Sony yesterday announced that it has begun to push out a new upgrade for the Sony Tablet S. Rather than an OS upgrade, this update brings to Sony’s original Android tablet features introduced with the new Sony Xperia Tablet S. Among these are: Guest Mode: A separate user account for guests or children with its own application access rights, wallpapers, […]
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ASUS Transformer Prime and Transformer Pad Infinity Android 4.1 upgrade rollout begins
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 […]
Samsung outlines Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade roadmap
Samsung today began to upgrade Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones to Android 4.1. The update kicks off with European devices with Poland leading things off. Samsung also confirmed that the upgrade will be “gradually introduced to other markets” but did not provide any specifics. The Samsung upgrade also includes a number of updates to its own software. New features include […]
iOS 6 Google Maps app in the works?
There may be hope for iOS 6 users struggling with Apple’s new Maps app. UK’s The Guardian reports that Google is working on a new Google Maps app to replace the one that Apple removed in the latest version of its mobile operating system. The report is light on details but Google will presumably repackage it as an iOS 6-compatible […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 now available in Canada
Samsung Canada today announced that its Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet is now available in Canada. “The Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 enables users to create content anytime, anywhere with the value added S-Pen,” said Paul Brannen, Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions, Samsung Canada. “The S Pen offers active content creation and productivity, while the Note 10.1 is the ideal screen […]
Mysterious Cortex-A15-powered Samsung TE4 gets benchmarked
A mysterious Samsung device identified only as the TE4 has surfaced on the Rightware benchmark tool. It sports some very interesting specification details. The processor is identified as a 1.7GHz dual-core one and the GPU is listed as the Mali-T604. This suggests that the TE4 will be powered by Samsung’s new Exynos 5 Dual (5250) SoC, billed as “the world’s […]
Video compares Apple iPad mini to larger iPad
Apple may not have announced its iPad mini yet but full-scale models are now on sale in China for about USD$16. GizChina has gotten their hands on one and have put together the following video overview of the upcoming tablet: The video and picture below includes quick size comparisons to the iPhone 4S and iPad to give us a better […]
Reminder: Apple iOS 6 upgrade available today
Just a friendly reminder that today is the day that Apple releases the iOS 6 upgrade for the following devices: iPhone 4S iPhone 4 iPhone 3GS iPad 2 new iPad 4t generation iPod touch The update is not available. We’ll update this post as soon as it does become available. Devices not on the list above will not support iOS […]