There has been some good news for Samsung Galaxy S II owners today with the announcement that the Korean company will start to push out the Android 4.0.3 update to S II devices in Korea and some parts of Europe. The update process looks like it will initially focus on devices in Hungary, Poland and Sweden before starting to roll out in the United Kingdom during the week commencing on March 19th. When taken at face value, it sounds like S II users could be running Ice Cream Sandwich in the very near future, but the reality is that individual networks also need to approve the software updates and put it through vigorous in-house testing to ensure it plays nicely with their own branded software, meaning that although the official update button is pushed it could still be quite some time before users can benefit from it.
Almost a year after the initial launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II, and five months after the release of Ice Cream Sandwich, users will start seeing a roll out of the official ICS upgrade for their beloved S II device. Samsung has pushed the button and officially began the process of pushing out the much anticipated update which will take one of their most successful smartphone devices to the latest version of the Android operating system.
Not everybody is a huge fan of the MIUI custom ROM for Android. Its colorful disposition does render it something of an acquired taste, and some argue that it somewhat resembles iOS.
Multi-touch is a highly sought-after feature on our touch-based devices at this point in time. Additionally, it seems the larger the screen, the higher the demand, as users look to take advantage of the increased display real estate with as many gestures as possible.
Instagram is one of the most popular social networking apps on the iPhone. It's certainly the most popular social networking app to revolve around photography, and that's across any platform that we can think of. The fact that there is no Android version of the app has long been a sore point for those of the Google persuasion, but as we know, Instagram is working to rectify that ASAP.
Whether you love or loathe Google's mobile operating platform, one of the great positives of Android is that, since it's open-source, literally everything can be customized and tweaked to the nth degree.
When anyone mentions a touchscreen device, or to be more specific; a touchscreen tablet device, you instinctively think about Apple and the iPad. Ever since the creation of the ground breaking iPhone in 2007, and the subsequent release of the iPad in 2010, touchscreen devices seem to be synonymous with the company. Apple obviously weren't the first technology company to come up with the idea of controlling a mobile device through a touch based interface, but when they entered that segment of the market, they managed to totally reinvent it and almost assume ownership.
Smartphones today are considered as the ultimate examples of ever-converging technology. These devices play our music, take high-resolution photos, record full HD video, play HD video games, double as a bright flashlight, surf the web and, of course, act as a phone. It was only a matter of time before these smartphones became a full-fledged remote control for other devices such as a desktop computer. Gmote - the app we’re discussed in this post - does precisely that. It received a major upgrade recently and we’ve covered its main features after the break!
Of all the popular titles to have forged a significant following on mobile devices over the last couple of years, Angry Birds is far and away the leader.
HTC recently unveiled it’s One series of smartphones based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Hardware specifications and advanced, next-gen optics aside, these devices come with Sense 4.0 - the latest version of HTC’s custom skin - which looks absolutely stunning and a vast improvement over Sense 3.5 and older which were very bloated.
