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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The LG Optimus G Pro, which released in Korea in March, will soon get a “Value Pack” software upgrade on April 12th. The update will add new and improved UX features, which include Smart Video, Pause & Resume Recording and Dual Camera. Smart Video integrates eye recognition to automatically play or stop video without...
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Today, Asus started rolling out the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean upgrade to the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700) tablet. While Asus did not reveal a proper changelog for the software update, which was announced in a brief message on Facebook, Android 4.2 should enhance performance and stability, as well as introduce several new features, which...
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Verizon Wireless posted the full changelog for the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OTA update that should already be rolling out in phases to the Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the JDQ39 upgrade introduces significant, new features like Photo Sphere, Notification Panel enhancements, LockScreen Widgets and Gesture Typing to Big Red’s LTE variant of the Galaxy...
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Verizon Wireless has finally upgraded its Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 Jelly Bean (JDQ39). While 4.2.2 is the latest version of Android to date, the Google-backed Nexus device should have received build 4.2 months ago. Instead, users have had to sit through inexcusable and unexplained delays. The GSM Galaxy Nexus was...
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Following recent upgrades to the Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx smartphones, Verizon Wireless has officially started rolling out the same Android 4.1 Jelly Bean firmware update to the legacy Motorola Droid 4. The D4 was previously on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so users should notice significant improvements and enhancements. The .XT894 software...
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Verizon Wireless has updated the Motorola Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Not to be confused with the newer Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD, which received Jelly Bean upgrades three months earlier, the original pair of Droid Razr smartphones have...
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HTC One X users on AT&T will be thrilled to learn their handset of choice has finally been updated from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The OTA upgrade begins today and will roll-out in phases over the next week or so. One X users can wait patiently for an...
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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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Sprint upgraded its Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II Android smartphones today with a pair of maintenance updates. The new L710VPMA6 software update for the Galaxy S3 updates the voicemail app, includes support for 3-digit SMS and fixes calendar sync issues. The L900VPAMA7 update for the Galaxy Note 2 simply applies security updates....
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The HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G LTE smartphone on Verizon Wireless, was released nearly two years ago, yet, here we are in February of 2013 with a significant upgrade for the device. Starting today, Big Red is updating the Thunderbolt from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 3.6. The...
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Google updated the Chrome Beta Web browser for Android to build 25.0.1364.64. Check out the changelog below to see what’s different, then head to Google Play for the download. Chrome Beta 25.0.1364.64 – Changelog: Updated graphics architecture that greatly improves fast scrolling on large pages Fixed 163439 – yahoo.com page links are not working...
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Sprint has updated the HTC EVO 4G LTE Android smartphone with a new software update, version 3.16.651.3, that brings some minor stability improvements and finally activates the MHL port for mirroring content to HDTVs. The OTA update should arrive automatically on your EVO 4G LTE over the next week. Check out the list of...
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Sprint has started rolling out the Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to the Google Galaxy Nexus smartphone by Samsung. The software update, L700GA02, bumps the OS from Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.1 and offers a bevy of improvements, including a redesigned camera UI with new Photo Sphere feature, enhanced notification shade, lockscreen widgets and more....
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The Verizon edition of the Samsung Galaxy Note II Android phablet is starting to receive a new over-the-air maintenance update. The VRALL4 update changelog lists “Android Security Patch added for additional security,” so it likely fixes the previously documented Exynos exploit which made the Galaxy S III and Note II vulnerable to malware. SAMSUNG...
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