Tag: froyo
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Android Jelly Bean overtakes Ice Cream Sandwich usage for the first time
Google has released its monthly Android user statistics and for the first time since its release, the latest version of the Google OS, Jelly Bean, has taken over Ice Cream Sandwich in terms of overall users. It helps that Jelly Bean has been the most sought after update for most manufacturers and networks, but Android’s…
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Sky+ Android app gets remote control and program guide update
Sky has updated its Sky+ Android app to bring brand new remote control and program guide features to your smartphone and your HD Sky+ Box. The new features have previously been available on iOS devices with the Sky+ app but now they have been brought to Android customers on operating system FroYo (2.2) and over.…
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Google’s Android Distribution Figures Show Jelly Bean and ICS Rise in Usage
Google has again released its latest Android distribution figures showing which of the Google Android OS’s are running on handsets across the globe, and this time there is a huge increase in ICS coverage and Jelly Bean has appeared. This time last month when Google announced its usage levels, Ice Cream Sandwich was still only in…
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Android ICS Only on 10% of Devices with Gingerbread Still on Top!
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Google has announced its latest Android Operating System stats to the public today and the information is showcasing that its latest OS, Ice Cream Sandwich is now on 10% of all Android users handsets…
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First Generation Samsung Galaxy Ace Android Smartphone Only £135 at Asda
Grocer and online department store Asda is once again at its backside slapping best with its latest deal on Samsung’s original Galaxy Ace smartphone. The chain leaves a few extra quid in your pocket, whilst undercutting rival Tesco to bring the first gen Ace down to just £135. Asda has certainly pulled an Ace out…
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Android Running PS Vita Knock-Off Surfaces In China (Where Else?)
Is that a PS Vita…? Ahead of schedule and flaunting it’s gaming stuff over in China? Sure looks like it. And on first glance you’d be easily fooled into believing so. But no, this is actually an Android-running Chinese rip-off called the Yinlips YDPG18 – and not the anticipated Sony next gen portable currently prepping…
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Live Dictation With Voice Typing for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
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Google’s mobile OS Android has had some pretty fancy voice based features including calling, texting and navigating. And for a while now one of those features has been voice typing, this as far back as May 2010 in fact, with version 2.2 Froyo. But with Apple’s iPhone 4S and its little pocket Jeeves known as…
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Xperia X10 Gets a Piece of the Ice Cream Sandwich
Sony Ericsson were struggling for ideas when they decided to jump on the Android bandwagon, but their first attempt was kind of disappointing. The X10 was released when Android 2.2 Froyo was starting to take over from Android 2.1 Eclair. Even though Froyo was predominantly the most used version of Android at that point in…
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Optimus 3D Gets Gingerbread Update Next Week
LG’s first flurry into the world of 3D was the Optimus 3D, which is a flagship handset that LG intended to use to compete with HTC’s EVO 3D. Both the EVO 3D and the Optimus 3D handsets were (and still are) clever phones and came with glasses-free 3D technology. The experience of 3D in your…
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Gingerbread overtakes Froyo as top distributed Android OS
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According to a post on the Android Developers Blog, distribution of Google OS version 2.2 Froyo has finally been eclipsed by its successor 2.3 Gingerbread. It’s just over a week since the new edition Ice Cream Sandwich was announced along with Google and Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone and it been around a year since Gingerbread…
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LG Optimus range gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in UK and Europe
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Just as new Google OS Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is starting to whet the appetites of mobile gadget owners, LG in the UK and Europe has started the roll out of current software 2.3 Gingerbread for its range of Optimus smartphones – appearing on 3 mobile models throughout November. Android 2.3 Gingerbread started to cook…
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The SDK ports continue as Ice Cream Sandwich hits the Xperia X10
So as we move closer to the release of the Galaxy Nexus and the Holy Grail for Android developers, – the Ice Cream Sandwich source code – developers remain hard at work with the small piece of ICS, including the software developer kit (SDK). The latest in the list of handsets getting some chilly Ice Cream…