Android 4.1.2 has been out on the wild from a few days now, but some people have still not received the update. It’s time for all these people to smile because Google has finally released the factory images of Android 4.1.2 JZO54K.
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Remember the Webtop by Motorola with the Atrix 4G we had seen at CES last year? Did anyone actually buy it? Well, I have no idea, but apparently it was a fail device from Motorola and they are killing it.
Galaxy Note II is surely the most powerful smartphone/phablet in the market right now. Many of the features shown by Samsung was not available in the device out of the box, but all the Note II owners will be happy to know that all those functions are included by flashing this latest firmware.
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Everyone is excited about the next Nexus and also the next version of Android. Rumors are going around that the next Nexus will be announced with a new version of Android, maybe 4.2. But according to software versions spotted on server logs show that that Android 4.2 will be coming out sooner than expected, within about two weeks and it might be an incremental update for Jelly bean and not Key-Lime Pie as we were expecting it to be.
We all know that Google has been working on a self driving car, but while kids are using their Android devices to drive miniature cars, Nissan has been trying to replicate it with the NSC 2015. Think of a future where you reach your office and get out of the car and press a button on your phone to park the car and the car automatically parks it. Now that will save us a lot of time and also make our lives easy.
Remember Snapseed? An application in competition with Instagram which was exclusive only to iOS devices until Google bought it. Looks like Google has been working hard on bringing Snapseed to Android as Vic Gundotra just uploaded an image to his Google+ profile using Snapseed.
AT&T has updated its device return policy and from October 7th on wards, customers have to return the device within 14 days.
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Germany has become a battle ground when it comes to patent cases between top mobile device manufacturing companies. In a recent patent infringement case filed against Motorola by Microsoft which revolves around an application running on various devices, Microsoft lost to Motorola. This news made me a bit happy and surprised as this is Motorola’s first lawsuit they have won in the recent years.
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Among all the Android tablets, Nexus 7 came out as the winner and most popular device, mainly because of the low price but good hardware and also due to better Hardware – Software integration. Now Google is looking to replicate this exact success formula to their Nexus smartphone strategy, read on for knowing more about it.
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We all know that Google has its own face recognition technology which was unveild to us with Ice Cream sandwich and the face unlock. But looks like Google is looking for more and has decided to acquire face recognition company Viewdle for around $45 million.
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TomTom is one of the best dedicated navigation application out there other than Google Maps. TomTom’s services were previously available on the iPhone and also HTC had exclusively used their service for their premium devices. Now, TomTom has launched their official application to the Google Play store competing directly with Google maps.
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Nexus 7 is the most popular Android tablet but it comes with many bugs and other issues. Many Nexus 7 users have been sending their devices back because of these issues and some people just got fed up and got a refund. These new updated driver binaries released by Google for the JRO03R build is said to solve some major software bugs.
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PlayStation mobile is a cross-platform gaming service which was previously accessible only by certified devices like the PS Vita and the various Android powered Xperia devices and tablets. Now Sony is opening their service to devices by other manufacturers and their website states they will be supporting a few of the HTC devices.
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Motorola had filed a lawsuit against Apple over seven patents in August which if won would ban every device manufactured by Google from iPhone to the iMac. Now reports are that Google owned Motorola is taking a step back and pulling back the lawsuits which they had filed on import ban of Apple products.
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Sometimes when you install an application on your Android phone, the thumbnails sometimes get saved into /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails and this is a real pain as these thumbnails will be visible inside your gallery in a pixelated which is very irritating to the eyes. Well now you can easily delete these thumbnails with a single click, read on to know more.
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