Finally Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy Tab 8.9

The ICS update for Samsung tablets is on a roll, and after the Wifi only version (P7310), Samsung has begun to release Android ICS 4.04 for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 P7300 .

Android Distribution - Ice Cream Sandwich Now On 15.9% of Devices, 4.1 Jelly Bean Debuts At 0.8%

As we can see in the image, last in the bottom of the table with almost one percentage point after his arrival on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S appears Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean.This is the first time to become part of the latest data on the Android platform version distribution.

Compared to last month's Ice Cream Sandwich has gained more ground now amounting to almost 16 percentage points,considering that the next data will have the full range of Samsung tablets and the passage of the Razr series with Android 4.0.4 who will bring even higher ICS share.

Motorola Razr GMS begins receiving Ice Cream Sandwich update

While in America, Verizon users can use ICS for several days on the Razr and Razr Maxx in Europe in general and the GSM version has not yet seen the update. Although still in our continent, the Roll-Out is not started in any country, in Asia finally  comes good news for the GSM variant of the product. Were in fact marked the first update in the east, a sign that Motorola is releasing slowly Android 4.0.4

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Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR update improves compatibility with Android 4.0

Adobe has released a few hours in Store Play a new update for Flash Player and Adobe AIR , which focuses update compatibility with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the usual handful of security bugs fixed in the changelog that will follow.

• Seeking while video is paused does not update the frame on Android 4.0 devices.
• StageVideo using On2 and Sorenson does not work on Android 4.0 devices.
• After disposing to context3D and Requesting a new one, or returning to the new application from background context3D will render black frames for Few.
• Stage3D AIR for Mobile (Android, iPhone OS).
• Supported language in the application descriptor.

Changes so that go to be of interest to now only a small part of smartphones current waiting for the other to receive Android 4.0. An update that mainly involved the reproduction of 3D content, Adobe AIR has been enhanced to support Stage3D and added additional languages ​​within the application.

Google Play: Flash Player 11 ; Adobe AIR

The Huawei Ascend P1 with Android 4.0 coming to Europe

Officially presented last month of January as the world's thinnest smartphone , the Huawei Ascend P1 is finally ready to make its debut on the market.

That being, in fact, as disclosed by the site Eprice, the Huawei Ascend P1 should be available in China in the first half of April , in the following weeks to reach some of the major European countries, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany , Sweden, Russia, as well as Japan and Australia.

Recall that one of its main features include a 4.3-inch display with a resolution QHD ,  TI OMAP processor, dual core 1.5 GHz , 1GB of RAM ,  camera with 8 megapixels and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich .

The Huawei Ascend P1 will be distributed P1 in three colors(black, white and pink) and we will have to wait for the official price another few weeks.

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Xperia S Launcher now available for all Android smartphones

If you are a fan of alternative launcher and want to experience on your smartphone Xperia S, XDA comes with a comprehensive suite that allows you to install the home of the Xperia S on nearly all resolutions and all Android devices. Installation is easy and you must have Android Gingerbread or higher (including ICS).

The resolutions currently supported are:

• QVGA  (240 × 320)
• HVGA  (320 × 480)
• WVGA  (480 × 800)
• FWVGA  (480 × 854)
• QHD  (540 × 960)
• HD  (720 × 1280)

WP7 multitasking style for Galaxy Nexus

If you are fond of changes, however simple they may be, here is a reworking of ' multi-tasking graphical user interface on Galaxy Nexus . As you can see from these pictures, you have changed the management of previews with a style that resembles that of WP7.


A pleasant and fast alternative judging from the video below:

If you are interested in this kind of experience you can find files to download directly to the threat at XDA.Maybe you could also attach a launcher of style to your Home WP7 to simulate all of the Windows experience and pertutto Android smartphone.

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Acer confirmed ICS coming to Iconia Tab A500 by mid-April

Good news for all owners of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet ,Acer finally decided to update is Android tablet to ICS. The information had come from the U.S. division for the long-awaited update to Ice Cream Sandwich by Twitter,confirming that the long waited ICS update will come in mid-April. Although we knew already that month as probable for the arrival of Android 4.0 Now the date has become more precise and should not differ by the smaller A100 , with the update provided at all times during the same month. 

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Samsung publishes a guide to Android 4.0 for Galaxy S2

If for some reason you were out of place in the transition from Android Android 4.0.3 to 2.3.6, here is that Samsung tries to help by publishing a complete guide to Android 4.0.3.The PDF allows you to discover all the differences between the distributions of software trying to accompany the user in the full enjoyment of their smartphone. A very comprehensive guide and certainly interesting.


Android 4.0.3 S2 Galaxy Guide 

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Slider Widget - Check the volume of your device directly from the Home Screen

In addition to advanced control applications dedicated to the volume of Android, there are also handy widget that allows you to manage separately the audio levels of the various departments of the Android system. Google has always been in the distributions, lacking a true and own advanced control volume rocker since the hardware only allows you to raise and lower the general tone of the whole device. Thanks to Slider Widgets will be possible to act on various apps quickly and easily.

The program allows you to change the levels of:

• ringtone volume
• average volume
• notification volume
• alarm volume
• system volume

Moreover it also offers a convenient slider for the brightness control.

CyanogenMod 2.3.7 Android 7.2 RC1 available for 70 devices!

Good news for all fans of modified Cyanogen ROM. The team announced yesterday that it is available the Release Candidate (RC) of CyanogenMod 7.2, the set of unofficial updates, based on Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread. A vast number of Roma that spans about 70 different devices and allows for Android 2.3.7 on many smartphones that have not yet received an official level. Also greatly improves the speed of many devices that are not perfectly optimized.

Certainly a lot waiting for RC still not free from small bugs to report that the team calls when found. Being a RC however, can be used daily, without any particular problems, crash or bug relief.

Waiting for Stable and more reliable versions CyanogenMod 9, we leave you with links for further information directly from Cyanogen.

More info and download link at CyanogenMod Blog

New Image of Galaxy S III leaked

If the picture yesterday of the new Galaxy S3 has been around the world and it seemed the most realistic shows to date, it must be said that nothing can confirm that this really is an official photo. The article and the comments we have stressed several times how that image might not fully reflect the features of the new device. Now comes yet another picture that seems to change the cards on the boards. In reality, the image we see in the opening article, while interesting, seems less credible than the previous year and in the absence of the bar of notification and the lack of clarity, not be excluded that it is a work of photoshop-based perhaps on a render or Galaxy Note.

The photo appeared on reddit and as always is offered with technical information and more or less reliable. According to the source, S3 would be able to select the touch wiz or customizing Android to clean. Option certainly interesting but it does not seem very realistic.Samsung has always differentiated its products with launcher, programs and icons of various kinds and a net shift in our view it is very difficult.

So this new image we do not consider particularly reliable, or still less than the previous year, while waiting to get new information, perhaps officers.

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Confirmed Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S within the next week

According to a reliable source very close to the drafting of Engadget, Google has finally confirmed the release of Android Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S after the withdrawal during the month of December and distribution came to cover only some markets. The update should arrive within the next few weeks while you do not know yet what the actual version that Google will release the Nexus S given the strong rumors in recent days on the alleged Android 4.0.5.

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HTC's new at Mobile World Congress: One X One S and One V

Late yesterday evening HTC has finally made ​​official the new  One smartphone range , consists of 3 devices will differ in their technical, going to be located on three well-defined market segments.

One HTC X

One X will be the actual top of the range, has aquad core 1.5 GHz nVidia Tegra 3, 2, 4.7-inch LCD display with HD resolution , which should not present a significant obstacle in terms of size, which should be comparable with those of the Galaxy Nexus , the display is then protected by a glass Gorilla Glass .The department consists of a camera sensor rear BSI (backlit) from 8-megapixel lens with 28 mm focal length and aperture f2.0 able to take pictures in an instant or continuous mode, is the ability to capture images while you are making a video recording, maximum resolution of 1080p recording . 1.3 megapixel front camera can record video at 720p .Internal memory of 32 GB, 1 GB RAM , then HTC will offer 25 GB of free storage for two years to its customers , by partnering with DropBox. Battery 1800 mAh, NFC chip technology BeatsAudio content and thickness in only 9.29 mm . Software consists of Android Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0 interface .