Tag Archives : Gingerbread

In January of this year we got a look at a new project that was headed into CyanogenMOD at some point in time. The project progressed and changed names to Apollo a month later. Then an APK file was found that worked on Ice Cream Sandwich based devices later in May. After that we haven’t heard...

It is no surprise that older OS versions get high-risk ratings. The lack of security updates and vulnerability to hackers shows that Android Gingerbread, is the least-safest OS to be on. According to the wonderful folks over at Kaspersky, Android Gingerbread platforms “account for over 50 percent...

The HTC EVO Shift 4G, remember that device? Well it was first released through Sprint on January 9, 2011 and there’s many folks who still have one. Development continues steadily…ish. Well, if you ever received its latest 2.3.4 OTA update (Gingerbread), achieving S-OFF was somewhat of a...

It is that time again. Time to look at that lovely pie chart to see where each tasty dessert stands in the Android community. Obviously we hope that Jelly Bean and ICS will begin to dominate, but Gingerbread still holds tough at 57.5%. Gingerbread is going to probably be dominating for quite a while...

Rumors of digital cameras sporting Android as the underlying OS have been around for a while. Polaroid was working on one that we saw at CES, but haven”t seen since. The more recent rumor came in with talks of a new Nikon Coolpix camera sporting a touchscreen with Android. We picked up the story...

The Android OS has huge potential across the tech boards. From phones and tablets that we already know and love, to watches, clock radios and soon cameras. We know that Polaroid was working on the SC1630 smart camera during CES in January. They planned to release that device sometime this year, but still...

Google decided to release the Android Platform Distribution update, showing us just where each OS stands in the world. I remember not to long ago when ICS was just around 11%, and Gingerbread was leading the pack at a pretty high number. What has changed? Gingerbread 2.3.3+ is still leading the pack...

Well, this is kind of mixed news, on the upside, Ice Cream Sandwich is up by 3.8% from last month, it went from 7.1% to 10.9%, which is not a lot, but it’s getting better. On the other side, 22.7% of all Android devices are running a version of Android that is over 2 years old, and that’s...

  It is almost strange writing about CM7  with CM9 slowly making its way out to us. Thinking any build that is not ICS is just alien to me now. But I shall shake that off, and tell you that CyanogenMod 7.2 is hitting a slew of devices with a nice fresh stable build. Lets see who made the cut: Barnes&Noble NOOK...

Looks like they will let anyone make an Android device now a days. Just kidding. That is the point of an open platform after all. Another big name company, know more for jets that get our poor pathetic butts to events, is looking to produce its own Android device. Boeing will be looking to create a secure device...

After seeing the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet at CES 2012, I was anxious to get my hands on one to do a full-fledged review for our readers, simply because I was sure that the tablet was one that could prove to be a strong contender in the sub-$250 7-inch tablet wars. Of course, we’ve all seen the...

On Friday we shared with you guys a set of files that were available for Xperia Play owners to flash that brought the new look and UI from the Xperia S to your device. It brought over quite a few elements of the UI, but was limited to just one device. None of us like to have limitations like that. Neither...

Hello my Android friends, I appreciate as always you guys clicking in to another episode of The ManDroid Show. All topics in the links below. I tried my hardest not to dance in this show. I sort of failed. Enjoy! News Topics T-Mobile shuts down 7 call centers Another supposed leaked image of the Galaxy...

The update history of Android is sub-par at best. While we can hope and dream that carriers and manufacturers deliver us timely updates and launch devices with the most current OS available, we know that just isn’t going to happen. a late comer to the scene is the LG Thrill. It offered some pretty...

The Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 3.6 is a device that could bring people a lot of joy for a decent price tag. The SGS Wi-Fi is a portable media player with slightly slimmed down specs and running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Designed to bring the joys and wonders of Android to consumers hands with out the need...