HTC has been delivering good news to consumers today, and it looks like it is about to continue for those smartphone owners who already use one of their Android powered devices. This morning saw the company announce the official details, device specifications and release date for the fabulous new HTC One X+ smartphone, as well as making it known that owners of the original One X and One S devices would soon be able to benefit from over-the-air updates that take them up to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
HTC has today officially announced details and specifications of their much talked about HTC One X+ handset that will be available in the Asian and European markets during October. The new physically imposing Android-powered handset is an evolution over the company's previous One X device, with HTC hoping that this latest release will take things to the next level and offer even more power and functionality to consumers.
Android’s famous green mascot is available in all sorts of designs and sizes for delivering at your doorstep from various outlets online, but there is no easy way to make unique designs of these Android mascot dolls.
The hotly anticipated Galaxy Note II phablet will be available in the middle of November with Samsung planning on holding a media event towards the back-end of October to more than likely confirm official worldwide release dates. While we wait form the successor to the original Galaxy Note to land on our shelves, Samsung has released the large but gorgeous device in South Korea along with a long detailed video that highlights the device’s features inside out.
The HTC One X+ is, all things considered, fairly sought-after for those seeking a powerful, non-Samsung new Android smartphone, and although we’ve seen tidbits of information with regards to the upcoming device, O2 UK has leaked the juicy details through one of its sales magazines.
With Google quickly releasing updates to Android on six month schedule, and there being so many different devices from different manufacturers on different wireless carriers, there is almost always some particular OTA update being rolled out.
Although Apple's iPad has dominated the tablet market consistently since first launching in 2010, Google threw down the gauntlet to its Cupertino-based rival by launching the Nexus 7. Prior to the 7-inch slate, which was manufactured by ASUS, the only non-Apple tablet to create any sort of hype was Amazon's Kindle Fire, and although it - similarly to the Nexus 7 - was priced at an incredibly low price compared to the rest of the market, it didn't quite pack the performance we'd come to expect, and essentially felt like a cheap alternative.
There are, as we know, those Apple fans that won't look at products like Android or Windows - let alone use them, but likewise, there are also those Android users whom detest everything made by Apple. If you're one of the decidedly few people who can appreciate elements of more than one operating system, you may want to check out this particular launcher, which gives your Android home screen a look resembling that of an iPhone.
Yesterday, we reported on a major security flaw within TouchWiz on the Galaxy S III, among a handful of other Samsung devices. The issue allowed the devices to be remotely wiped, leaving the user helpless, and to double-up on the attack, the attacker could also make the SIM card completely useless, which in many respects, is more disastrous than the smartphone wipe.
App updates are consistently being talked about at the moment, more often than not in the context of developers pushing out updates on the iOS platform to support iOS 6 and the new iPhone 5 which Apple released last week. The official YouTube app have probably been cropping up in conversation more than Google would like, especially as users are wondering where the native iPad app is and when it will be launched, but that hasn't distracted them from pushing out a fairly sizeable update to the official Android YouTube app today.
