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Google announced today via Twitter that the Samsung Nexus S devices of yesteryear will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich within a month. This news was already announced back in October, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise to Nexus S owners, but the rollout is finally commencing. Unfortunately, only users on a GSM network…
Well this didn’t take long. Google Wallet is now unofficially available for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. This is truly ironic considering all of the bad turmoil that has been going on for the past few days, which allegedly has Big Red blocking the payment service. Thanks to the hard-working Android community people are able to…
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We know Google was trying to bring all the features from Honeycomb into Ice Cream Sandwich but not all of these features translated perfectly. The absence of the dedicated search key, even in software form, is something I missed dearly and the static search box on the top of the homescreen was something I never…
What do you call a device with a 5.3 inch screen that runs Android and has a cellular radio inside? Is it a phone, is it a tablet? All we know is that Samsung’s betting that there are going to be people out there, walking among us, who want a device with that large of…
If you still haven’t grabbed the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Verizon Wireless (and presuming you want one) – buy one from Amazon Wireless! The online retailer is offering the first (and only) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone for just $149.99! That’s the price for new customers, while those upgrading will have to pour out…
Evernote for Android got another update to improve sharing options. For one thing, the sharing screen has been completely redesigned. Now, when you share a single note, the URL appears at the top of the sharing screen. If at any point you decide to stop sharing, tap on the “Disable URL” option and the link…
Just in time for the Holiday season, ALK Technologies updated its CoPilot Live GPS navigation apps for iOS and Android devices. First there’s the free map update that brings the latest NAVTEQ street maps to all CoPilot Live users throughout Europe. Moreover, it [update] also extends the number of roads on which CoPilot Live’s speed…
This is one of those questions I get a lot from the new smartphone users. They see me running apps they don’t have installed on their Android devices and wonder how can they get them too. The answer — as most of our readers know — is tap the “Market” icon and browse all the…
When the GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released last month, many were a bit bummed to see that Flash wasn’t yet supported for Ice Cream Sandwich. Adobe quickly responded to say that it was working on getting Android 4.0 support out the door as soon as possible and today is that day. It’s definitely nice…