As promised, Verizon Wireless will soon upgrade the Motorola Droid Bionic to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The OTA software update will be pushed out in phases beginning Monday, April 15. Jelly bean introduces significant new features to Big Red’s original 4G LTE handset, including expanded notifications, a smarter keyboard, more intuitive voice searching...
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Sprint has started rolling out a major upgrade for the LG Optimus G smartphone that transitions its software from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The roll-out begins today and should continue through the next couple weeks in phases. Check out the full changelog for the LS970ZVA OTA update below....
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Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Note 8.0 Android tablet at MWC 2013 today. As expected, the mid-sized device, which fits nicely between the larger Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and smaller Galaxy Note II smartphone, houses an 8-inch WXGA (1280×800, 189 ppi) display, Exynos 1.6GHz A9 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16 or 32GB of...
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Good news for users of the original, international variant of the Galaxy Note GT-N7000 phablet, as it’s now being updated from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean build JZO54K. Released a year and a half ago, the Galaxy Note is now equipped with the same Nature UX software that’s running...
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Today, Samsung announced the Galaxy Grand Android smartphone. Judging by the handset’s moniker, one would certainly expect an impressive device, however, the spec sheet reveals otherwise. The Galaxy Grand boasts a huge 5-inch LCD display, but it’s only of WVGA (480×800) resolution, unfortunately. That’s well below the qHD, HD and FHD resolution screens that...
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Like Verizon and its Samsung Galaxy S III, Sprint has started upgrading its HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphone to the latest major iteration of the Android OS, called Jelly Bean. The update includes a bump from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0 to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean with Sense 4.0+. Those who...
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Verizon Wireless will begin upgrading the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (build JRO03L.I535VRBLK3) tomorrow, December 14. The update will be pushed out over-the-air in phases, so sit tight as it could take a few days to a week to complete the roll-out. Check out the full changelog below to...
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Samsung started rolling out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean updates for the international Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100), Galaxy Note II LTE (GT-N7105), and Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) smartphones. What appears to be a minor upgrade actually packs numerous new features and enhancements. In fact, you can view the additions for the Galaxy S III in...
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After demoing half the features included in the Premium Suite upgrade for the Galaxy S III last week, Samsung has now posted part 2 of the series on YouTube. This should help clarify what users should expect from the update. Watch the video above and check out the changelog below. Powerful Multimedia - Paper...
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Samsung just posted an informative video on YouTube showing off some of the features included in the Premium Suite upgrade for the Galaxy S III Android smartphone. Unlike the lengthy Premium Suite update video for the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, the demo for the Galaxy S3 appears to be the first of a two...
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The HTC Droid DNA hits Verizon stores next week and Samsung’s competing 5-inch 1080p screened smartphone is in the works for an H1 2013 launch, but what about other manufacturers, like LG? Well, if these latest benchmarks are any indication, a device running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and designated with the model number LG...
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