Sean TownsendThe Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update is coming out slowly over the air, but you can update manually if you can’t wait. I’ve previously unlocked my phone’s bootloader and installed superuser, but generally I like to keep things as stock possible (no kernel hacks, no custom ROMs, no custom recovery manager). If you run a … Read more
While the Samsung Galaxy S3 is an intelligent phone, it is also pretty dim, at least when it comes to the display reports PCMag. Samsung Galaxy S3 display found to be dim in test The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a 1280 x 720 AMOLED PenTile display which is higher in resolution than its predecessors, but … Read more
Could the HTC One XXL threaten the Samsung Galaxy S3? According to MobileApps, many people thought the Samsung Galaxy S3 would trounce HTC after proving more popular than the One X, but it seems that HTC has an ace up its sleeve if various rumors about another upcoming superphone, the One XXL prove true. HTC … Read more
A recent poll by PC Advisor showed that almost half (49%) of respondents prefer Google Android to any other smartphone OS. This is a shock, as Apple’s iPhone – which only got 26% of the vote – is regarded as the market’s most desirable smartphone. iPhone vs Android: Android liked twice as much as iOS … Read more
One of the best smartphones for battery life is shockingly the very powerful Samsung Galaxy S3, reports Which.co.uk. In a recent test by Which, the Galaxy S3, which Samsung brought out as a rival to the iPhone, gave 726 minutes of call time with medium 3G reception. This was a staggering 91 minutes longer than … Read more
While the Samsung Galaxy S3 is a superb handset, it is apparently not without problems. So before you plunk out the cash to get one, you might want to know what problems have been reported by users and how they might affect you. Some of the issues have an instant fix while others could see … Read more
How does the Samsung Galaxy S3 compare with the competition already on the market? It’s logical to compare it with one of its biggest rivals, the iPhone 4S. While we’ve seen numerous comparisons of this on the hardware front where the newer Samsung Galaxy S3 crushes the aging iPhone 4S, how do they both fair … Read more
Since the Nexus 7 got in the hands of multiple tech media outlets, we have seen numerous reviews posted. AnandTech for one however has made a discovery that you won’t see in many of these reviews. It has to do with the USB storage capabilities on the Nexus 7. Google Nexus 7 doesn’t support USB … Read more
Samsung has stated that updates to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean are coming very soon. This follows on from the comments made yesterday by HTC surrounding updates. Samsung had released the statement to PocketNow. Samsung Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update roadmap coming soon The short statement said that they were going to be announcing which devices … Read more
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will be released as OTA updates around the middle of July for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Xoom. However if you want to get your hands on the Jelly Bean ROM before then, you can, thanks to a member over at the XDA forum. The ROM can be flashed … Read more
