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AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note II received a sweet update yesterday, bringing Android 4.4.2 KitKat to the Note II. The update, which was released during Google’s big show, breathes new life into the aging handset. Here’s what to expect from the update: Media Controls – full-screen album art and media controls when listening to music Camera…
Android L is a go, with factory images for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 going live today. Android L, which was shown off at Google I/O yesterday is looking sharp, with a visual redesign at the heart of the build. In order to install the Android L preview on your Nexus 5 or Nexus…
Android Wear was a huge part of Google’s I/O Developer Conference yesterday, with Samsung and LG announcing smartwatches powered by Android Wear. Motorola’s got a smartwatch on the way too, and they don’t want us to forget it. Motorola released an official demo video of the Moto 360, the company’s upcoming smartwatch. The Moto 360…
Google unveiled two Android Wear smart watches, LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live. The first of the two has already been announced so we assume this is just Google’s way of reminding us where to spend our hard-earned money. As for the latter, we’ll take a better look at it later in the text.…
Google is making its Chrome OS work a little better with Android devices. One of the features demonstrated at the I/O conference shows how an Android device could be used to unlock a Chrome OS laptop. Moreover, notifications that pop up on either device will now show up on the other, so you don’t have…
It was quite a day at Google I/O yesterday and we’re still picking up some of the things that were announced at the show. One of those, not really mobile related, is Android Auto, which — as you would imagine — is looking to bring Google’s mobile platform to a vehicle near you. The Open…
After Indonesia, BlackBerry is bringing its Z3 smartphone to India, another fast growing market where BlackBerry smartphones used to sell well. The Canadian company developed the Z3 in partnership with Foxconn to cut down the cost. This, entry-level BlackBerry device, comes with a 5-inch qHD screen (540×960 pixels), Qualcomm’s Snapdragon MSM8230 chip with 1.2GHz dual-core…
AT&T will be one of the first carriers in the U.S. to offer the Android Wear powered LG G Watch. The Lg G Watch will be available in the coming weeks. The LG G Watch features a Snapdragon 400 processor, a 1.65 inch display and rocks IP67 dust and water resistance. A host of customizable…
Google I/O was disrupted by a many protesters today at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The first disruption came early on in the event, with a woman protesting Jack Halprin, a part of Google’s legal team. The Woman yelled, “Google is evicting me from my house… Jack Halprin is a millionaire… He…
HTC is committed to bringing the next version of Android to its flagship smartphones as soon as possible. HTC announced that the as yet unnamed L-release of Android will be available for the HTC One family of devices just 90 days after Google releases the final code. The developer version of Android L will be…