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Android 4.1, Jelly Bean: The complete FAQ
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What's new in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and what'll it mean for you? Here are answers to all of your most pressing questions.
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Symantec Debuts Android Antivirus Software For Enterprises
InformationWeek (blog)
Software interfaces with Symantec service that assesses apps from more than 70 app markets and blacklists malicious or suspicious choices.
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Android: Google Fail, Everyone Else Win
Seeking Alpha
Google (GOOG) meet Amazon (AMZN), your worst nightmare when it comes to Android. If you thought the carriers were bad with their Android overlays and bloatware, or the amazing fragmentation and non-upgradability of Android branded devices, you're ...
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The Best Android Tablet Apps
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With the Nexus 7 now available, Android tablets are no longer poor iPad copycats. They're real, banging for your buck affordable and most importantly, really good. But to make it even better, you'll need to get some apps. Here are the best Android ...
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iOS, Android App From Verizon, Zipit Enables Secure Messaging in Health Care
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Zipit Wireless has introduced its Zipit Confirm secure-messaging app for iOS and Android that is suitable for use by physicians and health care staff. The company also upgraded its Zipit Now handheld with VOIP capabilities on Verizon's network.
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ARM Rival MIPS Porting Android 4.1 to Low-cost Tablets
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MIPS, continuing its push to make a mark in low-cost tablets, is quickly trying to bring Android 4.1, also called Jellybean, to its processors.
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HTC Desire HD not expected to see Android 4.0
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Apparently the handset maker has scrapped its Desire HD ICS plans. Read this blog post by Scott Webster on Dialed In.
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Android malware numbers explode to 25000 in June 2012
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Summary: So far, the number of Android malware threats found has hit 25000. In June 2012 alone, the number increased by a whopping 10000, easily the largest find for a month yet.
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Android App Makes Smartphones Accessible for the Blind
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Georgie is an Android app that will turn a regular smartphone into a powerful tool for the blind.
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The Dark Knight Rises Preview (iOS, Android)
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The blockbuster film is almost here, and so is the iOS and Android adventure from Gameloft.
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Over the last few years, there have been several in-car infotainment systems that have hit the market running the Android operating system. CA-Fi offered a.
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Security researcher Jon Oberheide said that the exploit mitigations added to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean include full ASLR and several other security technologies that make it harder to attack.
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The original Asus Transformer TF101 and Slider SL1 will get upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:56 AM PDT

The original Asus Transformer TF101 was one of the best of the initial Honeycomb tablets, although it wasn’t as polished and thin as the Galaxy Tab 10.1. It was also $100 cheaper, selling for only $400, and with specs and display quality just as good as any other $500 tablet.

The Asus Transformer TF101 got the ICS upgrade quickly earlier on this year, ahead of many other devices on the market. That was possible because the code base for ICS was not much different than the one for Honeycomb, compared to the one for Gingerbread. It might also be due to the fact Asus and Nvidia worked hard to bring ICS to their devices, which is one of the reasons why Asus is now one of the most loved Android manufacturers.

The ICS upgrade brought a big improvement to the Asus Transformer TF101, especially since the Tegra 2 was not a great chip to begin with, that would compensate for Honeycomb’s own software flaws. Although earlier rumors said the Asus Transformer TF101 would not get the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade, it seems that it will, according to an Asus official from Germany. Both the TF101 and the Slider SL1 will get the Android 4.1 upgrade, as well as all the newer Asus tablets.

The Jelly Bean upgrade should be an even bigger boost in performance than ICS was for the Asus Transformer TF101, and if there was one last upgrade that the device should receive, it should be this one.

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Good deal: Motorola Atrix HD only $49.99 on Best Buy

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:49 AM PDT

At $100 with a two-year contract, the fresh from the factory Motorola Atrix HD has obviously been priced to move AT&T. But it looks that one retailer wants to move even more units of Motorola's newest flagship by slashing its price just days after it was made available. Best Buy is now offering the Motorola Atrix HD for only $49.99 on its website.

There doesn't seem to be any weird terms and conditions required to purchase the Motorola Atrix HD at the discounted price from Best Buy. Both the Titanium and White variants of the phone are available to choose from. The price is valid both for new customers and for upgrades.

The Motorola Atrix HD has been well received by critics, mainly because the phone does come with a respectable set of specs. For starters, it uses the same snappy Snapdragon S4 processor found on the U.S. variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X – the two top Android phones in the market. The Atrix HD is also the first Motorola phone that comes with a 4.5-inch HD display. Combined with the durable Kevlar backing that's a reminiscent of the RAZR series and the revamped and cleaner UI, one wonders why it's not getting more love. Perhaps because it dropped support for the Webtop environment (which was first launched with the original Atrix?)

Better hit the link now before Best Buy changes its mind. Any takers for the Motorola Atrix HD out there?

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This article, Good deal: Motorola Atrix HD only $49.99 on Best Buy , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


T-Mobile makes Samsung Galaxy Note official, available in the coming weeks

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:44 AM PDT

Galaxy NoteAfter a hint or two, it's nice to see the Galaxy Note finally being introduced by T-Mobile. The wonder phablet, which has been available with AT&T for quite some time, will be coming to T-Mo complete with all the bells and whistles of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the Premium Suite.

The Samsung Galaxy Note sports a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S3 processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, 4G connectivity, and 2,500mAh battery.

It is the first phone-and-tablet hybrid to be received exceptionally well by the market – so much that a successor is due in a couple of months. But it's still one of Android's finest offerings. Using the S Pen, a fancy name for the Galaxy Note's stylus, you can take notes, doodle, create and edit documents, annotate PDF files, and more using the preloaded apps — such as the S Note and S Memo.

T-Mobile has also preloaded its version of Galaxy Note with Dropbox, Evernote, TripIt, CamScanner, and LinkedIn – making the Note a handy partner for professionals from the get-go.

There's no specific information of when the Galaxy Note will be available on T-Mobile, but it's definitely coming in the weeks ahead. The announcement also fails to name a price, but looking at how much the Note is selling for at AT&T, it should be in the $250 price range with a two-year contract.

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This article, T-Mobile makes Samsung Galaxy Note official, available in the coming weeks , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


Motorola’s MOTOACTV smartwatch gets a $100 price cut

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Over the past months, we’ve seen a slow but steady stream of smartwatches appearing on the market. Some of the more recent ones that we reported on are the Sony Smartwatch, which runs the full Android OS, and the yet to be released Pebble smartwatch, which is designed to function as a companion to your smartphone, via Bluetooth.

Both the Sony Smartwatch and the Pebble go for $150 or less. Now the Motorola MOTOACTV smartwatch, which was released last year along the Droid RAZR, is getting a $100 price cut from the original $250. The new $149 price tag should make the GPS tracker/MP3 player more competitive with the Sony Smartwatch and Pebble.

The MOTOACTV is designed and built specifically for people with active lifestyles or who are into sports. The device features a stopwatch, GPS, heart rate monitor, fitness tracker (measures your daily step count and the calories you burned), and a wireless MP3 player. Of course, it’s also a watch.

The difference between Motorola’s offering and the Sony Smartwatch and the Pebble is that, while the MOTOACTV runs a full version of Android, it features an interface that is optimized for the 1.6-inch display. Unlike the Pebble, Motorola’s smartwatch is a standalone device, so you won’t need to pair it with a smartphone to access the bulk of its features.

I think that Motorola’s decision to bring down the price of the MOTOACTV is a very good move. Furthermore, if they would drop the price down to $99, the smartwatch would sell a whole lot better.

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This article, Motorola’s MOTOACTV smartwatch gets a $100 price cut , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


Quad Core Galaxy S3 with more color options to arrive soon in US

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:37 AM PDT

Just like with the HTC One X, which had a quad core Tegra 3 version internationally, but a dual core Snapdragon S4 version in the US, because it was the only available chip with an integrated LTE modem: the Galaxy S3 came with an Exynos 4 Quad chip for all non-LTE markets, and a Snapdragon S4 for the LTE ones, including the US market.

So until now, if you were an American citizen, you couldn’t even choose the quad core version if you wanted, for the GSM networks. But that may be about to change soon, as Samsung is apparently going to launch an unlocked version of the Galaxy S3, the same i9300 model we saw on the international market, at certain retailers in the US.

The above leaked image shows us that this model will be coming to Best Buy and it will cost $800. That’s quite pricey compared to an unlocked Galaxy Nexus that now goes for $350, but that’s what you’ll have to pay if you really want a quad core Galaxy S3.

The color is marked as “blue”, which most likely means it will be the same pebble-blue that was announced in the beginning, or it may feature a different kind of blue. We already know that there will be a “Garnet Red” exclusive model for AT&T, and rumors say that there may be more color options coming soon.

It’s a little hard to tell the difference between the quad core 1.4 Ghz Cortex A9 CPU and the dual core and slightly higher clocked (1.5 Ghz) Snapdragon S4 that has a next-gen design. So you can’t really compare them directly. The Snapdragon S4 will be better at single-threaded apps, and the Exynos 4 Quad at multi-threaded apps. Benchmark show them about equal most of the time, but in some of them they give the quad core chips higher score for having more cores. In the BrowserMark benchmark, the Exynos 4 Quad seems to beat everyone else handily!

 

We do know that the overclocked Mali 400 GPU inside the Exynos 4 Quad is superior to the Adreno 225 in the Snapdragon S4, and that’s not very surprising considering the Adreno GPU’s have always lagged behind the competition a bit. But hopefully that will change with the arrival of the Snapdragon S4 Pro and Adreno 320, although it’s unlikely it will beat the upcoming Mali T604. For now, the overclocked Mali400 GPU remains the king in smartphone land.

 

 

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Best Android apps for finding cheap flights

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Just recently, we listed the best Android apps for finding cheap hotels. Such apps can be extremely handy when you’re planning a getaway, or perhaps a business trip.  They can also help you save on expenses.

In this app list, we feature some of the best apps that can help you cut down on the costs for getting to your destination or hotel by air travel.

Although trips usually call for quite a large amount of money, with the apps that you will be seeing below, money won’t be at the topmost of your “Things to Consider” list. Hopefully, with these apps you’ll shed off almost half of your trip expenses.  Read on to find out more about some of the best apps for finding cheap flights.

TripAdvisor Hotels Flights

TripAdvisor Hotel Flights does not only help you find cheap hotels but also cheap flights. Once you find an affordable hotel, you should also consider getting a cheap flight to further help you save money. This app sports an intuitive and simple UI that will take you straight to its features, saving you time in figuring out how to navigate the app.

This app lets you find cheap flights using its features. You can search a flight from any airline worldwide and set if you are aiming to have a one-way or a round-trip ticket. Both the departure and arrival dates are user-defined, same with the cabins you will be using during the flight.

A filter also helps you sort out the cheapest flight out of the search results. You can set the price range that best suits your budget. Flights that match the price range you set will be highlighted in green to help you spot that flight. With this app, you can save almost a fortune from both the flight and hotel bookings you will be making.

Skyscanner – All Flights!

If you have no idea where to start finding cheap flight deals, Skyscanner – All Flights! is a good place to start. This app also has a website where you can find flight deals but if you don’t have the time or the convenience to access a computer, you can still bag yourself a flight deal using this app on your Android device.

You get to see flights from almost all airlines including low-cost airlines, allowing you to compare over a thousand flight rates. With just a few taps, you can get yourself an awesome flight deal using the app’s filter feature. Just search for a flight, apply the price filter that best fits your budget, and in just a few seconds, a list of affordable flights will be shown on your screen.

You can also choose to share your flight details with your friends or family with just one tap, very handy especially when you and your friends or your family are planning to go on a trip together. Search for affordable flights, book them, and share the flight details with your friends using Skyscanner – All Flights!, an app that can easily become one of your favorites.

KAYAK Flight Hotel Car Search

One of the most trusted travel websites, kayak.com, can now be accessed by Android users through its mobile app, KAYAK Flight Hotel Car Search, carrying the same awesome services but made more accessible and convenient for people on the go.

Kayak Flight Hotel Car Search has a user-friendly user interface that allows you to search for cheap flights with comfort and ease. You can compare flights according to price using the app’s filter option. Just like the other apps mentioned on this list, the most useful feature, the filter option, boasts of usability by presenting the cheapest flights that will probably match what you’ve set or even be cheaper than what you have in mind.

Aside from searching for affordable flights, booking can also be done using the app itself through choosing KAYAK as your booking option. You can also track your flight status using this app, informing you if your flight has been cancelled or delayed.

You can get this app free from the Google Play Store, one more reason to consider getting this app to help you search for cheap flights.

easyJet

Traveling is one of the most rewarding things one can do, be it for business or leisure. Being in an unfamiliar place arouses in most people a rather interesting feeling and some people can really get hooked with traveling from place to place. One thing that will probably hinder the traveler in you is not only the hotel accommodation but also the cost of the flights.

easyJet may just be one app that can solve the problem of expensive airplane tickets. Searching and booking for cheap flights have been made easier with this app and aside from letting you do so, the app can also help you manage your flights. You can add your passport details to the flights you have booked and add or change a flight using the same app.

Sharing your flight details and trip information with your family and friends is also possible with easyJet via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other social media. Although the app is limited to searching for cheap flights only throughout Europe, coming updates will probably extend its service to more locations. Download easyJet and take it wherever you go.

CheapOair Flight Search

Booking flights for your trips is made easy with CheapOair Flight Search, an app that specializes in finding cheap airplane tickets. Finding affordable flights may sometimes be time-consuming, especially if you don’t know where and when to start. If you have this app on your Android device, you won’t need to search far and wide just to get a hold of an awesome flight deal.

CheapOair Flight Search can help you save up to 65% on airfares from various airlines. And of course, the filter feature is also available, allowing you to sort search results according to price, travel time, airline, stops, and airports. Saving your flight searches will also be of much help to you when booking another flight in the future.

This app has also taken customization of your trips a notch higher with a travel tool that allows you to select your seat and meal preferences. You can also have your itinerary mailed to you if you are still uncertain about booking the flight. You can confirm the booking at a later time either using your computer or just book it straight from this app.

Hipmunk Hotel & Flight Search

Hipmunk Hotel & Flight Search really feels for its customers. This app took into consideration how frustrating it can be for somebody to endure the many hours of a flight. If you are keen on both the price and the length of time a flight takes, this app might just be for you.

Hipmunk Hotel & Flight Search doesn’t only show the cheapest flight first. It also shows how long and how many stops a flight may take, coined as the “agony” filter. So, aside from bagging yourself a cheap ticket, you can also take into mind the agony you may go through with a certain flight.

Once you have found the cheapest and least agonizing flight, you can opt to book the flight straight from this app, e-mail it to somebody else, or complete booking the flight from your computer. Wherever you are, searching and booking for cheap flights is made easier and faster with this app.

You can get Hipmunk Hotel & Flight Search for free from the Google Play Store, another plus to saving you more money.

OnTheFly

Developed by ITA Software, OnTheFly is another great money-saver app. It has an intuitive UI that also houses a travel date calendar, perfect for people who want take note of their flight dates. Although this app doesn’t support booking of flights, this can still be useful for searching affordable plane tickets from millions of airfare deals given daily.

OnTheFly has a simple user interface that can easily be fine-tuned to your liking. You have the choice of either searching for flights that follow a schedule or you can have a flexible flight, one that can leave anytime. You can also set the number of stops a flight may have, whether two or three stops are fine with you or you don’t want any stops at all.

A comprehensive table showing full disclosure of the airfare, the airline, departure and arrival times, and duration of the flights are completely shown to you after the search has been completed. You won’t miss even a single detail about a certain flight, allowing for more choices when you are searching for the cheapest flight that suits your preference at the same time.

Orbitz – Hotels, Flights, Cars

Here’s one app that has an extensive range of usability, one that you will be needing every time you plan for a trip. Searching and booking flights using Orbitz – Hotels, Flights, Cars is already great but this app can be used for something more than just the basic searching and booking.

Orbitz – Hotels, Flights, Cars does great with searching for flights and sorting them according to price. What makes this app even more useful is the fact that it can also show you your flight status and gate and baggage claim information. This feature is useful when you are  traveling or you are picking somebody up from the airport.

You can also store your trip details even without the use of the Internet so you can access the info without scrambling from place to place just to have a connection. Your trip details may be stored locally so you have the ease of accessing it, even during your flight.

And, of course, another reason to get this app is the undeniable truth that it is free. Head on to the Google Play Store and get your hands on this app, you’ll love how handy this can be before and during your trips.

Saving a fortune will no longer be an overstatement, thanks to the some of the best Android apps for finding cheap flights.  These apps most certainly delight the frugal you. If going on a trip happens just once a year because you are particular with the expenses, with the apps we’ve just listed for you, you might consider flying off to other places every month. Planning for your trips has never been easier and faster. With your Android device, you can make a whole itinerary, without even breaking a sweat.


This article, Best Android apps for finding cheap flights , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


Hardkernel announces Odroid-x development board with quad-core CPU

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:27 PM PDT

Any serious Android developer, and there are a lot of them, will be familiar with Hardkernel’s lineup of developer-only tablets. Granted, these devices feature hefty price tags which makes them unavailable to many. The good news for developers is that the Korean company is now releasing an Android development board boasting the same quad-core CPU found in the Samsung Galaxy S3. If that wasn’t impressive enough, this product, the Odroid-x is priced at only $129.

Key features and specifications of the Odroid-x include:

  • 1.4 Ghz quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • Mali-400 GPU
  • Android 4.0.4 ICS on-board, also supports Ubuntu 12.04
  • 6 USB 2.0 ports
  • micro USB port
  • micro HDMI port for 1080p video output
  • standard 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack
  • 50pin IO expansion port
  • 10/100 Mbps Ethernet jack
  • Full sized SD card slot
  • Optional external display and webcam available

You can catch an introduction video of the Odroid-x as well as video of the development board in action, here:

You can find detailed specifications and purchase information for the Odroid-x here. This $129 Android development board is expected  to ship at the end of July.

What are your thoughts? Will you be looking to buy the Odroid-x? Let us know in the comments section below.

 


This article, Hardkernel announces Odroid-x development board with quad-core CPU , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


Textbook Buy Back Comparison: Android app to sell old books

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT

The life of a student just isn’t complete without lugging around heavy textbooks. While some schools already provide lockers for their students, lockers were in limited supply in my university. Where other students either read their lessons ahead and only took notes to school or just completely left their textbooks at home and relied on listening to class discussions, I proudly loaded all my textbooks in my backpack and charged into school.

Carrying those books certainly made my university life something to remember, but now that I’ve graduated into adulthood, those books are now occupying a lot of space in my room. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has this problem. You might get lucky when a friend asks around for a book in your collection and she’ll take it off your hands for some cash.

If you’re getting desperate to reclaim your space, you can host a garage sale, but if your neighborhood doesn’t have a lot of people who might need the textbooks you’re selling, then your books might not be saying goodbye any time soon.

For people who want to get rid of and sell old books to a wider audience, there’s Textbook Buy Back Comparison. This app makes selling old textbooks simple by letting you scan the barcode on the back of any book. The app will then put together a list of online stores willing to buy back the used book, as well as inform you how much those stores are willing to pay.

Textbook Buy Back Comparison is very easy and straightforward to use. You won’t need to sign up for an account, nor will you need to input any details other than scanning a book’s barcode or punching in its ISBN.

The app received positive feedback on the Google Play Store, so I just had to try it out for myself using an HTC Sensation. If you haven’t installed a barcode scanner app on your Android device yet, the app will advise you to. You won’t need to dig through the Google Play Store because Textbook Buy Back Comparison will send you to the app’s page. Once that’s installed, you can now easily scan barcodes.

The developer mentioned that not only does Textbook Buy Back Comparison work for textbooks but also for any other book. I picked up a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and tried to scan its barcode. One of the reviewers mentioned that you’d need a lot of light to scan barcodes in, so I tried scanning first in a medium-lit room. The scanner managed to easily detect the barcode, but unfortunately could not give me any results. I then moved to another room with more light, but was still unsuccessful.

Since barcode scanning wasn’t working out for me, I punched in the book’s ISBN instead and was awarded results. Though I might not be earning a lot selling To Kill a Mockingbird, it’s definitely nice to have an idea of online stores that would like to buy my book.

I tried a few more times with other books such as The Road Less Traveled, Technical Communication: A Practical Approach and A Hundred Years of Solitude, but unfortunately could not get results through both scanning the book’s barcode or entering its ISBN.

I suspect the trouble I experienced with Textbook Buy Back lay in my choices of books. Most of what I had scanned were novels rather than textbooks, but Textbook Buy Back’s search capabilities seem to work pretty well. Barcode scanning, for example, is done quickly and entering ISBNs is a good alternative to finding your book when barcode scanning just won’t work.

Textbook Buy Back Comparison also has a My List feature which archives all the books and textbooks you’ve managed to successfully scan or find through its ISBN. You can opt to compare prices again or you can remove it from your list. The Get Help section answers some commonly answered questions to help users understand the app’s functions better.

Despite the bit of trouble I had making Textbook Buy Back Comparison work for me, it’s a great way to get rid of textbooks and sell old books lying around, gathering dust, and attracting literal bookworms.

Download Textbook Buy Back Comparison for free from the Google Play Store and get rid of all those textbooks and books you don’t need.

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Jelly Bean AOSP ROM available now for the Google Nexus S

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT

Even though a lot of users are still waiting for an official update to Android 4.0, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS is the new kid in town that everyone wants to hang out with. With the current track record of the slow ICS rollout by device manufacturers and carriers, we can only hope and pray to the Android gods that the JB update will be available a lot sooner.

Until then, the first devices to receive the update to the latest iteration of the Android OS will be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the Google Nexus S, and the Motorola Xoom tablet. If you own a Galaxy Nexus S and can’t wait for the official update, XDA Senior Member legolas93 has the solution for you.

Thanks to the developer’s hard work, an Android 4.1.1 AOSP ROM is now available for the Nexus S. We don’t have detailed information about the functionality of this ROM except for “All Work” mention, which is good news. The current changelog for release 2 is also sparse – it only says that the Camera app and Tethering have both been fixed.

Before going forward, remember that there is always a risk when attempting to root and flash a custom ROM onto your device! Some technical knowledge is recommended as anything going wrong will, more often than not, leave you with a bricked device.

You can head on over to the original thread here to find full download and installation instructions.

What are your thoughts? Will you be trying out the JB ROM for the Nexus S? If you have done so already, let us know more details about your experience in the comments section below.

 


This article, Jelly Bean AOSP ROM available now for the Google Nexus S , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.


Early August ICS rollout set for Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D and EVO Design 4G

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:15 PM PDT

The whole Android world is excited about the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS and we can’t wait to receive that update for our devices. OEMs and network carriers don’t have the best track record as far as speedy OS update rollouts are concerned but that will hopefully change this time around.

Most OEMs and network carriers are still rolling out the Android 4.0 ICS update, especially when it comes to their “older” devices. After a long wait, Sprint subscribers who own the HTC EVO 3D and/or the EVO Design 4G finally have a reason to celebrate. Sprint announced on its Community page that the ICS update for the above mentioned devices will be available early August.

This update will introduce a host of new features including:

  • A refined, evolved user interface that is simple, beautiful and useful.
  • Face Unlock: use state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to unlock your phone with a smile.
  • Redesigned camera app which introduces Scenes like Panorama, and Effects such as Vignette, Depth of Field, Vintage and Posterize.
  • Web browser now lets you sync Google Chrome bookmarks, request full desktop versions of sites, see your open tabs in a new layout.
  • People: browse friends, family and coworkers, see their photos in high-resolution and check their latest status updates from Google+.
  • Improved keyboard with incredibly accurate typing, an inline spell checker and improved copy and paste support.
  • Redesigned Gmail app that now lets you swipe between conversations to catch up quickly and search for emails even without a data connection.
  • Google+ integration that lets you hangout and video chat with up to 10 friends using your front-facing camera.

We’ll be sure to keep you informed about the exact dates for the rollout once it’s available.

What are your thoughts? Are you excited about the ICS update for the EVO 3D and the EVO Design 4G? Let us know in the comments section below.


This article, Early August ICS rollout set for Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D and EVO Design 4G , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source.