A major new software update will be coming to Motorola’s fitness-centric Android smart watch come this March 7th that will bring a host of new features. The software will allow users to track more types of workouts and make the watch more intuitive to use for first-time users out of the box. According to a [...]
It appears that Motorola and Verizon Wireless are readying a new software update for the Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX smartphones, which are essentially based on the same software and design except that the latter has a much more capacious battery while retaining a still slim form factor. The software update for both devices are [...]
In addition to launching a white variant of the original HTC Sensation on March 1 with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, it appears that HTC will be prepping its entire Sensation line for Ice Cream Sandwich, including the HTC Sensation XE and the HTC Sensation XL. The update will be delivered [...]
In another Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich leak for Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S II smartphone, we’re seeing a more stable build of the Android operating system. The engineering build bears the version I9100XXLPB and has a date of January 29. The version combines Google’s Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich along with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz user [...]
HTC had promised that it will be offering Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates to select phone models in 2012, but the company has not been specific on a timeframe as to when that would happen. Fortunately, a user who recently purchased the HTC Sensation XE Android smartphone had asked HTC in a Twitter message [...]
According to the Norway regional Facebook page for Samsung, the company has announced that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be coming soon to two handsets–the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note–before the end of the first quarter of this year. It looks like Norway may be among the first countries where [...]
Verizon Wireless is beginning to deploy a new firmware update for the 4G LTE HTC Rezound smartphone, which was the first device to debut with Beats Audio, 4G LTE, and a 720p HD high resolution display. Though considered a minor software update, the update, delivered to users over the air, brings a number of welcomed [...]
After being on store shelves for just under a week, Verizon Wireless is already beginning to push out a minor software update for the LG Spectrum, a phone that sports dual-core processing power, a 4.5-inch 720p HD IPS display, and support for 4G LTE. The Spectrum is positioned as a successor to the LG Revolution, [...]
After the Nokia Anna and Nokia Belle software update for the Symbian operating system, it appears that the Finnish smartphone-maker has Carla and Donna on deck as future software updates. According to dsmobile, it appears that Nokia may be working on a port of its swipe-based UI, which debuted on the company’s version of the [...]
Samsung is prepping a new software update for its Galaxy Note, a device that can make voice and data calls with a large 5.3-inch high-resolution screen. Chief among the update is a new keyboard, which brings a number of new functionality. The first new change of the Galaxy Note’s on-screen keyboard is an always visible [...]
Although Sprint is now focusing on its 4G LTE smartphones and network moving forward, the carrier still has three planned software updates, one for each of its high-end smartphones released over the last two years. The first one goes to the original Epic 4G, which is the carrier’s keyboarded variant of the Samsung Galaxy S [...]
Following the debacle surrounding the locked bootloader issue on Asus’ quad-core Transformer Prime Android tablet, it appears that Asus is trying to rectify some early wrongs. The outfit is offering up its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to early adopters of its Transformer Prime tablet come January 12. ASUS has been working hard to [...]
Verizon Wireless is preparing a software update for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet made by Samsung with embedded 4G LTE wireless broadband. The update is expected to hit at any time now and will bring a number of enhancements to the lightweight slate along with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz user interface overlay on top of the [...]
In addition to landing on Sony Ericsson’s line of XPERIA smartphones, Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform will also be hitting Sony’s tablet. The Japanese consumer electronics giant had recently introduced two tablet models, the Sony Tablet P and the Sony Tablet S, and Ice Cream Sandwich is expected on both models according to [...]
Sprint is beginning to roll out its Android Honeycomb update for the carrier’s debut tablet, the HTC Flyer, which is the first tablet that Sprint had supported on its Network with embedded 3G CDMA and 4G WiMax radios. The 7-inch tablet is a variant of the HTC Flyer and comes with an active digitizer for [...]
Samsung Mobile has just announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be made available on the company’s latest range of Android smartphone and tablet releases under the Galaxy brand. The update coming in the first quarter 2012 will be made available for the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab [...]
It’s hard to believe that the HTC Thunderbolt, a smartphone that’s well under a year old, was the first smartphone to grace Verizon’s 4G LTE network. In the short time of the Thunderbolt’s existence, we’ve seen numerous phones launch and even the first Google Nexus launching on Verizon in the form of the Galaxy Nexus. [...]
Amazon is preparing an update for its recently released debut Android tablet, the Kindle Fire, that will bring performance updates to the device. According to Dieter Bohn of The Verge, a tipster to the site hinted that one such update will improve the performance of the Silk browser on the Kindle Fire, which was highly [...]
In an effort to woo uber geeks to its hardware, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has released a demo build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its Huawei Honor smartphone. The build being released is still an early build, but is deemed stable. For users who want to get a tasting of Ice Cream Sandwich [...]
While it was often speculated that Symbian Belle, the Symbian^3 update that follows the release of Symbian Anna, would be coming in the fourth quarter of this year, Nokia has finally confirmed that this would not be the case and Symbian’s forthcoming update will be landing in 2012. Symbian Belle brings an updated visual UI [...]
While the current flagship Nokia Lumia 800 (review) is still not yet available in the U.S. market, the phone is already getting its first helping of a fix thanks to a new software update from Nokia. The Lumia 800 is the debut Windows Phone 7 device from Nokia, which had historically built its smartphone empire [...]
T-Mobile USA is preparing an update for its HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone 7 device that would bring a number of new features to the smartphone, including the much requested Internet sharing capability known as tethering. Though tethering was baked into Windows Phone 7 Mango, Microsoft had left the inclusion of such feature up to [...]
While the new year may bring with it resolutions of healthier diets and lifestyle, Acer’s recently unveiled Iconia Tab A200 will go the opposite as it is promised a healthy consumption of Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS come January 2012. The budget-friendly tablet eschews cutting edge specs, like NVIDIA’s latest quad-core Tegra 3 [...]
Owners of the Google Samsung Nexus S will have just a little longer to wait for their Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update as Google is now testing the delectable frozen treat on Nexus S smartphones owned by its employees. In Android tradition, updates are deployed first to employees before reaching broader worldwide audiences, and [...]
AT&T and Samsung are pushing out a software update for the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, one of the carrier’s first two 4G LTE smartphones, that corrects a Google voice search bug. The software update would bring the Android software version to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread. The software update should begin showing up on users’ devices, but [...]
Canadian smartphone-maker Research in Motion has confirmed that some BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 devices suffer from a bug that would render the device a brick after being left on the charger overnight. RIM says that the company is working on a software update to rectify the problem. Essentially, at night, when the Bold 9900 [...]
Nokia has confirmed that although the high-end Lumia 800 Windows Phone Mango device will launch without tethering out of the box, tethering will be coming to the smartphone via a software update at a later date. Tethering has been a long requested feature since the debut of Windows Phone, and the inclusion of tethering may [...]
After having previously announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would not be hitting the LG Optimus 2X and the T-Mobile G2X variant, LG is saying that it is still considering the possibility of bringing Google’s latest generation operating system to the dual-core handsets. In a statement given to Android and Me, LG says that [...]
While Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t in the cards for the LG Optimus 2X, LG Europe is still working hard to prep the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its current generation of Optimus smartphones. Models affected are the Optimus 2X, the Optimus 3D, and the Optimus Black. In the U.S., the Optimus 2X is [...]
After it was revealed earlier this month that a security flaw on HTC-made Android smartphones could allow third-party malicious apps to access the phone, Sprint has been working with HTC to close up the breach. Sprint and HTC are now beginning to roll out an over-the-air (OTA) update to HTC-made Android smartphones to patch the [...]
In addition to news that Motorola will be rolling out upgrades to the Motorola Droid Bionic and Droid RAZR to Google’s next-generation Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, Sony Ericsson is giving a preliminary statement that it will bless its current generation XPERIA Android smartphones with the delectable Google dessert. Sony Ericsson‘s Netherlands arm [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone portal is now filled with pictures of the next-generation Mango smartphones for AT&T. The U.S. carrier had announced that it will be supporting three new Mango smartphones in its lineup, though release date and pricing were not unveiled, which will include the HTC Titan, the Samsung Focus S, and the Samsung Focus [...]
Beginning Tuesday, AT&T’s HTC HD7S Windows Phone 7 handset will begin to receive the Mango software update, though HTC and Microsoft are rolling out the software upgrade gradually in batches so don’t fret if you’re not among the early ones to see a notification for the update. Unfortunately, Mango will not be an OTA update. [...]
Samsung is prepping a software update for the company’s second generation flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S II, which will deliver some new features to help with accessibility. The first feature of the update will be about accessibility and will help those who may have vision problems be able to see the home screen better. [...]
Users who have upgraded their HTC-made Windows Phone 7 smartphones to the Mango firmware update are now noticing that their handsets are freezing, or locking up, when they’re using Zune Pass. Users have been complaining and documenting their issues on Microsoft’s support forum, and according to these users, Microsoft is saying that there may be [...]
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