Amazon Offers Kindle Fire for $139 Refurbished, Amid New Kindle Fires Impending
New Kindle Fires take on Google source code delays and iPad, while Amazon fire sales off refurb’ed current units.
Google Releases Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4, Resumes ICS Rollout for Nexus S
The Android update aims to fix bugs and improve performance, rollout starts with three devices already being pushed the update.
Sahas Katta Smoked Windows Phone, Microsoft Tells Him to Go Home
Microsoft owes Mr. Katta, and possibly many other people, a $1,000 HP laptop.
Deal: Samsung Nexus S 4G Unlocked, T-Mobile 3G Version – $289.99 Shipped Today Only
eBay is offering the Samsung Nexus S as a daily deal. As with other eBay-partnered daily deals, the item will likely go back up in price after today. The version up for sale is the T-Mobile 3G variant, which is always factory unlocked. While it can be used on AT&T or its MVNOs, it will […]
Motorola Details Android 4.0 Upgrade Path for Lineup
Earlier today, Motorola officially detailed its upgrade path for its Android smartphone family in the wake of last year’s release of Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Along with its list of devices that will and will not receive the update, the manufacturer, one step closer to being a complete Google subsidiary following […]
HTC Details Android Ice Cream Sandwich Updates
HTC has taken to Facebook to detail its plans for Android 4.0 parent in terms of updates on its recent lineup, with the Rezound, Vivid, Amaze 4G, EVO 3D, EVO Design 4G, Incredible S, Desire S, and Desire HD receiving updates to the new operating system during the year.
CES: Toshiba Engineers Commit to Android 4.0 ICS Update for 7, 10-inch Thrive
Requesting anonmimity, Toshiba engineers confirmed to PhoneNews.com that both the seven-inch and ten-inch versions of the Toshiba Thrive would be upgraded to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS for short). This contradicts unconfirmed reports from Toshiba technical support that the Thrive line would not be upgraded to Android 4.0. Toshiba has not yet offered […]
LG Viper LTE for Sprint Hands On (Full HD)
The first live shots of the LG Viper LTE, Sprint’s second LTE smartphone announced at CES. Sprint was up-front in saying that the Viper was not as far along in development as the Galaxy Nexus LTE that they also had on show. But, they did show us the phone for the first time. With a […]
CES 2011: Lenovo Unveils TV With Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Lenovo has announced a new flat panel display television with a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running Android Ice Cream Sandwich during pre-CES festivities. The K91 is a 55-inch 3D HDTV with an IPS panel running Android Ice Cream Sandwich with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, SD card slot, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Ethernet […]
Report: Samsung Now Considering “Value Pack” Update for Galaxy S and Tab
Various reports filtering out of Korea today are now reporting that in lieu of a full fledged update to Android 4.0 for the Galaxy S and Tab, Samsung is considering a “Value Pack” Update for both devices which would add many of the new features such as improved multitasking and widgets, but would forgo an […]