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Big Android BBQ 2012 tickets go on sale July 11

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:53 PM PDT

Interested in attending the 2012 Big Android BBQ in Texas? Pricing and availability of the tickets have been announced:

Tickets go on sale July 11th - There will be a total of 1,000 tickets available (900+ of which will be priced at $55).  There will also be about a hundred "bracketed" tickets that include extras like lunch and a separate dinner with the BigAndroidBBQ staff.Tickets will be available for about 60 days, or until they sell out. Tickets are non-refundable, as they have been in the past, but we will accommodate transfers when we deem them appropriate. There will be no transfers after September 19th.

The Big Android BBQ is one of the most sought out Android events every year. Let us know if you’ve purchased your ticket!

source: Big Android BBQ

Google Nexus 7 Tablet Could Ship as Early as Next Week

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:50 PM PDT

Google’s already famous Nexus 7 tablet has been barraged by plenty of pre-orders. I’m sure customers would love to get their hands on it as soon as possible, and there’s been a couple of indications that the device could ship as soon as next week. According to Staple’s official website, the Nexus 7 “will ship between July 12th and July 17th" and that "expected delivery is 1-3 business days, arriving no earlier than July 13th 2012.” Staples has been a reputable company for years, thus we have every reason to believe them.

Also, an XDA user by the name of adiliyo claims he attempted to cancel one of his Nexus 7 pre-orders through Google and received the following e-mail:

At this point it is no longer possible to cancel this pre-order. The pre-order shipment processing on your order has begun, which means that our shipping provider is moving forward with delivery preparation.

There it is folks, if you’ve pre-ordered your Nexus 7, you may just see it land in your hands fairly soon!

source: Android Authority

If you pre-ordered your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III before June 28th, make sure Verizon didn’t change your unlimited data plan

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Remember when Verizon announced their new Data Share Plan? We previously reported that with Verizon’s new Data Share Plan, they were terminating their $30/month unlimited data plan option for customers. This new data plan that Verizon was heading towards became official on June 28th, thus it was crucial for certain customers to upgrade to a new phone before that date so that they will be able to keep their unlimited data plan and essentially become “grandfathered in.” For the Samsung Galaxy S III, if you pre-ordered it before the 28th of June, you were guaranteed to keep your existing unlimited data plan and not be switched into the new Data Shared Plan.

The problem is, once you attempt to activate your phone, Verizon’s system may not take that into account and could possibly switch your unlimited plan into their 2GB data capped plan. According to a user on Reddit by the name of kthxbaaai, that’s exactly what happened to him:

When I called today to activate my phone the Verizon rep started off by informing me that my unlimited plan would be converted into a 2GB capped plan, I informed him, in no uncertain terms, that no it would not. After speaking with his supervisor he told me that, yes, because I preordered before the 28th I get to keep my unlimited data, but to do so he had to switch me to a capped data plan and then submit an “inactive pricing” request to convert me back to my unlimited data. So currently they have me on capped data, but with a promise from the rep that it will be back to unlimited by tomorrow or Monday at the latest.

Luckily, the Verizon rep that he spoke to was kind and took care of him. If you pre-ordered your Galaxy S III before June 28th, make sure that you do indeed keep your unlimited data plan upon activation. At this point, we can only assume that if you activate your new GSIII without going through a Verizon customer service rep, you probably won’t have issues, but I would definitely double check to make sure nothing has changed. Has anyone experienced any problems such as this while activating your new Galaxy S III?

source: Reddit

Verizon Galaxy Nexus could be getting OTA ‘search patch’ now

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Well here’s something interesting for a Friday. XDA member El Madhatter received a notification of an OTA system update (IMM76Q) to his Verizon Galaxy Nexus. Now we already know that Google is working on a patch to dumb down the search bar to appease Apple and lift the ban on the said smartphone, but seriously, why would the Verizon version get it first? Verizon is the slowest of slow when it comes to updates. On the other hand, the file size is only 954kb, which makes sense.

The other scenerio is that it’s some other fix because one member was told by a Verizon rep that a radio fix was on the way. Either way, there isn’t anything on Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus page about it, so it doesn’t make sense. We will let you know more as soon as we find out more. For now, head on over to the source link to join in on the conversation.

UPDATE: this looks to be a test unit so the full OTA is unlikely at this time.

source: xda

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 LTE Props Up Using O2 Germany’s LTE Network

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:58 AM PDT

After we saw the ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 LTE try to sneak past FCC offices, we now know the device is very much real and on its way— well in Germany at least. A coy video has popped up using Germany’s O2 network and highlighting the network’s superior LTE speeds pushing through to the speedy tablet. Okay sure there’s no idea of when the Germans (or other LTE markets in the world for that matter) can expect to see the LTE variant in stores, but hey— at least seeing the video in action means the Transformer Pad TF300 LTE will be here sooner than we know it. You can check out a quick walkthrough of the video below as well as the LTE benchmarks.

 

 

Click here to view the embedded video.

 

 source: Engadget

The Nexus S and Nexus S 4G get Jelly Bean ports

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Remember when Ice Cream Sandwich was the bomb? It seems so long ago, but how things change as ever since Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean last week, everyone is clamoring to get it on their device. There has been numerous ports so far, but we can now add the Nexus S and the Nexus S 4G to the list. The Nexus S port came from XDA member DeXmax and now XDA member CooLoserTech ported it to the Nexus S 4G.

Unfortunately everything isn’t working and since both ROMs are cut from the same cloth, you can expect the non-working list to be the same.

Not working at present:

  • Audio
  • Wireless Connection
  • Ambient Light Sensor
  • Other Small Bugs
Hit the appropriate source link to get started.

sources: xda  - Nexus S / xda – Nexus S 4G

 

 

HTC profits fall thanks to sales bans and weak demand

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT

HTC was planning on a big year with the One Series, but so far things aren’t looking good. They just reported 2nd quarter results and revenue came in a NT$91.0 billion ($3.04 billion), which is down 57.8% from last year. As far as net profit goes, they came in at NT$7.4 billion ($247.7 million), which is down 42.2% over last year.

HTC is blaming their performance on European sales falling short and the U.S. customs delay that took place in May. This is really bad news as I thought that HTC turned the corner with what I think is the best phone available in the One X. For now, it seems Samsung can’t do anything wrong and it will be tough for HTC and other Android manufacturers to put a dent in their market share.

source: thenextweb

 

 

Samsung profits sore thanks to smartphone sales

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Things continue to look pretty good for Samsung. They haven’t officially reported their 2nd quarter results yet, but they are estimating that profits will hit 6.7 trillion Won ($5.9 billion), which is a 79% increase over a year ago. As far as sales goes, they’re estimating it to be 47 trillion Won ($41.4 billion), which is actually below analysts expectations of 50 trillion Won.

Samsung probably sold 50 million smartphones for the quarter, but analyst estimates were expecting 53.4 million units. The drop isn’t the lack of success of the Galaxy S III. It’s because there were lower-than-expected sales of the lower end phones in emerging markets and competition from Huawei and ZTE. As far as the Galaxy S III goes, they probably moved 7 million units in the quarter, which is good, but they actually could have moved more if it weren’t for a shortage of components. This shortage is only temporary and they expect to move 19 million units during the current quarter.

Full press release after the break:

Samsung Electronics’ Pre-Earnings Guidance

On July 6, 2012, Samsung Electronics disclosed its ’12. 2Q consolidated earnings estimate as follows.

 Sales: Approximately 47 trillion Won
- Operating Profit: Approximately 6.7 trillion Won

The above estimate is provided for the convenience of investors, before the earnings results are finalized. Domestic disclosure regulations do not allow earnings estimates to be given in a range. Therefore, the above figures are the median of the earnings estimate range given below.

- Sales: 46 ~ 48 trillion Won
- Operating Profit: 6.5 ~ 6.9 trillion Won

*The above figures are consolidated earnings estimates based on K-IFRS.
And they are provided for the convenience of investors only, before the external audit
on the financial results of our headquarters, subsidiaries and affiliates is completed.

source: bloomberg

Samsung Rolling Out Substantial Update to the Unbranded Galaxy S III, Brings New Features and Improvements

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Shortly after the international Galaxy S III was launched the device received an OTA update that many claim helped speed up the UI. In an effort to improve things even more, Samsung has just pushed out yet another update and is reported to bring dramatic change to the overall user experience and even brings new features. Folks fortunate enough to receive the update are reporting that the device now has a slider control for brightness adjustment, further audio adjustments, new toggles added to the power menu, improvements to AccuWeather, new kernel and radio firmware, and more. Unfortunately, this update is currently limited to the unbranded international version of the GSIII so those of you in the U.S. will have to wait for the sometimes lengthy carrier testing period to end before you can experience the goods.

For the folks in other parts of the world, I would start looking for the I9300XXLFB update, and should be 72MB in size. Go ahead and go to Settings > About Phone > Software Update, and let us know if you see anything. You can also use the Samsung Kies desktop application to pull the update right now. Since we are unable to check out the update here in the states, let us know if you spot anything we haven’t mentioned. Thanks!

source: Phandroid

 

 

Next CyanogenMod Version Based Off Jelly Bean Will Be Known As CM10

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:59 AM PDT

Since Jelly Bean’s recent announcement, there’s been a major scramble for developers to get their hands dirty and work on individual ports for all types of devices. While we’ve seen a port here and there, most folks have been anxiously waiting on what would be done from the CyanogenMod team. Well you should note that the famed development team has already been hard at work on its version of the new Android OS and took some time to share some thoughts on what it has done in preparation for the new CM release. First thing’s first: CM’s version of Jelly Bean will now be identified as CM10 (following CM9 for ICS). Here’s the reasoning behind the thought:

“Many have asked whether JB will be CM9.1 or CM10. Keeping with the pattern thus far, every newly named AOSP update results in a bump to the CM major version. This has the added benefit of fitting into the pattern of [insert codename position in the english alphabet] = CM version. Examples being: G is the 7th letter thus CM7, I is the 9th letter thus CM9 and J = 10″.

Next, the CM team highlights how Project Butter will impact device requirements for the CM10 port. Turns out it shouldn’t be too much of an issue for older existing devices. Here are some additional thoughts regarding the topic:

“The 'Project Butter' enhancements to Android are much anticipated and should not be a huge pain to merge. We anticipate some breakage in existing libs but nothing that the reference board devices or some hackery won't overcome. Essentially, if your device met our criteria for CM9 (512mb RAM, etc) and is already supported, then you should be in line for CM10. There may be some added headaches around hwcomposer, but we'll cross that bridge when we get source”. 

So there you have it folks. It looks we’re set for what looks to be a smooth ride with the upcoming CM10 version. Hopefully all of you will be ready when the time comes.

source: Cyanogen+
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