Users of the Samsung Nexus S and those who bought the Galaxy Nexus will start to see a new light at the end of the tunnel as the update for Android 4.0.4 ICS is being pushed to these devices. Also owners of the Motorola Xoom (Wifi – only) will also start to see a similar update for their tablets.
The Nexus S users who missed the 4.0 update before Google pulled it due to major concerns, will also be directly able o update to Android 4.0.4.
With the old lawsuit not yet over, Apple has filed a new complaint that attack 18 new Samsung devices. According to Apple the devices infringe 8 patents that are currently owned by Apple. Four of the patents in question having been granted since the last time Apple filed suit against the Korean firm including missed call management, slide-to-unlock and data-syncing technology.
The devices infringing the patent include the new Galaxy Nexus along with all variants of the Galaxy SII, Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab 8.9.
Looks like this battle is going [...]
German Court has denied the Preliminary ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus, as requested by Apple on the basis of Touchscreen copyright infringement. The court declared the patent invalid due to the market presence of the same technology before the patent was granted. The court in Dusseldorf has yet to give its final decision on the ban of Galaxy Tab 10.1N, which may finally give us the expectancy of the said Tab.
[Bloomberg]
The Galaxy Nexus got priced at a whopping US $ 750 which equals way over 35,poo Indian, to be a bit more precise, somewhere in the 37,500 mark. Does this mean a mass slaughter for hopes of all aiming to buy the galaxy Nexus?
The device has been on the Holiday wish-list of many a folk since the day it was announced. A price that high would really diminish expectant sales of the Galaxy Nexus. If Samsung India really wants to capture the market with this Google Phone then trust us Sammy, a price close to 30,000 would win a lot of Indian Hearts. We are no experts when it comes to market analysis (or are we) But Samsung has [...]
Those lucky few who bought the first lot of Galaxy Nexus/s are complaining of issues left right and center. First there was an issue of unfinished units being shipped to customers , which was readily fixed and the units replaced. Now people are complaining of erratic volume control issues. Every time a user receives an email or any sort of iteration from a 900MHz frequency the volume control goes haywire.Check the video for a proper demo.
Before the journey, Here are the major and upcoming smartphones of India in a spec by spec battle.
Sure there are others and we will continue to add them.
Price TBD TBD INR : 28500 TBD Processor Dual-core Apple A5 1.2GHz dual-core 1.2GHz dual-core Samsung Exyno Dual core, Qualcomm 8260, 1500 MHz Display 3.5 inches, 960 x 640IPS LCD 4.65-inch curved glassHD Super AMOLED1280 x 720 4.3 inch , 800 x 480 Super AMOLED Plus 4.3 Inch, 540 x 960 SLCD Primary Camera 8 megapixel AF, f2.4 lens, BSI sensor, LED flash 5 megapixel with zeroshutter lag 8 megapixel AF, LED flash 8 megapixel AF, LED flash Front [...]
The number is finally FInal, Google has announced Ice Cream Sandwich as the next Revision of Android, and has called it Android 4.0. This update will bring a major overhaul to the UI that we know and love, and bring along a whole bucketful of features.
Here’s some of the things in Ice Cream Sandwich:
Virtual buttons in the UI(like Honeycomb) Widgets are in a new tab, listed in a similar list to apps Folders are much easier to create, with a drag-and-drop style similar to iOS A customizable launcher New phone app with visual voicemail functionality that lets you speed up or slow down voicemail messages Pinch-to-zoom functionality in the calendar Gmail has offline [...]Samsung and Google have today announced the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. Google has finally revealed the version number as 4.0.
Other specs include:
HD Super AMOLED display (1,280 x 720) 1.2GHz dual-core processor 5 megapixel rear camera (with LED flash) 1.3 megapixel front-facing cam 1080p video recording 3.5mm headphone jack Bluetooth 3.0 USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi Embedded NFC module Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope Proximity sensor Barometer ?- 1GB of RAM 16 or 32GB internal storage 1,750mAh battery HSPA+ , LTE versions #gallery-2 { margin: [...]Looks like we finally have confirmation that the Galaxy Nexus Prime and the Ice Cream Sandwich release, which were earlier to be released on the 11th of Oct will now be released on the 19th of Oct 2011. The event has been moved to the 19th and some are speculating that despite Google and Samsung used Steve Jobs’ passing as an excuse the real reason was their FCC clearance delays.
Either way we will have more on this shorty, and expect full coverage during launch time.
A full fist of Android Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots have made it to the leaks section today. Making it even more and more difficult for the world to hold on for the devices launch.
Check em out flavored like Honeycomb:
#gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */Google and Samsung were all set to launch their prized possession at their “unpacked event”, until Steve Jobs passed away. The company has decided to pay homage to the Technology Titans death by postponing the launch of the supposed Samsung Galaxy Device.
Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and venue will be shortly announced.
–Samsung
A Spokesperson from Google later commented:
We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world [...]
