Fi reception its GPS performance. The latest software build is 9.4.2.11 and includes a version of […]
Jan 19 2012 | Posted in
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Adobe today indicated that it will provide an update to the Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1 runtimes in December in order to bring Flash compatibility to the Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus will not support Flash at launch.
Samsung has announced that it has revised its 2011 smartphone sales upwards following exceptionally strong sales of its Galaxy S II, which it expects to be further boosted after the positive reception to its Galaxy Nexus, Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) flagship handset. Further, it also expects to sell at least two million of its […]
Nov 28 2011 | Posted in
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An eyewitness account by Google engineer Michael Soland has shown that Google has officially finished Android 4.0 ahead of its Hong Kong event. In keeping with its custom of putting a statue on its campus to mark the completion of a major Android milestone, an Ice Cream Sandwich statue is now on the Mountain View […]
At last week’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Google Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that the code-named Ice Cream Sandwich build of Android will arrive in October or November. The software is expected to bring together the smartphone and tablet versions of the OS, making it easier for developers to create apps for both […]
Sep 7 2011 | Posted in
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