Did you ever wonder if the Kindle Fire UI was suitable for phones? Did you ever want to try it out, see what it’s like to live without the Play Store? If you’re a Nexus S owner, this could be your chance. An XDA member named GalaxyUser has ported the entire Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ROM to his Nexus S and released it publicly. You should not worry about… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pwJYIOPCYCs#! We have all seen webOS being ported to various Android devices, with major progress being made on the Galaxy Nexus. And personally, I wish these devs all the best because I adore webOS (I actually use an HP Veer as my main device sometimes) and would love to see it ported to Android… Read more
Last month the Jelly Bean update for Vodafone Australia’s Nexus S was shelved, citing regulatory requirements related to emergency calls. While Vodafone hasn’t officially announced the resolve of the initial issue, Ausdroid (an Australian Android blog) is now reporting that customers of both Vodafone and Crazy John’s (seriously) are confirming their… Read more
We first got wind that the Nexus S was receiving Android 4.1 Jelly Bean yesterday and now Google has decided that it’s time to confirm that. They said today via their Nexus Google+ page that they’ve begun rolling out the updates to Nexus S’s on T-Mobile, H3G, O2, and Vodafone in most countries. Here’s the full post: We’ve started rolling out Android… Read more
Lucky Nexus S owners in Pakistan are now privy to the Jelly Bean update. According to reports, the update was received over the air. It’s now just a matter of a time before the update reaches the rest of the globe. If you simply cannot wait another minute, visit this Google link and apply the JRO03E update… Read more
Vodafone Nexus S users expecting to receive Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, on their devices today will be disappointed to hear that the software rollout has ceased. According to the Vodafone blog, the Jelly Bean update has been delayed due to the update not meeting all the Australian regulatory requirements related to emergency calls. This may be… Read more
ClockworkMod took to Twitter today to announce that CWM 6, the newest version of the custom recovery, has finally made its way to some of Google’s children. The Nexus S how has full support as well as the Nexus 7. This is one of the most popular ROM managers out today. Given that these are Nexus devices, it’s not surprising that these devices are the… Read more
Nexus S owners take note, this could be your week for Jelly Bean Android 4.1 to grace your device. Vodafone Australia is now reporting the update for their customers will out sometime around 1:00pm AEST July 19th, which is actually July 18th in the US and it translates to around 11:00pm eastern. On a separate but similar note, SFR in France is… Read more
As HTC and Facebook begin their plan to move forward building and customizing a specialized smartphone for the Facebook platform, Digitimes reports that Google has selected Samsung for their next-generation Nexus smartphone. HTC’s plan is to unveil a Facebook based smartphone sometime in the third quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to industry… Read more
Earlier today we broke the news of the Android 4.0.4 update rolling out to the Motorola XOOM, and we’ve now learned that Google isn’t stopping there. They have just confirmed the update will also be coming to the GSM Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus through various social networks. The update includes various fixes, like camera improvements and rotation fixes. Sit… Read more
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