Google Nexus S gets official Android ICS update

December 19, 2011

If you decided to buy Google Nexus phone earlier this year than you are a lucky one. According to the official Nexus Twitter account, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update started rolling out today and will continue for the rest of the month to your device.

The update will be made available over-the-air, so you can manually check on your phone or wait for the notification to appear. This version is actually the 4.0.3 that was just announced by Google and even the Galaxy Nexus is not running it at the moment. Update is only available to the GSM/UMTS version of the Nexus S for the moment and not the CDMA version used by Sprint customers in the US.

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Samsung To Put TouchWiz On Ice Cream Sandwich

December 15, 2011

I don’t know if you are a TouchWiz fan or not. If you don’t know what TouchWiz it then you probably wont care. TouchWiz is Samsung’s skin for Android devices. It offers some cool features and has its own share of fans and hater. Irrespective of that Samsung is determined to put TouchWiz on top of Ice Cream Sandwich on its Android 4.0 phones.

Samsung Firmware has published a video of Ice Cream Sandwich running on Samsung Galaxy S II phone. Which means you won’t see the cool UI that Google showed when they introduced ICS, the same ‘revolutionary’ UI that you saw on Galaxy Nexus phone....

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Hungary Remembers Steve Jobs with Bronze Statue

December 12, 2011

In the Hungarian capital, Steve Jobs has been cast in bronze.

A Hungarian software company will unveil a bronze statue commemorating the co-founder of Apple on Dec. 21 in recognition of his leadership and vision, and appreciation for Jobs’ support of the fledgeling firm while Hungary was still under communist rule.

Graphisoft founder Gabor Bojar first met Jobs in 1984 at an information technology trade show in Germany, where the company founded behind the Iron Curtain in 1982 was presenting the first version of its ArchiCAD three-dimensional design software on Apple’s Lisa computer.

“Steve Jobs was very much convinced about the ...

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Software Updates About To Arrive On Lumia 800

December 8, 2011

Nokia has recently announced that within the next couple of weeks it will release new software updates for Lumia 800, the masterpiece of Nokia, for fixing the battery related problems complained by the users. The forthcoming software update is going to be launched with a 2-week roll out, especially in the countries with availability of the phone. Additionally, the software updates solve many issues despite the battery trouble. According to spokesman from Nokia, the total number of affordable downloads at a time remains fixed, which an answer to the updates being staggered.

The update also yields the appreciable improvements to charging for the Lumia 800 as well as that of the voicemail service...

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Amazon Kindle Fire Not Offered On Complete Open Platform

December 5, 2011

In general if you think that Kindle Fire is a wide open platform, you will be disappointed. The code that has been released recently by Amazon.Com may be free to use,but the code isn’t the  complete version.

Amazon has recently made the source code available for the Android operated Kindle Fire. This gives a clear indication that kindle Fire is a wide open platform. The Free Software Foundation revealed on a licensing blog that the concept of  Kindle fire’s being open is nothing but an illusion . In fact, this open software world can still be open and closed simultaneously.

The trick is simply to open the source that you are compelled to. keep the source code that has been kept secret. Android has i...

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The Next Big Thing In Tablets: Asus Transformer Prime

December 1, 2011

Nowadays, people want to have a tablet because of its convenience, cheaper price compared to a laptop and especially due to its size with fast processing speed. Apple iPad had ruled the market for 2 years due to its fast processing speed, better graphics and long battery life but this time iPad has got a new challenge in the form of Asus Transformer Prime which is run by Honeycomb OS. A tablet that is run by Honeycomb OS has finally evolved from the old Motorola Xoom to Transformer prime in the form of an outstanding hardware.

Do you want to buy a tablet now or wait for the next big thing “The Transformer ...

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Asset Sale Approaching For AT&T Next

November 29, 2011

Rethinking is still on the cards meaning both marketing slogan of AT&T and the key summary of the challenges the US-based telecom giant is currently facing for covering a $39 billion T-mobile purchase looks dubious.

AT&T and Deutsche Telekom (the corporate parent of T-Mobile) acknowledged that the contract got troublesome for the announcement in a Thanksgiving Day. The companies claimed they had withdrawn, at least for now, the application to FCC (Federal Communications Commission) for joining their Cell phone operations. The companies also added that it would charge $4 billion against AT&T’s earnings. To be more obvious the break up fees amount solely owed to AT&T’s parent company if the deal ...

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China Poses As The Biggest Smartphone Buyer Worldwide

November 25, 2011

China has overtaken the U.S. being the biggest Smartphone market of the world regarding volume in the 3rd quarter, according to a research conducted by Strategy Analytic.

The report reveals that shipments of Smartphone in China have grown 58 percent in the 3rd quarter to 24 million units after the previous quarter. In the U.S., Smartphone shipments have declined from 7% to about 23 million units.

In a statement, Tom Kang, analyst from the Strategy Analytics said the growing use of Smartphone in China can be attributed to the tremendous subsidizing by high-end model operator such as iPhone of Apple, as well as the increasing availability of low priced models operated by Android platform of Google.

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Amazon on Track to Sell 4M Kindle Fires for Holiday Quarter

November 21, 2011

Amazon could sell 4 million Kindle Fires this holiday season, said Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who originally said the e-commerce giant would only sell 2.5 million units.
Amazon is on track to sell 4 million Kindle Fire tablets for the fourth quarter, according to a prominent financial analyst who boosted his outlook for the device.

The e-commerce giant began shipping the Fire Nov. 14 to those who pre-ordered it, and early reviews have been largely mixed.

However, most analysts believe the custom Android tablet’s $199 price point will make it too hard to ignore among cost-conscious consumers who balked at paying $499 or more for Ap...

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Funny LG Update in next week for Optimus 3D, time for Gingerbread

November 17, 2011

It’s a total shame for the LG Optimus 3D customers. Its surely one of the best Android running smartphones out there. But it’s the time for Gingerbread only for them! It will be released by LG officially in the next week. The update brings not only the usual set on Gingerbread enhancements over Froyo but a number of extra improvements too, like faster data speeds and improved multimedia experience. This Android 2.3 update will push the download speeds over 3G with HSPA+ to 21Mbps (over 14.4Mbps). The upload speed of the LG Optimus 3D will remain 5.76Mbps.

The 2D video camera, which shoots up to 1080p, receives the same...

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