
While HTC is Contemplating ICS, Acer Delivers Android 4.0 for its Tablets
HTC is in a bit of a bad way, and their handling of tablet software upgrades, shows.

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 […]

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 […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint LTE Hands On (Full HD)
We have some of the first Samsung Galaxy Nexus photos on the web, hands-on with Sprint’s first LTE phone, in the highest resolution of any member of the mobile media. Hit read more to see the live shots.
LG Facebook Post Affirms ICS for G2x, Nitro, Marquee, Leaves Revolution in Doubt
A post on LG’s Facebook page today disclosed plans for upgrading their devices to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). However, the post requires translation to make sense for their devices in the United States. Not because the post wasn’t in English, but because LG devices in the United States have different names than LG’s […]