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Ice Cream Sandwich Update Now Available for Motorola XYBOARD WiFi 10.1 and 8.2

Tim August 20, 2012 54

As a fresh way to kick off the week, Motorola has announced that an Ice Cream Sandwich update is available for both models of the XYBOARD WiFi tablets. As you would imagine, the jump from Honeycomb to ICS is rather massive, so the changelog is quite extensive....

Ron August 20, 2012 22

For years there has been a battle between AOSP fans and manufacturers to hack vanilla Android (or something close to it like CyanogenMod) onto devices instead of the manufacturer's version of Android. The difficulty with this battle is that it takes a...

Kellen August 19, 2012 31

Samsung released a teaser for their August 29 Unpacked event at IFA this evening. The video all but confirms that we will be seeing the next version of the Galaxy Note, dubbed by many as the Galaxy Note 2. In the short clip, we get to see the S Pen in action,...

Kellen August 19, 2012 42

Google Play gift cards, oh what an odd story you are. It's nice to know that you can already be purchased at stores though, because seeing gift cards as highlights of the Android world multiple times a day is beyond confusing. They are gift cards, people. With...

Kellen August 19, 2012 108

A YouTuber by the name prevowii posted up four videos this morning for the DROID RAZR HD that we are assuming came from a setup app in a ROM. Each video walks you through subjects like making calls, setting up email, etc. That's not really what we care about...

Tim August 18, 2012 93

According to a reader, it looks as though Jelly Bean is ready and rolling out the Asus Transformer Pad (TF300). I'm still waiting to have it be pushed to mine, but I can't wait to test out Jelly Bean on a Tegra 3 chip. With the TF300 getting it first, we can...

Eric August 18, 2012 156

Motorola continues to impress their fans going into the weekend with this latest news. The DROID 4 had its build of Ice Cream Sandwich approved earlier this week and we have been waiting to see when it would officially roll out for all owners. The build is the...

Tim August 17, 2012 13

Well, in comparison to Motorola's release of a bootloader unlocking tool, all of this week's other news seems sort of lacking. We had some courtroom fun in the Samsung vs. Apple case, DROID Charge and DROID 4 seeing updates, and gift cards are finally coming...

T-Mobile’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen January 29, 2026 13

Both T-Mobile and AT&T have seen several years in a row of steady customer growth, likely because of improvements to...

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Chrome Gets 5 Wild New Gemini AI Features

Kellen January 28, 2026 13

Google has essentially launched its new vision for Chrome today with an announcement for several new Gemini-powered features...

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Galaxy Z TriFold US Sales Open January 30, Priced at $2,899

Tim January 27, 2026 13

Samsung has confirmed Galaxy Z TriFold availability for the US. The trifold will go on sale starting January 30, priced at $2...

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T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Device Unlock Policies

Kellen January 27, 2026 13

One of the hottest topics of the moment for the US wireless industry is device unlock policies or SIM unlock policies. With...

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Galaxy Z TriFold In US Samsung Stores Tomorrow, But You Can’t Buy It

Tim January 22, 2026 13

Galaxy Z TriFold launch is literally right around the corner, with units headed to select Samsung Experience Stores across...

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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 13

When the FCC cleared Verizon of its 60-day device unlock policy a week ago, we talked about how the government agency, which...

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Samsung Makes New Bixby Official in One UI 8.5 With Perplexity AI

Kellen January 20, 2026 13

The betas of One UI 8.5, as well as supposedly leaked screenshots, showed a potentially renewed investment in Bixby from...

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How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 13

Verizon announced today that it would give all of its customers a $20 credit after experiencing a 10-hour outage yesterday....

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 54

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 54

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 54

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 54

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 54

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 54

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 54

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 54

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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Ice Cream Sandwich Update Now Available for Motorola XYBOARD WiFi 10.1 and 8.2

Google Experimenting with Bringing AOSP to the Sony Xperia S

Samsung Releases Teaser for August 29 IFA Unpacked Event, All But Confirms Galaxy Note 2?

Google Play Store Gift Cards Already Available and on Display at Some Target Stores

DROID RAZR HD Tutorial Videos Leak

Jelly Bean Rolling Out to ASUS Transformer Pad (TF300)

DROID 4 Owners – Your Ice Cream Sandwich Update Is Ready to be Pulled

This Week in the Life of DROID: 8/17/2012