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Sony Unveils Xperia SL

Sony Unveils Xperia SL

The Xperia SL by Sony has been announced and it looks to be an improvement on the previous Xperia S model – in power certainly, but in looks we’re not so sure. The release date of Sony’s new smartphone is yet to be announced – but it is confirmed as ‘coming soon’. The new device is powered by the Qualcomm MSM8260 dual core processor running at 1.7GHz, this mean... »

Google Play gift cards are now official (in the US)

Google Play gift cards are now official (in the US)

After several rumours and leaks revealed last week, Google has officially announced that Play Store gift cards are going to be available at select US-only store locations very soon, with no word on international availability unfortunately. The cards are available in $10, $25 and $50 denominations so if you’ve purchased the card in the future and want to redeem it, visit http://play.google... »

Make Gold On Your Android With Alchemy

Make Gold On Your Android With Alchemy

For anyone who doesn’t know, Alchemists were people who believed that they could created valuable elements such as Silver & Gold from basic elements like Iron. That’s where this games gets it’s name from. You start with four basic elements – Fire, Water, Earth & Air and you have to combine these in weird and wonderful ways in order to create all 380 elements i... »

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 gets Jelly Bean update

After teasing users on Facebook a few days ago, ASUS updated their Facebook page in less than 12 hours to announce that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA update has been released for the Transformer Pad 300 (TF300) series. It’s great news to hear this because this is the first Non-AOSP tablet to receive the latest OTA Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update (Motorla Xoom was the first AOSP tablet to get... »

Adobe Flash removed from Play Store, but here’s a way to get it back

Adobe Flash removed from Play Store, but here’s a way to get it back

  Adobe Flash was really, believe it or not, a major selling point to pick an Android device over a device running iOS or WP7, when it had announced back in 2010 that all devices running Android 2.2 and up would be able to support Flash. Today this is not the case, as Adobe previously announced it would no longer be supporting the platform after Android 4.0, and Google silently emphasizing it... »

Samsung Galaxy S3 To Get Jelly Bean

Samsung Galaxy S3 To Get Jelly Bean

The Galaxy S3 is an excellent mobile phone, I actually have this phone myself, but having used Jelly Bean on my Nexus 7 tablet over the last month or so, I’m disappointed to see that the Galaxy S3 currently comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as standard. Well, my disappointment has been lifted. Yesterday it was announced on SamMobile that there is an official Jelly Bean test firmware ... »

LG retracts original statement on update, Optimus 2X to get ICS after all (in Korea)

LG retracts original statement on update, Optimus 2X to get ICS after all (in Korea)

Last month, LG had sent out a tweet regarding the availability of Android 4.0 on its Optimus 2X smartphone; that it won’t be receiving the promised Android 4.0 ICS upgrade. But now, LG Korea has reaffirmed its original statement, explaining in a korean tweet that they are still in the process of testing the software on the phone and it would be soon released to the Korean market. Even though... »

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the HTC Dream

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the HTC Dream

The HTC Dream was launched late 2008 on T-Mobile (as the G1 in the US) and the UK as the world’s first official Android phone. It originally ran Android 1.5 Cupcake but now developer jcarrz1 from XDA-Developers has ported CyanogenMod 10-(based on the AOSP code of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean) on the oldest Android device hardware possible! It is pretty buggy and laggy (Cellular radios and Rotat... »

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