Archive for July 9th, 2012

We all knew it was coming. Google announced that Jelly Bean would be added to to the AOSP section buy mid July during Google I/O. In our minds we figured around the 15th or so. It look slike Google decided to push it a little earlier as the source for Jelly Bean is now available for download. We are...

We have shared a lot of news about Holo Launcher over the past couple of months. It is a very fast and light weight home replacement launcher that offers the ICS look and feel to any Android device running 2.2+. Before July 7th, you could only pick up this gem of an app as a beta from the kind heart...

This news might not be all that important to the general public, but we know a lot of developers and writers that are going to be pretty excited. Today is the first day of the official registration for CES 2013. That would be the Consumer Electronics Show in beautiful Las Vegas Nevada. It is the largest...

While Verizon may not want to unlock their bootloaders, that doesn’t mean it will prevent the community from doing what they need to so the device works amazingly. With a little help from Samsung too. They released the source code for all three other major carrier’s selling the Galaxy S III...

Samsung and AT&T are finally looking to bring the Galaxy Note up to date. There is word on the street thanks to Engadget, that sometime tomorrow you AT&T Note lovers with have an update patiently waiting for your installation. Yes, this will finally bring your Note to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich....

Nothing can make a hot Monday better than a nice icy treat. This isn’t the kind you eat though. No, this is the much longed for Ice Cream Sandwich update. The build number that many are reportedly getting through Kies for their Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is i727UCLF6. Moving the device to Android...

Apple has been quite a thorn in Android’s side as of late, with they’re many patent infringements they claim that every Android phone is doing. It is pretty pathetic. Since all this ridiculousness, the trending hashtag on both twitter and Google plus has been #BoycottApple. It has been...

I remember back when Honeycomb came out, and Android decided to stir away from the slider lockscreen. I loved how Honeycomb’s lockscreen looked, and I would always be checking forums trying to get it onto my phone. Same thing when ICS came out. I just had to have it. Some methods required flashing...

Now obviously from demonstrations, and from those of you lucky Gnex users out there, we know just how buttery smooth Project Butter is on Jelly Bean. After playing with Jelly Bean myself, I was amazed just how un-smooth ICS is. It is not a huge deal like it was going from Froyo to Gingerbread, but it...