Ice Cream Sandwich Now Available On Xperia Play
It sucks buying an old Android phone because you can't get access to newer operating systems unless you root your phone and install a ROM of the newer version. Even then, it's not guaranteed to work...
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Ice Cream Sandwich For Nexus S 4G Leaked
A week ago we brought you news that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich had come to Samsung's Galaxy S II Skyrocket thanks to a leak. The leak allowed Skyrocket owners to get their hands on the latest and...
View ArticleGmail Android App Update Brings Ice Cream Sandwich Features to Honeycomb
Google recently released an update for its Android app version of Gmail. The update, which brings the Gmail app up to version 4.0.5, gives Android 3.2 Honeycomb users some of the same features on their...
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Samsung Announces New Galaxy Tabs, Galaxy Players
Samsung has announced updates to its popular Galaxy Tab line of tablets. The new Galaxy Tab 2 brings several new features and ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. At the same time, they've...
View ArticlePatent Application Reveals Google's Plans For Android Beam
A recently-uncovered patent application shows that Google has - or may have had - plans for a broader feature set for Android Beam, the NFC-based technology that allows users to share a variety of data...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note Gets Ice Cream Sandwich Update
If you're an owner of Samsung's Galaxy Note phone (tablet?) who's been eagerly awaiting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it looks like today is your lucky day. It looks like Samsung has started rolling...
View ArticleMotorola Won't Upgrade Some Android Phones
Motorola has announced that only some of its Android-based smartphones will be getting updated to the latest version of Google's operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In a blog post on...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S III Easily Rooted
It was never in doubt that Samsung's new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, would be rooted, allowing consumers to remove Samsung's TouchWiz interface and install custom ROMs. What was unexpected...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich Not Coming To Xperia Play After All
We reported back in March that Sony was starting up a beta test program to see which Xperia phones could take on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). One of the hopes was that Sony's flagship gaming...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S III Officially Released
Today marks the official release date of Samsung's new flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III. In some countries, at least. The phone is now available in 28 countries around the world, but...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich Update For Verizon Galaxy Nexus Rolling Out Now
In December of last year, the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus became available on Verizon's network. It was Google's flagship Android device, the first phone to run the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream...
View ArticleGoogle TV Set-Top Box Will Stream Content From Android 4.0 Devices
One of the coolest things that Microsoft showed off during its E3 press conference this week was SmartGlass. In essence, it allows any mobile device to share information with the Xbox 360 in a...
View ArticleSpotify For Android Updated With Full ICS Support
Spotify has been around the mobile scene for a while now, but Android users have been dealing with being treated like second-rate citizens compared to their iOS counterparts. Not anymore as Spotify has...
View ArticleSongkick Concerts App Hits Android Phones
Concerts are the way to go if you really want to support the music artist. The only problem is that concert schedules are really hard to keep track of unless you're really into the concert scene....
View ArticleMotorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Soon
As I sit here in my dark corner of the fragmented Android empire, I weep over my lack of Android 4.0. My agony is made even worse by the fact that the HTC Inspire will never get ICS. I used to have the...
View ArticleSony Xperia S Gets Some Ice Cream Sandwich Love Today
Is today Ice Cream Sandwich day or what? Sure, AT&T may have potentially flubbed its rollout of the operating system to Galaxy S II handsets, but not everybody is screwing it up. Sony gets it...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich Brings Sweet Delight To Droid RAZRs Everywhere
It's the beginning of summer and all anybody wants is some cool, refreshing ice cream. While it's not exactly the same thing, Android phones want some relief from the stale Gingerbread they have been...
View ArticleCelebrate Freedom With HTC's DROID Incredible 4G LTE On July 5
What's the most patriotic holiday of the year? If you're American, you're going to say July 4 or Thanksgiving since both let us partake in the American tradition of eating way too much. While a product...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich Is Slowly Becoming The Norm
Android fragmentation is a multi-tiered problem. There's the multiple devices and multiple versions of the Android OS that has many developers unable to effectively develop for all of them. Google has...
View ArticleSamsung Bricks Galaxy Notes With Ice Cream Sandwich Update
Carriers and device manufacturers have been messing up Android since the beginning. Not simply content with a free operating system good enough to immediately allow them to compete with Apple, they...
View ArticleWhat If Android Powered The PlayStation Vita? It Would Look A Little Like This
If the Ouya has proven anything, it's that people are excited about an affordable game console running on Android. Google's open source operating system can be put on just about anything and companies...
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Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Continues To Gain Users
At Google I/O Google revealed Jelly Bean, the new version of Android (version 4.1). It has some new bells and whistles, but but you'd have to go back three versions to get to the one that most Android...
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Motorola Pulls A Sony: Atrix 4G Won't Be Getting Ice Cream Sandwich
Sony caught a lot of flak earlier this year when they failed on their promise to upgrade the Xperia Play to Android 4.0. They cited technical difficulties as the cause, but the comments on our original...
View ArticleLatest Android Distribution Numbers Show Gingerbread Still On Top, But Not...
Motorola made its customers rather unhappy yesterday when it announced that the Atrix 4G would not be getting the promised upgrade to Android 4.0. The phone is now forever doomed to be stuck on...
View ArticleIce Cream Sandwich Is On A Quarter Of All Android Devices
In its Android distribution reports, Google has shown that Gingerbread is slowly losing its grip on the Android market. The keyword here is "slowly" as the most prominent Android OS doesn't seem to be...
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Jelly Bean Adoption Slowly Growing, Gingerbread Still On Top
Back in early November, the October Android distribution numbers revealed that Ice Cream Sandwich was now on a quarter of all Android devices. It was a good sign even if Gingerbread was still on over...
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Jelly Bean Continues To Grow, Gingerbread And ICS Hit With Small Declines
Back in January, we finally saw Gingerbread fall below 50 percent in Google's Android distribution numbers for December. At the same time, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean both saw increases. Now only...
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Jelly Bean, ICS Combine Their Powers To Take Down Gingerbread In February
Last month's Android distribution numbers showed that Gingerbread was on the way out. Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean still had a bit to go, however, before they were finally able to eclipse the...
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Jelly Bean Is Now On A Quarter Of All Android Devices
Over the past few months, Jelly Bean has been on a meteoric rise as it latches onto more and more Android devices. At the same time, Gingerbread use has been slowly declining. With a new way of...
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Jelly Bean Is Finally On More Android Devices Than Gingerbread
Over the last year, we've seen Android 2.3, or Gingerbread, slowly lose its majority share of Android distribution. Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, helped start the decline of Gingerbread, but it...
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