Over the last few weeks of covering Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Google’s new Voice Actions interface, it’s become clear to me that there’s great confusion about what exactly Google Now is, and what it isn’t. So let’s start with the central thesis of what it’s not and go from there. Android 4.1’s Google Search …
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Two more of AT&T’s phones will get Google’s big 4.0 operating system refresh today, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (at long last) and the Samsung Galaxy Note. Related stories Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket review Samsung Galaxy Note review ICS on the Galaxy Note: Subtle, useful The Skyrocket, which boasts a 4.5-inch screen, a dual-core processor, and an 8-megapixel …
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Starting tomorrow, U.S. Cellular will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) (reviewed here for T-Mobile), first online, and then in stores later this week. Related stories Samsung Galaxy S3 review Samsung GS3 camera shootout vs. iPhone 4S, HTC One X Verizon’s GS3 sales push back to July 12 The 16GB version will carry a $199.99 price tag, and …
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Now here’s an interesting twist to the story of the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) on Verizon. Samsung has just announced that it’ll sell a version of its flagship Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone for Verizon that features an unlockable bootloader. This means that the Galaxy S III Developer Edition, as its called, will open the door for developers …
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Just when you thought that T-Mobile couldn’t possibly confuse us more with its myTouch family of smartphones, here come reboots of the myTouch and myTouch Q, this time made by Huawei rather than by LG. The two new Android 2.3 Gingerbread handsets feature 4G, a 4.0 WVGA touch screen, a 1.4GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, and a …
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Forget pretty in pink. How about fiery magenta for the color of your next Nokia phone? AT&T announced today that it will release a version of the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows phone in a bright “pink” shade, starting July 15. The magenta Lumia 900 joins the black, cyan, and white versions of the phone. Customers will be able to buy …
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The Nokia 808 PureView‘s fame comes down to its camera, which can capture up to 41 megapixels of digital information and output incredibly detailed images at 5, 8, and yes, even 41 megapixels if that’s what you really want. The secret to the camera’s performance is the extra-large sensor, which is physically much larger than usual 5-megapixel and 8-megapixel sensors …
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AT&T will start upgrading its Samsung Galaxy Note to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tomorrow, and CNET got an advance look. After a week with the updated phone, I can say that existing owners will be pleased with the boost from Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich. The OS won’t look very different; in fact, a glance at the home screen …
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High-flying skydive stunts! Steering-wheel voice commands! Predictive search that knows your life! That was June for us, one big sneak peek of the mobile platform future, a flurry of OS features and software specs that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and RIM lobbed at us from San Francisco area events all in the same month. It was so busy around here, we …
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Break out the bubbly. Verizon will begin shipping its CDMA, LTE-ready version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (reviewed here for T-Mobile) on July 10. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich stunner will sell in blue and white shades, and in 16GB and 32GB storage capacities — for $199.99 and $249.99, respectively. You’ll be able to buy the 32GB version online …
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