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Samsung Korea Says Galaxy SII Will Receive Jelly Bean OTA Through Samsung Kies

Eric January 7, 2013 7

Before the Galaxy S3 hit the world, the Galaxy S2 was in the business of setting sales records and being the leading Android device of its time. Good news then for those who have yet to make the jump from their S2, Samsung Korea posted a document that details...

Acer Announces $150 7″ Jelly Bean Tablet, Wants to Take on the Nexus 7

Eric January 7, 2013 40

Acer was one of the first companies out of the gate to announce a new device during CES. The Iconia B1-A71 is a new 7" tablet that ships with Jelly Bean that isn't meant to take a huge chunk out of your wallet. Packing a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 512 MB, ...

Ubuntu’s Brand New Gesture-Based Phone OS Shown Off on the Galaxy Nexus

Eric January 2, 2013 102

Ubuntu and Android have been close friends for a while now, but developers have been working to make Ubuntu it's own mobile OS and that work was revealed today. Using the Galaxy Nexus, the new totally gesture-based operating system was shown off today and...

Google Teaming Up With Kia and Other Car Makers to Bring Google Maps to Vehicles

Eric January 2, 2013 58

As an Android fan, I know I've looked at some car navigation systems before and thought "Google Maps does this so much better." Today's news sounds like a few car manufacturers felt the same way. Hyundai and Kia have partnered with Google so that their UVO...

Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus Receives CM 10.1 Nightlies, Flash Without Losing Any Data

Eric December 17, 2012 119

The jump from Android 4.1 to 4.2 apparently didn't confuse developers that much and fans of CyanogenMod will be happy for that. The first nightly build of CM 10.1 for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus, otherwise known as 'toro', has just been posted and is available for...

Eric Schmidt Thinks It’s ‘Extremely Curious’ That Apple Hasn’t Sued Google Directly

Eric December 5, 2012 58

Eric Schmidt is Google's Executive Chairman and also the company, and Android's, biggest cheerleader when it comes to the media. In a recent interview, Schmidt sat down and talked business about a lot of things going on with Google and the conversation...

HTCdev Posts DROID DNA’s Source Code, Lets Devs Tinker With the Phone’s… DNA

Eric November 30, 2012 18

Even though it might take a workaround to unlock the bootloader on the DROID DNA, HTC has taken to their developer portal to publish the source code for the device. This is only big news to a select few of our readers, but those developers take this...

Mugen Wants to Turn Your Galaxy Note 2 Into a 6,400mAh Monster, Do You Need All That Battery Life? (Updated)

Eric November 30, 2012 60

Sometimes you just got to have long battery life on your device, no matter what the cost. For uber power users of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Mugen has a battery that will keep you going for days on end. Their new battery clocks in at 6,400mAh, which is...