It is official – Verizon Galaxy Nexus devices are being updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as of this writing. Originally earlier today, numberous sources on the web were claiming to have received the update. Additional research found that in fact the update was live and is labeled as build JRO03O. As some may recall, that same build had shown up as a… Read more
MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien has confirmed HTC will begin to rollout Jelly Bean to their unlocked smartphones and tablets in October. Additionally, the company intends to have the software update rolled out to all handsets, including carrier branded phones, before Christmas. All this information comes before we’ve seen any leaked builds for the HTC One X… Read more
Matias Duarte, the interface design guru for Android, is the man responsible for many of the design decisions we’ve seen in Google’s OS since Gingerbread. Due to his design and influence on Android – Duarte was recognized recently by Fast Company as one of the top fifty designers shaping the future. Despite the accolades and praise for the… Read more
LG has been looking for it’s ultimate phone, a device able to take on the Samsung Galaxy SIII, HTC One X, and Apple’s iPhone 5. The company knew it needed a flagship device – something that truly gave the Korean tech giant the chance to compete in today’s smartphone market. Announced late last month in South Korea, the Optimus G, is that phone. LG… Read more
Rumors were rampant yesterday surrounding Samsung’s plans for a new Galaxy SIV as soon as March of this year. It made sense – afterall it would Samsung’s release schedule for such a device. Well today Samsung, via its Samsung Tomorrow branch, has flat out denied the rumor and news coming out of the Korea Times story. The story claimed the Galaxy… Read more
Earlier this morning in London, Motorola took the curtains off its Intel powered RAZR device – the Motorola RAZR i. Leaks over the last week have pretty much been spot on regarding the phone’s specs and design however this is the first official confirmation by Motorola. The handset is expected to be the first of a multi-year,… Read more
News has just arrived that Google has purchased Nik Software – the brainchild behind the popular iOS app Snapseed. For the unfamiliar, Snapseed, is imilar to iOS app Instagram. The app allows, much like Instagram, the ability to alter images using pre-existing filters. It is just one of many desktop and mobile photography apps that Nik Software… Read more
T-Mobile customers were quite excited upon originally hearing that the Original Samsung Galaxy Note was being released on their carrier. Unfortunately as quickly as that news arrived, it disappeared just as quickly. Despite the wait, T-Mobile’s cancellation of the phablet hinted that perhaps Samsung’s successor to the device was the reason for the… Read more
It was reported a few weeks back, that a number of Verizon customers that have replacement Galaxy Nexus devices were experiencing significant signal issues. Unfortunately if you were one of these people to have this major issue, you were seeing you were unable to hold a 4G connection for more than a few minutes before it would drop. Users of the… Read more
Part of the allure of the Kindle Fire HD for the hardcore, was the possibility was picking one up, rooting it, and then flashing a custom ROM onto the new device for an impressive $200 tablet. However Amazon may have alternative plans for you as it has been identified that both the Kindle Fire HD and the 2nd generation Kindle Fire have locked… Read more
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