The good news started yesterday when ASUS Sweden announced that it had begun upgrading the Transformer Prime (TF201) tablet to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The deployment was limited to Sweden but was a good omen that deployment to other countries would follow soon after. Today comes word via Facebook that Android 4.1 upgrades for both the TF201 and Transformer Pad […]
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Canadian Galaxy Nexus owners start receiving Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Good news for Canadian Galaxy Nexus owners who have patiently been waiting for their Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean upgrades. After last week’s minor update to Android 4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich, users are finally starting to report that they are getting Jelly Bean upgrade notifications. So far, I’ve heard about confirmations from both Fido and TELUS. To check for your upgrade, […]
Motorola to offer US$100 credit for 2011 devices not to be upgraded to Jelly Bean
As first announced yesterday during its event with Verizon, most Motorola Android devices released from 2011 onwards will be upgraded to Jelly Bean. It also promised a US$100 credit for those devices that would not be upgraded due to hardware limitations. If we don’t upgrade your phone to Jelly Bean, we don’t want you to miss out. Buy a select […]
IFA 2012: Android 4.1 coming “very soon” to Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1
During its IFA 2012 UNPACKED event, Samsung briefly touched upon upcoming Android 4.1 upgrades for some of its existing devices. It confirmed that both the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 would be upgraded “very soon.” Not mentioned but also present on the background slide that accompanied the announcement was the original Galaxy Note. Samsung did not provide any […]
Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1.1 upgrade rollout to start at end of August?
The rollout of the Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1.1 upgrade could start as early as the end of this month. Just last week, SamMobile indicated that Samsung was readying the public version of the upgrade. It now reports that the rollout could begin as early as the end of this month both OTA as well as through KIES. Carrier-specific […]
Rumour: Android 4.1 updates coming to Samsung Galaxy S II, S III, Note and Note 2
Samsung will reportedly update a number of its higher-end devices (both older and new) to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean by the end of the year. According to SamMobile, updates will begin this quarter and stretch into the fourth quarter. The Galaxy S III will be first device to be updated. Since the first reports in July, Samsung has apparently succesfully […]
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich now on 16% of Android devices
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% […]
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 […]