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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 26, 2013
Google Now, performance improvements and other features hit this mid-level Android smartphone
AT&T this morning announced that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now available for its Samsung Galaxy ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 23, 2013
While we may be waiting on the arrival of the new ASUS Padfone Infinity, it could be easy to forget about the first generation Padfone. The one that started it all for ASUS and their phone/tablet hy...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 21, 2013
The 7-inch Kobo Arc (read our review), which was released just a couple of months ago, will start its Jelly Bean update rollout today. The update will bring everything you'd come to expect from ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 18, 2013
Update: Updated information from Verizon actually pegs the update as pushing out in phases, beginning Tuesday March 19. Even better news!
Those of you rocking a Droid 4 might want to gather round a...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 18, 2013
Google has just updated its Gmail app to include new actionable notifications for incoming email on devices running Jelly Bean. This means that incoming email can be archived, deleted or replied to ...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 16, 2013
The LG Optimus L9 was introduced to European markets in the second half of last year as the then newest member of the Optimus L-Series of devices. We first went hands with the LG back at IFA 20...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 15, 2013
The Motorola Electrify 2 is the latest handset to get a Jelly Bean update, as Android 4.1 is currently rolling out to users in the usual slow, cautious manner.
Motorola reminds us of a few Je...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 14, 2013
After the initial Jelly Bean rollout for non-carrier branded devices, Veizon's Galaxy Tab 2 family is now getting its chance at some Jelly Bean goodness. This over the air...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 12, 2013
AT&T this morning confirmed what we've known for a couple weeks now -- Android 4.1.2 is pushing to the Sony Xperia TL. Noted is the addition of AT&T DriveMode, which at 25 mph can shut d...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 11, 2013
Good news for Sony Xperia J owners - the official rollout of Jelly Bean has begun. This will bump the Android OS up to version 4.1, bringing with it new features from Jelly Bean like Quick...
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by Sean Brunett
Mar 11, 2013
Sprint has begun the rollout of Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) to its version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Enhancements will include:
Google Now
Smooth transitions enable effortless m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2013
The Optimus 4X HD was a really well built device with great 2012 specifications released in the middle of last year. But it had some severe software problems, and was locked down so t...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 07, 2013
LG Optimus G users on Sprint have something to cheer about today, as the Jelly Bean OTA update has just started its rollout. As newer versions of the Optimus G have started to come out of the box wi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 07, 2013
We had some pretty interesting information regarding a Jelly Bean soak test for the original Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX, and now Motorola has made the update official. The support page h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2013
Update 2: Never mind AT&T's blog post ... the update most definitely is available now. It's a whopping 630 MB.
Update: And AT&T has pulled its blog post announcing all this. Figures...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2013
The folks in our Motorola DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX forums are all aflutter this morning, and rightfully so. A new software soak test -- wherein a few brave souls get in some final testing befo...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 06, 2013
Hot on the heels of the Jelly Bean update for the Verizon model, the Galaxy SIII (S3) on C Spire Wireless is receiving its own OTA starting today. The update will bring users up to Android 4.1.2 -- ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 05, 2013
Verizon has published support documents indicating that the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Stellar is on its way out. The update to Android 4.1 -- software version JZO54K.I200VRBMA1 -- is ro...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 04, 2013
ASUS has announced that they will begin pushing the Android 4.2 over-the-air update to the Transformer Pad TF300 for folks in the US today. Other regions will follow during the month of March. This ...
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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 Alex Dobie
Mar 01, 2013
Following in the footsteps of its international cousin, the Sony Xperia T, AT&T's Xperia TL is now being updated to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. In addition to the underlying OS update and...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 27, 2013
At first glance you'd be forgiven for mistaking what we see here for an LG Optimus L7, but it is in fact reportedly the latest in the Optimus LTE line -- the imaginatively titled Optimus LT...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 26, 2013
More ASUS related news has emerged from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, this time concerning the UK launch of their MeMo Pad tablets. Both the 7-inch and 10.1-inch tablets will be available to...
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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 25, 2013
Frequent firmware leaker Samsung-Updates has just put up a preliminary leak of the Jelly Bean OTA for the Galaxy Victory 4G on Sprint. The device launched back in September of last year, disappointing...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 24, 2013
Lenovo has outed their latest lineup of Android tablets over in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. None have particularly inspiring names, but launched today are the 7-inch A1000 and A3000, and t...
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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 Richard Devine
Feb 22, 2013
Archos introduced a whole raft of new Android tablets last month at CES, and in the UK the budget oriented 80 Titanium is now on sale. Available from high street retailer, Carphone Warehouse, the ch...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 21, 2013
Sometime after the initial launch of the LG Optimus G, Europeans are finally getting a chance to sample it for themselves. We'd previously heard rumors that the Optimus G would be available in E...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 21, 2013
ASUS has long been making Android tablets now, and they're often something worth taking note of. Their latest -- previously rumored -- slate, likely heading towards Mobile World Congress, has ...
