Here’s a mid-week feat of heroic hacking — ambitious Android tinkerers have successfully got Android 4.1 Jelly Bean running on a T-Mobile G1, the first ever Android phone. The SoCal Devs collective posted about their success on XDA-Developers, and uploaded a video to YouTube. The clip shows the very latest version of Android chugging along …
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A black version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been revealed on Samsung’s own Facebook page, with the South Korean tech giant uploading a photo that appears to show a noir-hued edition of its quad-core smart phone. The picture, spied by ITProPortal, was uploaded to Samsung Mobile’s page and shows what looks very much like a black S3 next to a …
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It’s no secret that mobile cameras are getting better and better, but a series of incredible Olympic snaps from one photojournalist prove just how far smart phone snappers have come. The Guardian‘s Dan Chung has been collecting his podium-placing pics on one page, documenting the London 2012 games in an effort to test how well a tiny mobile would fare. …
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Update estimates for what are literally Samsung’s biggest phones have emerged, tipping the Galaxy S3 to get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in several months, with the Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note to follow in the winter. While Samsung remains tight-lipped on the subject, SamMobile cites mysterious “insiders” who have spilled the beans regarding the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. The …
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HTC’s follow-up to the One X has leaked online and it’s tipped to be a 1.7GHz monster that will go on sale in less than two months. Stuff cites a ‘trusty mole’ at HTC who has divulged the mysterious mobile’s specifications, including its cryptic codename, the ‘HTC Endeavour C2’. The sequel to the quad-core One X is reckoned to work …
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The iPhone 5 is on track for a September launch, according to one ‘insider’, despite whispers of component shortages. A ‘trusted industry insider’ said that Apple’s fabled iPhone 5 — which will actually be the sixth iPhone from the iPad-spawning company — is on track to debut next month, Apple Insider reports. The source mentions, however, that there could be …
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Snaps showing the upcoming Xperia SL in the wild have surfaced, giving us a glimpse of the follow-up to this year’s Xperia S smart phone. GSMArena was sent the images by an anonymous tipster, who seems to have confirmed the specifications of the Xperia SL as well, which look to match those we reported just yesterday. Don’t get too excited …
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Update: Samsung appears to have confirmed that we will in fact see the Note 2 unveiled on 29 August. A cryptic event invite points — quite literally — to Samsung lifting the lid on a sequel to the Galaxy Note on 29 August. Details of the ‘Mobile Unpacked’ event in Germany winged their way to journalists’ inboxes with an intriguing …
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BlackBerry-maker RIM has hinted that BlackBerry phones made by rival companies such as Samsung or Sony could prove a reality, with the company’s chief saying it’s looking into licensing its delayed BlackBerry 10 software. In an interview with the Telegraph, recently appointed CEO Thorsten Heins says, “we don’t have the economy of scale to compete against the guys who crank out …
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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is currently occupying a smidge under 16 per cent of Android devices, more than nine months after the software made its debut in mid-November. The disappointingly low figure comes courtesy of Google’s distribution stats, with visits to the Google Play store, and the operating system that visiting devices are running, tallied over a two-week period …
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