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Samsung Says Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note Jelly Bean Updates Coming “Very Soon”

During Samsung’s IFA keynote event and in between their considerable product announcements, the company said that Jelly Bean updates for the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note will land “very soon.” This news doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given that we’ve already seen a leaked Jelly Bean ROM floating around for the T-Mobile Galaxy S III a number of leaks that indicated an announcement at the … [read full article]

Samsung Successfully Tests Jelly Bean On Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note?

The boys from SamMobile are back once again with a follow up to their report last week on Jelly Bean and the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note. Thankfully, if they are correct (and they usually) are, the news is good, nay it’s great as Samsung has successfully tested the Android 4.1 update on both devices and plan to make it available via Kies sometime in September/October. How long it will … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III With Jelly Bean Shows Up On Mexican Android Blog

With rumors now swirling that Jelly Bean is almost ready to make its Galaxy S III debut, it was only a matter of time before it “leaked” in one form or another. Thanks to Mexican Android site AndroidMX, we’ve got an idea of what the new software  looks like running on a Galaxy S III. Of course, TouchWiz is still front and center and that’s pretty much what you’re going to … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III Jelly Bean Update Landing On August 29th? Maybe, But Don’t Expect It That Day

Samsung’s about to have big month starting with an announcement expected in New York this afternoon to introduce a new Galaxy Note, the new 10.1″ edition. Along with today’s launch, Samsung is also expected to launch the much-anticipated follow-up to their hot selling original 5.3″ Galaxy Note with an event coming on August 29th. That’s not what interests us though, what DOES interest us is a rumor coming out of GSMArena that … [read full article]

Watch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Rock The T-Mobile G1

This is so awesome I’m not even sure I should write about this or just let you watch the video. We all know using Jelly Bean on the T-Mobile G1 as a daily driver is impractical and we were already impressed when developers were able to squeeze Ice Cream Sandwich onto the original Android device, the T-Mobile G1. Now mind = blown as developers have ported Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to … [read full article]

HTC One X+ Is Codenamed The HTC Endeavor C2 Says Stuff Magazine

HTC’s flagship One X is already rumored to receive a spec bump in the form of the HTC One X+, coming soon to a T-Mobile theatre near you. Now, the folks from Stuff Magazine are calling it by its supposed internal HTC codename: Endeavor C2. The One X+/Endeavor C2 is said to ship with a 1.7GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU processor, improved battery and more. Stuff also claims that current One … [read full article]

Rumored Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note Jelly Bean Upgrade Timetables

We do love reports that tell us when we can look forward to the newest Android updates, even if they are just rumors for now. The latest report out of SamMobile, which has a good track record of Samsung intel, says we should expect to see the Galaxy S III Jelly Bean update coming in the third quarter. According to the site, internal testing on the Galaxy S III has proven successful and … [read full article]

Newest Android Distribution Chart Shows Big Jump In Ice Cream Sandwich

On the first of every month, Google announces updated numbers of the different Android versions and how they are distributed across the platform. With the start of August, we’re seeing a huge jump in Ice Cream Sandwich with a boost from 10.9% in June, up to 15.9% in August. While that still pales in comparison to Gingerbread, which accounts for 60.6% of all Android devices, any bump in the right direction is a … [read full article]

Having Problems With Your Galaxy Nexus GPS After Jelly Bean?

A recent tweet in our direction indicated a GPS problem affecting Galaxy Nexus owners who have recently updated to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean is causing some of you a headache. A good number of you responded back that you too are also having similar problems as our original Tweeter. A new Android Central post this morning highlights a super-easy fix that will hopefully end all the problems you’ve had with … [read full article]

Rumor Says Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Coming To Galaxy S III As Soon As Next Month, Samsung Testing For Galaxy S II

These are the kinds of rumors we love to hear, but know to read with caution as a new report from the boys at Sammobile says that Samsung is “almost ready” to update Galaxy S III devices to Android 4.1. If in fact this rumor is the real-deal, we could see the Jelly Bean update arriving as soon as August/September for Galaxy S III devices. Of course, carrier availability would vary around … [read full article]