The adoption of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich continues to gather steam. According to the latest Android Developers distribution numbers, Android 4.0 now accounts for 15.9% of Android devices that have accessed Google Play within the last 14-day period, up from 10.9% about a month ago. Here are the full numbers: Version Codename API Level Distribution 1.5 Cupcake 3 0.2% […]
Android 4.1
Sony “still investigating” Android 4.1 for 2011 Xperia devices
Sony today issued a correction to comments made earlier by a company representative that suggested that there would be no Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades for 2011 Xperia smartphones. It turns out that Sony is still looking at offering such upgrades according to its statement: A quick note – during a Q&A session last week on our Sony Mobile GB […]
2011 Sony Xperia models unlikely to receive Android 4.1 upgrades
A number of recent comments by Sony UK suggest that the company will not provide Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades to its 2011 Xperia device lineup. In a question and answer session conducted on Facebook, John Cooper, UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, confirmed that neither the Sony Xperia Arc S nor the Sony Xperia Mini Pro would be upgraded […]
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update now hitting Google Nexus S in Canada
Australia’s Vodafone Google Nexus S owners may have to wait a bit longer for their Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades but it has landed in Canada. After a 1MB update that updated the Android 4.0.4 build number of my trusty Nexus S from IMM76D to IMM76M but seemingly little else earlier today, the Android 4.1.1 update followed shortly after (about […]
HTC confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades for some HTC One devices
On the heels of Australia’s Telstra effectively confirming that HTC would upgrade its HTC One lineup to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, HTC has issued a statement confirming that nearly the entire HTC One lineup will be upgraded: “We know HTC fans are excited to get their hands on Google’s latest version of Android. At this point in time, we can […]
Vodafone Australia halts Google Nexus S Android 4.1 update
Was it too good to be true? News broke yesterday that Vodafone Australia had approved the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Google Nexus S and that updates would start today. With only hours to go, Vodafone has now postponed the update. A blog post explains that the delay is due to “a software issue.” As a result, the […]
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to land on Google Nexus S starting July 19th?
Aside from the Google Nexus 7 which has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled, only a handful of devices are so far confirmed to be receiving an upgrade to the latest version of Android (although that is likely to increase over the next few months). So far, the upgrade has begun for the Galaxy Nexus but it may be joined by […]
Google Play confirms Jelly Bean to be Android 4.1
Google appears to have inadvertently confirmed that Jelly Bean, the next major version of Android, will in fact bear version number 4.1 when it is announced. A description of the Galaxy Nexus in the Google Play cart indicates that it will soon be “the first phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.” A second image, of the Galaxy Nexus itself, seems […]