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T-Mobile Galaxy S III Jelly Bean Update Now Pushing Out Over The Air

Waking up to some big news (and a lot of emails in my inbox) as T-Mobile drops a big software update bombshell on us today with the release of Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S III. While a rumor in mid-October had Samsung announce the update for the “coming months,” we guess T-Mobile had other plans and thankfully so. According to T-Mobile’s support page, the over the air update to T999UVLJA … [read full article]

HTC Posts Frequently Asked Questions Page For Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update

HTC’s first words on Jelly Bean updates came right on the heels of the Android 4.1 launch and is now working to further confirm their update timetable. HTC has posted a Frequently Asked Question page on Jelly Bean updates and there’s plenty of good news for HTC One S owners: We’re looking forward to providing our HTC One X and HTC One S customers with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) along … [read full article]

Apple Adds Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Galaxy Note 10.1 Into New Lawsuit

I hope you’re ready for round 633 in the Apple, Samsung patent lawsuit world as Apple files yet another motion adding The Galaxy Note 10.1 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to an existing lawsuit. Apple made its arguments today before US Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal in a federal court in San Jose. Apple’s move is likely a response to Samsung’s October 1st move seeking to add patent-infringement claims against the iPhone 5 … [read full article]

Google Highlights Improvements With Android 4.2, Available On The Nexus 4

With the announcement of the LG Nexus 4, Google is also introducing Android 4.2, still known as Jelly Bean but introducing a number of new improvements to the Android platform. Android 4.2 introduces Photo Sphere, “which lets you capture images that are literally larger than life. Snap shots up, down and in every direction to create stunning 360-degree immersive experiences that you … [read full article]

Samsung Announces Galaxy S III Jelly Bean Updates “In The Coming Months”

So, about that post on the Galaxy S III Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update being delayed till 2013—- Samsung just sent out the following press release announcing the update as available “in the coming months.” We’d be remiss if we didn’t say that the “coming months” sounds suspiciously like 2013 could be the real deal. “Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) – the No.1 mobile phone provider in the United States and … [read full article]

Rumor: Samsung’s Galaxy S III Jelly Bean Update Not Hitting Till 2013?

As with all rumored timeframes for Android updates, we urge you to take this with a grain of salt. According to The Examiner, a Samsung spokesperson stated that the US variants of the Galaxy S III will be the last to receive the update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade. The report states that “save for Sprint,” the update for T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and other carrier variants of the S III will … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Gets First CyanogenMod 10 Nightly

With the Galaxy S Blaze 4G finally receiving its Ice Cream Sandwich update, it was only a matter of time before the Android modding community went to work improving an already great mid-range device. Now, a new Google+ post from the CyanogenMod team yesterday afternoon alerted us to the introduction of CM10 nightlies for the Samsung T769, better known as the Blaze 4G. This is fantastic news for Blaze owners as … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy Note II Launching In Both White And Gray On October 24th?

Like all release dates that leak out, we’ll remind you that these dates are subject to change without notice, but we’re pretty confident an October 24th launch for the Galaxy Note II isn’t far off. Given that date is the same day Samsung is holding their own launch event in New York City, it doesn’t seem unreasonable that Samsung and/or T-Mobile would … [read full article]

Google Releases October Distribution Chart For Android Version Breakdown

It’s a new month and with the start of every month comes a brand new chart from Google showing their version by version breakdown in the Android world. There is a small bit of good news for Ice Cream Sandwich devices with a jump from 22.1 percent to 23.7 percent of all Android devices. Not quite the monumental jump we’d like to see, but every increase is a good increase. It won’t … [read full article]