Nexus S Starts Receiving Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Update

The advantage of Nexus series? Super fast updates. As I write this, Google is pushing out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update to the loyal Nexus owners. As usual, it’s an OTA update, and will come to you soon, if it hasn’t already.

If you cannot wait for the update,…

Google Announces Android 4.1 Jelly Bean – Smoother, Faster, And With A Great Notification System

Boom! Google just announced the next version of Android – v4.1, named Jelly Bean. Although it seems like a minor update, it’s quite a good one. I’ll make note of all those little additions below, but one thing – cannot wait for it! I’ve never been this excited about Android before, and it…

Android 4.0.4 From Google , Going Out to AOSP As We Speak.Update: Rolling out to Nexus Family Now!

The Android version 4.0.4 was first seen in some leaked builds a few months ago, some custom rom developers ported it to devices like the Galaxy Nexus. But today marks the first time it comes from Google.

Earlier today the update started rolling out to the Xoom Wi-Fi tablet in some regions. Now we also have AOSP’s  Jean-Baptiste Queru…

Official Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 ROM For Nexus S 4G Leaked, Up For Grabs

If you own a Nexus S 4G, and were dying to try out Ice Cream Sandwich, here’s good news – someone has leaked an official version of ICS ROM for the CDMA version of Nexus S, and has made it available for download.

Up until now, only unofficial, homebrew ROMs that were…

Ice Cream Sandwich On Samsung Nexus S – A Quick Review

I haven’t been a user of Android since a long time. Only had the overview of devices once in a while. Though I’ve tried both Froyo and Gingerbread before tasting Ice Cream Sandwich (will continue as ICS in the post because of obvious reasons), Gingerbread was the smoothest and apps crashed less on it. As I said before, I haven’t had a deep hands on Android so maybe that…

Google Pushing Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 Update To Samsung Nexus S

Some major delight for Nexus S owners – Google is pushing out Ice Cream Sandwich update. The update will be pushed out over the next month, so the rollout should be complete by mid-Jan next year.

The update is rolling out for the T-Mobile USA variant (i9020T), so if you’re thinking you…

Google Won’t Upgrade Nexus One To Ice Cream Sandwich, Upgrade To Nexus S ‘In Weeks’

In obvious news, Telegraph reports that Google will not be upgrading the original Nexus. the Nexus One, to Ice Cream Sandwich.

Meh. you say?

Product Management Director, Android, Hugo Barra said that the Nexus One’s hardware is too old to run the latest version of Android, which

Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Nexus S 4G, ROM available for download

Ice Cream Sandwich has been ported to Nexus S 4G by developer nicknamed “Beezy”. It is a SDK based ROM and is quite buggy at the moment. There are minor issues like

Wifi not working No audio over 3G Touch not working properly Bluetooth not working properly Minor bugs

You can download the ROM here

 

 

ICS coming to RAZR and Galaxy S2 early 2012, HTC still not sure

Google has finally unveiled the Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The launch took place earlier today along with the announcement of Galaxy Nexus. History will repeat itself and the new Nexus will be the first device to run on Ice Cream Sandwich. After the event Gabe Cohen of Google made a small announcement that

Google is currently in the process…

Android 2.3.6 Update For The Nexus S Starts Rolling Out

Google has started to roll out an update to the Nexus S that fixes the nasty voice search bug. The update bumps the Android version to 2.3.6.

The update is only a bugfix release, dealing with only a bug that would activate Search by itself when user would be using other apps. Users in Canada have…

[Updated] Skype For Android Hits V2, Supports Video Calling On Select Devices

We all have grown to love Skype. And there’s more love to come. Skype has now added to ability to make video calls straight from your Android smartphone and stay in touch with your near and dear ones, for free. Of course, there’d be data charges.

At the moment, only these phones are supported officially -

Nexus S HTC Desire…

Gingerbread 2.3.2 For The Original Galaxy S Leaked

The Samsung Galaxy S, yes the one that was updated from Eclair to Froyo is now looking to be gearing up for Gingerbread 2.3.2, finally. A report over at XDA suggests a user is now testing a Beta version of Android 2.3.2 for Galaxy S I9000, bringing it even more closer to the Nexus S.