Tag: Ice Cream Sandwich
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SIM Free Samsung Galaxy Nexus Lands In The UK Today
Not everyone is keen on purchasing a new phone and having it locked to a specific network carrier, or having to be tied down to a specific contract tariff. Therefore, no doubt a lot of people would have been frustrated when the Galaxy Nexus had its debut through phone retailer Phones4U last week, in which…
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Ice Cream Sandwich Supports USB Mass Storage, Galaxy Nexus Does Not
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When we first had a look at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, we were a little bit shocked to find out USB mass storage wasn’t supported on the device, leading us to think that it was a missing feature in Android 4.0. Android engineer Dan Morrill took to the internet to sort out this confusion and…
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Samsung Galaxy SII successor to pack quad-core Exynos CPU?
Samsung could be set to start knocking out quad-core processors for February’s Galaxy SII follow-up, imaginatively titled the Galaxy S III. The Samsung Galaxy S III should be ready to be unveiled at next year’s Mobile World Conference and the chipset in question would be none other than the 1.5GHz Exynos 4412 ARM Cortex A9…
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Ice Cream Sandwich custom ROM now available for the Nexus S
If you’re desperate to get your hands on the new Ice Cream Sandwich update for Android for your Nexus S, and you don’t want to wait for the official release update from Google. You’ll be pleased to know that the folk over at XDA developers have already managed to successfully create a custom ROM of…
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus pulled from Vodafone following software bugs
Just days after the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus hit our stores, Vodafone UK customers have flocked to the web to complain about some serious software issues with their new Google-based gadget forcing the network and retailer to withdraw the model from its high street shelves. Launched on November 17th the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich…
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Confirmed: Samsung Galaxy S II UK owners will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
A tweet from Samsung UK has confirmed that the latest tasty update to Google’s mobile OS Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, is on its way to the “World’s Most Powerful Smartphone” – the Galaxy S II. Or course, this was expected. But confirmation from Samsung means further proof that the Samsung Galaxy S II is still…
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Kindle Fire Has Root, But Should You Do It?
The Kindle Fire Tablet has been out less than a week and we already have a one click Root for it. But is it worth it? I’m going to take you through some pros and cons. Simplicity If you got the Kindle Fire for a simple to use tablet then we would suggest you leave…
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Samsung Galaxy S 2 Android 4.0 Port Well Under Way
Since the release of the Ice Cream Sandwich source code, developers have been working around the clock to bring some Android 4.0 goodness to our smartphones and tablets unofficially. The popular Cyanogen team have stated that they intend to get ICS up and running on their 60 supported devices within the next 2 months, which…
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HTC Have Been Creating a Monster, a Monster of Epic Proportions – The HTC Zeta
It looks like the design and specs of an upcoming handset codenamed the HTC ‘Zeta’ have been leaked over at Engadget. This phone is said to have a mammoth 2.5GHz quad-core APQ8064 CPU and 1GB of RAM. The other interesting items on the spec sheet include a 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 (720p HD quality) display…
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Sony (Ericsson) confirms starting line-up for Android Ice Cream Sandwich update
Sole owner of the Sony Ericsson partnership, Sony has today confirmed which model in its smartphone range will be first to receive an operating software update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich which was unpacked on October 19th. The company’s official blog now addresses what most Sony Ericsson owners were wondering when the first glimpsed…
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Samsung releases Android 2.3 for Galaxy Tab 10.1 then pulls it after Wi-Fi fail
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Samsung had finally released its latest Android update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 slab but users have reported downloading version 3.2 Honeycomb was crashing Wi-Fi. And bearing in mind the Galaxy Tab is a Wi-Fi-only tablet this has caused a spot of bother, leading to Samsung having to pull the update for the time being.…
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Google Has Released Android 4.0.1 (ICS) Source Code, Time for Fun and Games
The holy grail for all Android Developers has just been released – the source code for the highly anticipated version of Android – Ice Cream Sandwich. There has been SDK (Software Developer Kit) ports so far, but nothing complete, and this is where it starts. Now we have the source code you will see a…