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XDA Provides Working Ice Cream Sandwich On Your WiFi XOOM, Ready To Flash At Your Leisure

Eric December 19, 2011 42

The Motorola XOOM may not be the best tablet on the market, but it is Google's developer tablet, that means that it was the likely candidate for getting the bump to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich first. While nothing official has been released yet, the Android...

Tim December 19, 2011 60

In a conversation with an Italian newspaper, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has gone on record that Google is pushing hard to bring a Nexus tablet to the market within six months. Schmidt gave little on details of the tablet, but stated that it would be "of the...

Kellen December 19, 2011 133

A soak test for a new DROID RAZR update was prepped last week - that update is starting to roll out to members of the group now. In the support documents that list out the changes for this new software, we can see that some of this stuff is pretty significant....

Kellen December 19, 2011 413

Reports started to flow in over the weekend that the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon was experiencing signal strength issues and possibly dropping calls like a mutha. Can't say that I have noticed the dropped call issue myself, but it does seem tough to ever get a...

Kellen December 19, 2011 45

We were told a couple of weeks ago that the first "DROID" 4G LTE slider - aka the DROID 4 - has a better than average chance of hitting store shelves on December 22. According to a document that popped into our inbox today, that still appears to be the case....

Kellen December 19, 2011 57

Does HTC have another 4G handset in the works for Verizon's 4G LTE network? We are hearing murmurs of a device called the HTC Fireball with 4G, but have no other details to go on. We can see however, that the model number is ADR6410, which happens to fall in...

Ron December 19, 2011 138

Just wanted to point out that this post was finished on Friday night and sure enough, news broke this morning that Eric Schmidt expects there to be a Nexus tablet in 2012. HP is currently the number two seller of tablets, though most expect Amazon to usurp...

Kellen December 18, 2011 132

As someone on Twitter said when we tweeted this just a few minutes ago, "The 'DROOIIID' sound is so 2010." What about a "Nexus" noise though? Ready to give it a shot? One of our long time readers asked his friend to create something along those lines and this...

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

Tim January 22, 2026 132

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

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What’s Your Carrier’s Device Unlock Policy: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T

Kellen January 21, 2026 132

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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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 132

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 132

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 132

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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Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 Just Released for Pixel Phones

Kellen January 14, 2026 132

Google has released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 for all of its still-supported Pixel phones, tablets, and foldables. After...

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Google Just Gave Gemini “Personal Intelligence”

Kellen January 14, 2026 132

Google's Gemini now has Personal Intelligence and can reason across your data, assuming you give it access. For AI as an...

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2026 January Pixel Update Available for Your Pixel Phone

Kellen January 12, 2026 132

We've entered 2026 and the first Google Pixel update of the year is here. For those with a still-supported Pixel phone or...

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

Kellen May 6, 2025 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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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XDA Provides Working Ice Cream Sandwich On Your WiFi XOOM, Ready To Flash At Your Leisure

Eric Schmidt: “In the Next Six Months We Plan to Market a Tablet of the Highest Quality”

DROID RAZR Update is Ready: Improves Camera, Data Connectivity, and More

Verizon Support: Update to Address Galaxy Nexus Signal Strength in the Works

DROID 4 Still Set for December 22 Release?

What is the HTC Fireball? Headed to Verizon With 4G Soon?

We Need a Nexus Tablet [Opinion]

Download: “Nexus” Notification Sound