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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 16, 2012
We saw just yesterday that Beautiful Clock Widgets was updated to support Android 4.2's new lockscreen widget functionality, and now HD Widgets is following today with its own update. There are ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 15, 2012
Android 4.2's "daydreams" are neat little screensaver-like apps that can run when your phone or tablet is docked or charging. Out of the box, there are five stock daydreams available, ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 15, 2012
The GMail power users among us may be aware of some of the more advanced search operators that are at our disposal. Things like typing "from:david has:attachment" and getting relevant sear...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 14, 2012
One of Android 4.2's forward-facing feature improvements was the lockscreen, which now has a system for integrating widgets of the users choice. In the stock shipping software, there's an an...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 14, 2012
Stronger text and improved kerning in the new version of Jelly Bean
Do things look a bit ... different ... since upgrading your Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7 to Android 4.2? Turns out there's one ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 14, 2012
When the final version of Android 4.2 rolled out to Nexus devices yesterday, Google Voice users noticed a nasty bit of incompatibility between the new software and the app. Whenever a new text messa...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 13, 2012
We're hearing lots of rumblings about Google Voice issues with Android 4.2, starting with the early Nexus 4 review units that went out, but that could've been blamed on pre-release software....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 13, 2012
Fire up the old SDK manager, as you've got a new version to download!
The Android team has made the Android 4.2 SDK (API level 17) available for download, and it looks like there a few new g...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 13, 2012
As the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 launch kicks off around the world, Google is in the process of releasing its Android 4.2 Jelly Bean source code to AOSP -- the Android Open-Source Project. This is t...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 13, 2012
Nexus 4 and 10 orders continue to roll through the time zones as the Android 4.2 download links start to come in as well. We've seen one go live for the GSM Galaxy Nexus, and now we've got o...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 13, 2012
That didn't take long, did it? After the first Nexus devices shipping with Android 4.2 have started going for sale in certain parts of the world, the Android 4.2 OTA for the GSM Galaxy Nexus is ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 13, 2012
The consumer release version of Android 4.2 just hit our review devices, and I had to dive in and check out multiple user accounts on the Nexus 10. It's been in the works since Honeycomb, and qu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 13, 2012
Lock screen widgets work, and they work well – but there also are some troubling security concerns
Finally, we get our first real look at the new lockscreen widgets in Android 4.2. This is...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 09, 2012
Following the announcement that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is rolling out to the Droid RAZR M, Motorola introduced a new initiative they're calling "Test Drive". The idea behind Test Drive...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 08, 2012
What's that? A separate piece about a clock app? It still tells time, right?
Yes. A separate piece about a clock app. And, yes. It still tells time. Actually, the new clock app in Android 4.2 i...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 05, 2012
With the Nexus 4 in the hands of Googlers and press alike, and a leaked version of the app doing the rounds on other phones, Google+ is starting to play host to a wealth of high-quality Photo Sphere...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 03, 2012
Hold your horses -- the Nexus 7 doesn't have Android 4.2 just yet. But no-one seems to have told UK retailer HMV, which is putting out newspaper ads for the new 32GB version of Google's tabl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2012
Finally, Google has added quick settings to the notification pulldown in Android 4.2. That's a feature many have wanted in stock Android since, well, forever. Enthusiast ROMs have adde...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2012
Talking about malware on a mobile platform is a tough thing to do right. Some of what you hear is real, and needs addressed responsibly, but so much of it is just FUD from folks trying to sell you s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 02, 2012
Google has hidden the developer settings in the latest version of Jelly Bean - here's how to get them back
A few months from now, this will seem funny. But for a little while, for a few scar...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 01, 2012
Using a skinned version of Android? You’re already up-to-date on 4.1.
We’re not huge proponents of using the term “skin” to describe the manufacturer customizations put o...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 31, 2012
The Android-powered Ouya game console is still on schedule according to the developers' latest update, and they've confirmed that it will launch with Jelly Bean. It wouldn't be surp...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2012
That awesome camera app, as well as the new Gallery we saw from the upcoming Android 4.2 release can now be installed on your Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1.1.
There's still...
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by Brent Zaniewski
Oct 29, 2012
The 4.7-inch Nexus 4 from LG is officially official as of today, packing a Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 16Gb of storage and 2GB of RAM while running on a fresh version of Jelly Bean - Android 4.2. C...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 29, 2012
With the huge bunch of Nexus news today, it almost seems as though the latest release of Android, 4.2 Jelly Bean, hasn't gotten too much press. Rest assured, Google still packed a whole bunch of...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 29, 2012
One of the new features of Android 4.2 and the Nexus 4 is a camera mode called "Photo Sphere". This new camera mode, shown off in a quick promotional video from Google, is a mash-up of the...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 12, 2012
The Android 4.2 and LG Nexus rumors keep on coming, as this morning we're hearing reports of what could be in the next version of Gmail for Android. According to Android Police, which claim...
