It’s mid-May — do you know where your Ice Cream Sandwich update is? Six months after Android 4.0 made its debut on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, millions of owners of legacy Android devices are still anxiously awaiting the day the new firmware gets downloaded on their own electronic real estate. At least the scene today [...]
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Which devices have Ice Cream Sandwich?
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Confusion, Debut, Electronic Real Estate, Engadget, Firmware, Galaxy, Ice Cream, Ics, Legacy Devices, Nbsp, Nexus, Roms, Samsung, Sandwich, Six Months, Time Head, Unofficial Versions
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HTC confirms One X multitasking tweaks in Sense 4
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Amp, Background Apps, Battery Life, Brouhaha, Custom Memory, Engadget, Enthusiast Community, Memory Management, Nbsp, Roms, Sandwich, Sense Experience, Stock, Task Management, Tweaks, Xda Developers
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There’s been quite a bit of brouhaha over at xda-developers lately about changes HTC’s made to the way multitasking behaves on the One X compared to stock Ice Cream Sandwich. We’re not just talking about obvious UI differences here — Sense 4′s horizontal, card-like arrangement vs. Android 4.0′s default vertical list — but actual differences [...]
Motorola Droid 4 gets leaked ICS build, official Android 4.0.4 may soon follow
Posted: 16th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Break, Droid, Engadget, Forums, Functionality, Ics, Moto, Motorola, Nbsp, Quite Some Time, Sandwich, Source Link, Stock Version, Waiting Game
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We’ve known for quite some time that Motorola intended to push Ice Cream Sandwich to the Droid 4, but until now the waiting game continued, with no end in sight. It now appears that the smartphone maker is making serious progress on its own Motoblur-infused flavor of ICS, with a stock version of the upgrade [...]
LG shows off UI 3.0 for Ice Cream Sandwich devices, says it’s ‘unobtrusive and simple’
Posted: 16th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apps, Customizer, Debut, Engadget, Fresh Skin, Handsets, Hd, Korea, Launch, Love, Lte, Nbsp, Novel, Optimus, Sammy, Sandwich, Shortcuts, Shutter, Skins, Voice Commands
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Love them or hate them, those ubiquitous Android skins aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Now the latest one to make an entrance to the overlay game is LG’s UI 3.0, which the Korean outfits says will make the overall experience of its handsets easier, speedier and “more convenient.” The new UI brings features such [...]
Chrome 19 Launches, Now Features Built-In Tab Syncing
Posted: 15th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Beta, Bug Fixes, Chrome Frame, Google, Highlight, Launches, Linux, Mac Linux, Performance Improvements, Release Channel, Sandwich, Stable Release, Tabs, Version 19
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Google today launched version 19 of its Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame to its mainstream stable release channel. Besides the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, the highlight of today’s release is the addition of tab syncing to Chrome. With this, Chrome users can now have their open tabs synced across [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Ice Cream Sandwich update finally arrives, GSII HD LTE keeps waiting
Posted: 15th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 720p, Alterations, Amp, Cousin, Engadget, Galaxy, Hd, Ice Cream, Lte, Nbsp, New Software, Samsung, Sandwich, Skyrocket, Slow Rollout, Source Link, Tweet, Variation
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The slow rollout of Android 4.0 to Samsung’s recent Galaxy devices continues, and the latest variation to receive Ice Cream Sandwich is the Galaxy S II LTE. We should all be familiar with the ICS feature set by now, as well as Samsung’s TouchWiz alterations. The news was spotted on Samsung’s Korean site, but we [...]
LG lines up Optimus 4X HD for launch in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland
Posted: 15th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Closer Look, Cpu, Engadget, European Countries, Excitement, Germany, Great Britain, Hd, Ips, Italy, Korea, Launch, Mwc, Nbsp, Neck Of The Woods, Poland, Sandwich, Software Front, Sweden, Video Playback
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While there’s already plenty of excitement around other quad-core Android phones, LG will join the party soon when its Optimus 4X HD launches in a few European countries next month. Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland are all on deck in June, where this latest Optimus variant will bring a 4.7-inch 720p HD IPS [...]
HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun
Posted: 14th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 600mhz Processor, Desire, Engadget, Euro 200, Megapixel Camera, Nbsp, Portuguese, Sandwich, Storage, Summer Brochure, Sun, Vodafone, Vodafone Portugal, Weather
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Vodafone Portugal was so excited to hear about HTC’s Desire C that it added it to the company’s summer brochure — despite not being officially announced. The catalog reveals that the low-end handset will arrive with a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 display, a 600MHz processor and a 5-megapixel camera. It’ll run on the country’s 3.5G [...]
Konka W900 hands-on
Posted: 10th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 5 Megapixel Cameras, Buggy Version, Ctia, Engadget, Form Of Flattery, Gps, Homescreen, Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Launcher, Mobile World, O Brien, Offerings, Personal Time, Radios, Sandwich, Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Spec Sheet, Ui, Wcdma 2100, World Congress
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, consider Konka the number one practitioner of that “craft.” The company, (in)famous for its OEM-copycatting ways, has set up a booth here at CTIA 2012, letting us get some up close and personal time with its W900. The HTC-esque handset, previously released at this past Mobile World [...]