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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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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It seems Samsung will soon update its original Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Premium Suite features attached. While an upgrade to Jelly Bean was expected, it’s good to see Samsung include unique options and apps from the phablet’s successor, the Galaxy Note II, as well. Galaxy Note users will get...
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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 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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Google’s labeling Android 4.2 as the new flavor of Jelly Bean. It’s not the Key Lime Pie update we were hoping for, but there are certainly some cool, new features involved. Notable additions include a 360 degree panorama camera feature called Photo Sphere, Gesture Typing, Quick Settings tied to the notification bar, support for...
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Today, Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at their annual I/O developers conference. While Jelly Bean isn’t the huge upgrade to the OS that we experienced with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s still a significant update with several key elements. Android 4.1 will be available on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Nexus S...
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Sony has started rolling out Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Tablet P and Tablet S. The former is seeing ICS for the first time and the latter is getting updated to the latest build. The upgrade combines Ice Cream Sandwich with unique new features and apps from Sony, such as direct access...
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T-Mobile and Samsung just dropped the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich T989UVLE1 upgrade for the Galaxy S II smartphone. The update will not be pushed over the air (OTA), so users will need to access it through Kies desktop software. General list of changes posted below. T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 – Android 4.0.3 /...
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Apple took to the stage at WWDC 2012 today to announce new features in iOS 6, which will be available this fall for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad 2 and the new iPad. While we typically focus on Android coverage, it’s always good to check out what...
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The Verizon-branded Motorola Xoom 4G LTE tablet will finally get updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich starting June 4th. The WiFi variant received the upgrade much earlier, but this will still be Verizon Wireless’ first tablet to get the ICS update. Full change log posted below. “The upgraded functionality includes speech-to-text technology and...
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Aside from its name, some Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners, who prefer to keep things stock, probably don’t feel like they actually own Google’s 2012 flagship model. That’s because it’s been months since they were teased by an update that should have been finalized and released, well, months ago, to be completely honest. After all,...
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LG is planning to update the Optimus LTE, Optimus LTE Tag and Optimus Vu to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich beginning June 4th. All three models will get an updated UI with the Vu getting some bonus UX features. Not much else was mentioned in the press release, so we’ll have to wait until...
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