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by Alex Dobie
Apr 03, 2013
TF700 to join its little brother on the latest version of Android
The ASUS Transformer Pad 300 was the first non-Nexus device to get Android 4.2 just a month ago, and now its larger cousin ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 13, 2013
An unannounced Motorola phone has leaked out, and it really shows Google's influence over the software. Carrying the XT912A model number, the folks at the Vietnamese site Tinhte are quick to tel...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 05, 2013
The leaked build of Android 4.2.2 for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus we first saw over the weekend has just hit the internet courtesy of a member at XDA that has pulled the build directly from a Goog...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 04, 2013
CyanogenMod has just released its latest "M" build, CM10.1-m2 based on Android 4.2.2, for several different devices. The M builds are meant to be a bigger step up in stability from just an...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
Yes, that's my LG Optimus Black, and yes, it is running Photosphere. It's the same Photosphere that distant relation the Nexus 4 is running too, not the LG version found on the Optimus ...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 25, 2013
Another busy day in Spain has drawn to a close, and center of a decent piece of todays new devices announcements was ASUS. In the way that only Johnny Shih and company know how, ASUS today introduce...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 22, 2013
Frequent firmware leaker SamMobile has just released what it believes is a build of the Android 4.2.1 update for the international (i9300) Samsung Galaxy SIII (S3). What we're looking at h...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 20, 2013
As with previous updates, you can now check out Google's own complete Jelly Bean changelog for the new features of Android 4.2, all on one page. We all know about the big additions of locks...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 12, 2013
Over-the-air updates to Android 4.2.2 are rolling out now to the current crop of Nexus devices. Reports first started trickling in on Reddit about the GSM Galaxy Nexus having its update waiting...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 27, 2013
Daydream was pretty quickly glanced over by most people when it was announced as part of the Android 4.2 release, but luckily some developers have started to make apps using the new feature. The lat...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 17, 2013
The Xperia Z will be first Sony phone to launch with Jelly Bean when it arrives in late February or early March, but out of the box it'll run Android 4.1 rather than the latest version 4.2. Whil...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 12, 2013
Flipboard for Android was updated today, and along with a fix for "accidental" flipping and some minor bug fixes, there is a major feature added in -- support for Android 4.2's Da...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 13, 2012
Also BBC Media Player improvements, including background audio playback
Yesterday the BBC detailed exactly what it's planning to do with its iPlayer app for Android over the next few mo...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 12, 2012
The BBC has posted an extensive update on its future plans for the BBC iPlayer Android app. In the coming months, the corporation says it's main aims are to reach feature parity with the iO...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 06, 2012
Tasks is a bit of a favorite in these parts. We all rely on Google's services immensely day in, day out, one of which is Google Tasks. In lieu of any kind of official application from Google, Ta...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2012
D3lit3 writes in our Nexus 4 forums,
I was taking pictures with my baby and I realized that the HDR mode does not show a tick when you enable it. Thus I am left in confusion because I never...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 04, 2012
If you possess both a Nexus 10 and a predisposition for hacking your gadgets, you'll be pleased to hear that the first few nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Samsung-made Nexus tablet ha...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 03, 2012
Starbucks lovers with a device running Android 4.2 -- quite a few of us now -- have been out in the cold waiting for an update to fix compatibility with the latest OS update. Some problem with ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 03, 2012
Starting today, that fancy new Gmail update -- version 4.2 -- is bringing the much-requested features of pinch-to-zoom and swipe-to-delete to any device running Ice Cream Sandwich or later. But curi...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 03, 2012
You might've read about this issue in Phil's latest column, or experienced it first-hand if you've upgraded to Android 4.2 on a device with SwiftKey installed. In any case, some Swi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 27, 2012
Now that Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is the new cool thing, lots of different developers (and weekend warriors) out there have started tinkering around with the code to make something great of it. One of...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 26, 2012
These are the kinds of updates we like to see. As many of us are getting our hands on devices running Android 4.2, Netflix (and many others) is updating for full support of the new platform version....
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by Richard Devine
Nov 26, 2012
One of the visual changes we were 'treated' to in Android 4.2 when it first dropped, was a re-designed digital clock widget. I say 'treated' because its design is a point of contenti...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 26, 2012
There have been a lot of concerns about security since Google implemented lockscreen widgets in Android 4.2. Some may have concerns over how much information is actually accessible from these locksc...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 23, 2012
In a rather quick turn-around since the code has gone live, ZTE has just announced that it is pushing an Android 4.2 update to one of its devices. Interestingly enough, this update is pushing to a m...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 20, 2012
Good news for those of you waiting patiently on Android 4.2 for the 'yakju' variant international GSM Galaxy Nexus. We're seeing reports from Android Central Forums members that the OTA ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 20, 2012
Good news for anyone with a birthday or anniversary coming up next month, as Google has confirmed that it has a fix in the works for the recently-discovered "December birthday" bug in Andr...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 20, 2012
Since Android 4.2 started getting into peoples hands, whichever device it may be on, the Amazon Appstore has been experiencing an extremely irritating bug. Whatever happens, the Appstore application...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 18, 2012
If you missed out on a Samsung Nexus 10 earlier this week during the Nexus day pandemonium, there may be another chance. While the 32GB version is still showing as sold out, the screen we see here g...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 18, 2012
We all know -- and hopefully accept -- that with any new version release of Android, there's bound to be a few little bugs hidden within. While Google will test, test and test again, there's...
