If you missed Asus’ Mobile World Congress 2013 live stream earlier today, you can now catch up and watch the on-demand replay video of the entire webcast. Asus announced two unique Android Jelly Bean devices at the event: the PadFone Infinity and Fonepad. The former is a package that includes a 5-inch smartphone powered...
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It’s been a year since ShiftyJelly last updated its popular podcast app for Android, cleverly called Pocket Casts. Most Android users probably assumed the app had been abandoned, especially since the iPhone version has been getting regular updates as recent as November. Despite the lack of updates, Pocket Casts has held its ground as arguably...
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Redbox Instant by Verizon is now available for Android on the Google Play Store and for iOS on iTunes (iPhone, iPad). The movie streaming app is currently in Beta form and won’t go final until 2013, so an invite is required for access – simply sign up with an email address on Redbox to...
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The official Facebook app for Android has been updated to version 2.0, delivering a faster experience overall when looking at photos and navigating the interface. The team behind the popular social media site rebuilt the news feed, notifications and timelines for speed. Furthermore, users can open photos quicker and scroll through without leaving the...
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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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The DROID RAZR M (XT907), DROID RAZR HD (XT926) and DROID RAZR MAXX HD (XT926) smartphones for Verizon Wireless all received their respective Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates, but what about other Motorola devices of past and present? Well, Motorola recently updated their upgrade plans and it seems Q1 2013 will be the time-frame...
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The recently released TomTom app for Android has been updated to support smartphones with higher resolution displays. The initial launch of the app included exclusive compatiblity for WVGA and FWVGA resolutions, but now it fully supports up to 1280×800 HD screens. That means popular handset like the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note...
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The Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD smartphones for Verizon Wireless are officially in the midst of receiving an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. We mentioned that the 9.1.41.XT926.Verizon.en.US upgrade would be arriving over the air this week, but we didn’t exactly expect it so soon. Users should keep an...
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Beginning next week, Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD users will receive a firmware upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The 9.1.41.XT926.Verizon.en.US update will be pushed out in phases starting early December, according to an official statement from a Big Red representative. It looks like it’s a slightly newer build...
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“It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. Unfortunately the evil Darth Vader discovers their hideout, and the desperate Rebel birds must escape the AT-ATs and Pigtroopers hot on their trail....
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Gamevil just released the fifth installment of their highly-praised action-RPG series, Zenonia, for Android for free on the Google Play Store (iOS version should be available shortly). Zenonia 5 Wheel of Destiny offers intuitive controls, a multitude of hero classes, dynamic action-RPG gameplay, hundreds of side quests and more. Check out the game trailer...
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Skype 3.0 for Android is now available for free in the Google Play Store. With the update, the popular video calling app’s user interface is now optimized to take advantage of larger screens found on tablets and it also offers a boost in audio quality with support for the company’s wideband audio codec, called...
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Verizon Wireless updated the Motorola Droid Razr M from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean today, November 9. The 98.12.4.XT907 upgrade delivers fantastic features like Google Now, Voice Search, Off-line Voice Typing, improved notifications and more – full change log along with official video demos posted below. The OTA update...
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AT&T will be pushing out a significant update to the Samsung Captivate Glide smartphone beginning tomorrow, November 10. The upgrade will bump the QWERTY keyboard-equipped handset to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Users can download the update by heading to Samsung’s update portal from a computer once it’s released. From AT&T: Beginning Nov. 10,...
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