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Android Jelly Bean statue blows up as thief strikes

Android explosion! The giant Jelly Bean-filled Android on the front lawn of Google headquarters has literally blown up — and been struck by a thief to boot. The statue celebrating Jelly Bean, version 4.1 of Google’s Android software for phone and tablets, overheated in the Californian sun. Google employee Dan Morrill revealed on Google+ that the top of the statue “partially …

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Samsung GT

Leaked snaps have surfaced showing a new Samsung smart phone, reckoned to be running Ice Cream Sandwich, and — curiously — sporting a full Qwerty keyboard. Images showing the front and back of the mysterious mobile were spotted by Sammy Hub, with the finger-friendly phone bearing the name GT-B5330. That’s not such a catchy moniker, but I’d expect the phone to …

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RIM CEO: No, really, we’re not in a ‘death spiral’

Research In Motion, despite delays in its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and continued disastrous financial performance, is just dandy. That’s according to RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, who denied the company was in a “death spiral” and said on a radio interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that “there was nothing wrong with the company as it exists now.” The …

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Pix & Stix bring real

Apple’s GarageBand gives wanna-be and real-world musicians alike the instruments they need to make music on an iPad. But when it comes to drums and guitar, there’s something lost in translation; your fingertips just don’t measure up to the feel of drumsticks and a guitar pick. Of course, the real deal won’t work on an iPad’s screen; wood and plastic …

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Android updates guide: All the features of every version

For fans of Google’s Android OS, regular updates are sweeter treats than the sugary codenames that grace the various versions. A delayed update can feel like slow torture, and a new version is a geeky joy to receive. This is the place to find all the details on every version of Android, past and present. Bookmark this page as reference …

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Skytex announces pair of budget Android 4.0 tablets

The Android tablet wars gained two new combatants today when Skytex Technology announced a pair of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices for release later in July. Priced lower than most products in their class, the tablets might have been much more appealing if only they arrived a few months earlier. On the lower end of the spectrum, the Skypad …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 lands on Verizon July 10

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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Get Google Now on your (rooted) Android 4.0 phone

Google Now is the Mountain View, Calif.-based monolith’s apparent answer to Apple’s Siri — a voice assistant that responds to requests for information and other commands, while also trying to anticipate what bits of data you might want by digging into your search history and other interactions with the Googleverse. It’s a buzz-worthy feature available only on Android 4.1 Jelly …

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