While Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich won’t be rolling out to the Sony Xperia Play, it will be rolling out to other Xperia devices next week. Sony has confirmed that the software will be arriving for owners of seven Xperia branded devices next week and it will be arriving in the form of Android 4.0.4 [...]
Sony has confirmed the bad news. The Sony Xperia Play, the company’s PlayStation phone, will not be getting the upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In a blog post, the company updated its customers on the Android 4.0 roll out process and in it, Sony announced that the Xperia Play would not be getting [...]
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
In addition to confirming the HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update for July or August, HTC has also revealed some news in regards to the Droid Incredible 2 Android 4.0 update saying that it has yet to determine whether Verizon’s 3G smartphone will ever see the update to Google’s latest software. The company has released [...]
HTC has released a brand new detailed Android 4.0 schedule and it looks like the HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update is slated to arrive sometime in either July or August of this year. The schedule offers no specific dates but it does offer a window for HTC ThunderBolt owners to look forward to. HTC [...]
Instead of rolling out in early June as was originally promised, it now looks like the Sony Xperia S Ice Cream Sandwich update will instead be rolling out at some point in the latter part of Q2. In a post on its forums, courtesy of Xperia Blog, Sony has confirmed the bad news to Xperia [...]
Last week, Motorola updated its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule and while the news was good for some device owners, Droid 3 owners and Droid X2 owners saw their phones left off the list. In an effort to quell the storm, Motorola has explained why phones like the Droid X2 and the Droid [...]
It looks like owners of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon might finally get the update this week as its release date has been pegged for this week. According to Droid-Life, several Galaxy Nexus owners have been informed that the update will be rolling out this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, May 22nd. In [...]
In addition to confirming the bad news for Motorola Droid Bionic owners, Motorola has confirmed that the Motorola Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR MAXX Android 4.0 updates will be rolling out sometime during Q2. The news comes from Motorola’s Ice Cream Sandwich timeline which was updated today. Motorola says that both Droid RAZR and Droid [...]
Motorola has updated its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade page and it’s bad news for Motorola Droid Bionic owners. The manufacturer has updated the timeline for its devices and while this is more confirmation that the Droid Bionic will be getting Android 4.0, it’s going to be a long wait for owners. Motorola says [...]
It looks like HTC’s alteration of how multitasking appears and works on HTC Sense 4.0 on its flagship HTC One X is causing some power users to be upset. According to HTC, multitasking and memory management were tweaked from Google’s original Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code to provide an optimal user experience on [...]
LG has announced the latest version of its Optimus user interface, dubbed Optimus UI 3.0, which will be coming on board its newest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices. The company says that the software will be arriving first on the LG Optimus LTE II, which will be hitting shelves in Korea this week, and [...]
It seems as though Motorola is hard at work prepping the Motorola Droid 4 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update as a build of the upcoming software has surfaced ahead of its release. Droid-Life is reporting that a leaked Android 4.0.4 build for the Droid 4 has leaked to the surface. It’s the latest test [...]
As expected, T-Mobile has unleashed the HTC Sensation 4G Android 4.0 Ice Cream update and users who wish to download the new software can now pull the update manually. Today was the day that T-Mobile promised to deliver the software and thankfully, the carrier delivered on that promise. Android 4.0 is now available for the [...]
It looks like Sony’s flagship Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia S, will be getting its boost up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by early June at the latest. A report from UnwiredView, citing a post on Sony’s forums, indicates that Sony is planning to push out Google’s latest mobile operating system to the Xperia [...]
Tomorrow, T-Mobile will roll out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Sensation 4G. However, there might not be too much celebrating as T-Mobile has confirmed that this update will effectively end the free tethering that many users have enjoyed for quite some time. In a statement to PCMag, the carrier confirmed the bad [...]
Back at the end of April, Samsung confirmed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for devices on every carrier but T-Mobile. Today though, that has changed as the company has revealed four T-Mobile devices that will be graced with the update at some point in the future. The manufacturer has cleared up the mess that was [...]
Tomorrow will mark the five month anniversary of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch on Verizon. And if the device is not updated with Android 4.0.4 today, it will also mean that in the five months since it has been out, Verizon has yet to release an update for the Nexus phone. Clearly, Verizon has dropped [...]
The wait for a Android 4.0 release date is finally over for HTC Sensation 4G owners on T-Mobile as the carrier has confirmed that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be rolling out on May 16th. This confirmation comes a few weeks after T-Mobile made it clear that the update would be coming at some [...]
A Dutch Samsung Galaxy Note user found that Samsung flipped the switch pushing out the recently predicted over the air update of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the popular Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. This news, along with the ROM that leaked online already, shows that the latest version of Android should show up on your [...]
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note owners might not have to wait too much longer for the upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as the update has appeared in its official form on a Galaxy Note at this year’s CTIA conference in New Orleans. Android Central has posted a video, which can be seen below, that [...]
It looks like AT&T and Samsung are hard at work prepping the forthcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software build for the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note smartphone. A new leaked ROM with Google’s Android 4.0.3 update was just leaked on the Internet with a build number of UCLC3. The UCLC3 is said to not introduce any [...]
HTC hopes to regain their King of the Hill status in the realm of Android smartphones with the One series, and the HTC One X is the flagship of the line. Featuring LTE speeds, a robust processor, a great camera plus a really good audio experience, the One X has what it takes to be a fabulous phone.
Huawei is now making the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available to owners of the MediaPad 7-inch tablet. According to reports, the software update is not available as an over-the-air update at this time and users must download the update first to their computers in order to upgrade the MediaPad from its Honeycomb OS. In [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners on Verizon have been waiting for nearly five months for an update to their Nexus smartphone, an unheard of length for a Nexus device. Well, an Android engineer may have shed light on the reason behind it and lo and behold, fault likely lies with Verizon. Comments made by Android software [...]
In the latest leaked image of a device that is widely believed to be the third-generation flagship Samsung Galaxy S III (or Galaxy S3), it appears that Samsung is taking extra precautionary measures to keep the design of the phone secret by hiding the device inside what appears to be a plastic housing that resembles [...]
After two versions of the new RAZR, Motorola is planning another iteration of the same phone, this time with an HD display and Ice Cream Sandwich. According to Android Community, the blurry image below is the Droid RAZR HD with a China Mobile logo imprinted on it. Despite the shaky cam used, the screen clearly shows [...]
Now that Sprint is fully committed to deploying a 4G LTE network as part of its Network Vision strategy and will no longer be releasing any new WiMax smartphones, the Now Network is generously bestowing some of its popular devices onto its prepaid brands such as Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA. With the latter [...]
I mentioned in my review of the HTC One S that the phone is unduly burdened with a number of T-Mobile apps that are less than useful. (We call them CRAPPS.) There’s no way to remove pre-installed apps, but on the One S you can disable them. Disabling hides the app from Home screens and [...]
With buzz surrounding the HTC One X and its Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE variant along with much speculation behind the rumored quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III flagship, it seems that many people have forgotten about LG’s own flagship in the form of the quad-core Tegra 3-powered Optimus 4X HD. To keep the buxx going, [...]
At the end of March, it became apparent that the HTC Sensation 4G Android 4.0 update had been delayed. And now, T-Mobile is saying that the update, which originally rumored to be coming out in March, will not be coming out in April. The information comes from a T-Mobile support post, courtesy of TMoNews, and [...]
Time Warner Cable’s TWC TV app has been available in the Google Play Store for a long time, but has never been able to offer live TV streams. Today TWC updated the app to version 2.0 which brings live TV streams to Android devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. According to TWC Untangled, the new [...]
Google’s Chrome for Android is still in beta, but today it received an update with some much-requested new features. Google still hasn’t put in all of the requested updates, but it’s slowly working through the list. At the top of the list for today’s update is the inclusion of more language support. Google announced that [...]
HTC Sense is one of the most extensive Android user interface “skins” or “overlays” or whatever you want to call them. I also think it’s the best. However, I know there are many of you out there who abhor all skins and want the pure Google experience or nothing else. There are pros and cons to both.
It looks like we now know a little bit more information about a device that has been leaked many times before as the Droid Fighter. In a newly leaked photo, we now are seeing that the Droid Fighter may in fact be coming to market, or at least to Verizon Wireless’ shelves, as the Motorola [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
