Android Distribution in July: ICS reaches almost 11%

Say goodbye to Cupcake and Donut that are now ready to raise the white flag with Eclair next to the very end. The new statistics for distribution sees Android Gingerbread firmly in command with a good 64% of the market followed by Android Froyo with 17.3% and a great Ice Cream Sandwich that touches 11% with a very important growth compared to last month even though many more devices to be updated.

Huawei Ascend P1 XL is ready, commercialization by the end of the month

Officially announced less than two weeks ago, Huawei Ascend P1 XL is already advanced stage of production and should be ready for the market already by the end of this month.Unfortunately, the data relates only to the Chinese market, where the first retailers are already starting to open up pre-orders at a price of about 3,000 CNY ($ 470), certainly interesting considering the battery from well 2600 mAh Android 4.0 (will probably be updated at the next Jelly Bean( QHD 4.3-inch display, dual-core 1.5 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 8 MPXl back camera.

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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Swype is renewed with new features

Nuance Communications Inc . presents the new Swype version, the last generation keyboard , which combines touch capabilities and dictation all combined with a unique adaptive capabilities that can incorporate the interaction of preferences expressed by users over time , becoming smarter and more personalized to each use.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Pebble Blue arrived in Vietnam

Good news for all buyers who are waiting for the Samsung Galaxy SIII Pebble Blue version. Although difficult to see him in Italy before the middle of June, Korea started the first shipments of Blu versions of the product. The first country to see the Pebble Blue version is Vietnam, but surely other countries in the coming days will see the first deliveries. 

Alcatel OT986 - Android ICS smartphone with 4.5″ HD screen and 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU

Alcatel is a historic definitely inside the mobile phone business even if never has ever shown top range products always focusing on the low end of the market. Now Alcatel has prepared for the Chinese market android smarphone wirh ICS on board and a 4.5 inch LCD HD 1280 x 720 IPS display. Inside is a generous processor dual-core TI OMAP 4460clocked at 1.5 GHz, a 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 2 MP front, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory and support HSPA +. The smartphone is often only 9.75 mm and will be launched with a clean version of Android that combined with the same hardware of the Galaxy Nexus, it is in fact an Nexus Alcatel.

Xiaomi MiOne Youth Edition ready to debut in China

The team MIUI presented for the Chinese market a new variant of the famous Xiaomi Phone , with slightly lower specifications than the original but in this case also sold with a particularly attractive price. Xiaomi Mione Youth Edition will look for to gap between younger fans and for the first time smartphone buyers.

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

Motorola XOOM WiFi Receiving Android 4.0.4 Build IMM76 – Quicker Screen Rotation, New Lock Settings, and Many More

As mentioned in recent days, Motorola seems to have confirmed a new update for your Tablet Xoom version of Wi-Fi plan, regarded as a Tablet Google Experience. Although not yet available for download, the new update will deploy Android to version 4.0.4 with build number IMM76 also include some important news that will bring better screen rotation, a new approach to immediately block the display of the improvements camera, enhancements for Microsoft Exchange and greater overall stability. 

We do not have a date of expected release, but with notes like this floating around, we can imagine that it won’t be too much longer

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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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Video preview of Carbon for Android ,it looks amazing

Carbon for Twitter which had made a name for itself on the doomed WebOS platform recently made the jump to Windows Phone 7. Increasing its reach a bit , it is now also making its way to the exceptionally popular Android platform. The developers put up a short video demoing its refreshing new UI today.

Carbon makes heavy use of UI flourishes and comes out looking fantastic though the fancy transition effects could end up coming in the way for heavy users. We’ll report on that after a proper hands on with the app. The app is styled like the latest ICS update for Android and fits right in. Carbon for Windows Phone is priced at $1.99 and we’re expecting a similar price point for the Android app too. 

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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Samsung officially announces Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S2SAm coming at March 10!

The wait is finally over! Samsung has officially announced a few hours the availability of updates to Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S2 from next March 10  and that is tomorrow, all the confirming previous rumors from the recent days.

Here are some some of the improvements that the update will bring on Galaxy S2.

• Unlock Android Face and Beam.
• Mobile Data Network to monitor data traffic.
• Improved multitasking and general responsiveness.

Samsung is keen to point out that due to some incompatibility of Android 4.0, Adobe Flashand support for Bluetooth 3.0 HS will not initially be supported after the release of (only Bluetooth 3.0).

The update package will be released via FOTA or through Kies 2.0 and Samsung should have at least 350MB of free space on your phone. Obviously tomorrow is the start of the Roll-Out and it is said to be made available in all markets. Surely ROMs odin will be published shortly in the hope that even in Italy, however, can come quickly.

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ViewSonic goes dual-SIM with ViewPhone 4s, 4e and 5e, all packing Android Ice Cream Sandwich

This year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) Mobile Exhibition is just around the corner not far, but can not think of even Viewsonic fired the first shot. Viewsonic today released a three all smartphone powered by Android 4.0 (ICS) ViewPhone 4s, ViewPhone 4e and ViewPhone 5e.