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Mobile Phone :Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) on Samsung Galaxy S already

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:48:00 +0000

Ice Cream Sandwich is already ported to the Nexus S, and now the whole Android world wants to know which handset is next.
Officially different manufacturers are saying different things. ASUS said their “aim is to …

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Ice Cream Sandwich is already ported to the Nexus S, and now the whole Android world wants to know which handset is next.

Officially different manufacturers are saying different things. ASUS said their “aim is to bring the latest Android update to the Eee Pad Series.” Motorola’s Droid RAZR, Droid Bionic, and XOOM are definitely getting the update due to their official Google phone statuses and any new devices with decent specs are likely to come shipped with ICS provided it’s at least 6 weeks after the launch of the Nexus (as that’s when the source goes live).

The Samsung Galaxy S is now capable of running an ICS port from XDA. It is Alpha though and experimental so don’t use it on your daily.

XDA members galnet and lttldvl, are well-known MIUI developers, and are helping to port to the Samsung Galaxy S, stating that they’re “taking a break from MIUI over the weekend” and “thought they’d work on trying to port ICS over to the SGS.” This is the biggest ROM hackers challenge for 2011 over at XDA, and a successful port would bring geek fame so we wish them luck.

Now when can we expect a port on our Desire, G2, Atrix, SGS2 etc…?

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Mobile Phone News :MWC 2010: Motorola Booth Tour – All A MotoBLUR

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:34:09 +0000

We are all pleasantly surprised at Motorola’s return to relevance in the mobile game, betting the farm on taking the Android OS close to their bosom and coming back with a bold bunch of phones, as well as decent customisation with the MotoBLUR interface.
Whilst we hear that

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We are all pleasantly surprised at Motorola’s return to relevance in the mobile game, betting the farm on taking the Android OS close to their bosom and coming back with a bold bunch of phones, as well as decent customisation with the MotoBLUR interface.

Whilst we hear that the US manufacturer might have already been tapped up to make the next Google phone in the form of the Shadow, but we were focussed on the present at Mobile World Congress and Motorola certainly had some decent phones to show.

Whilst the idea to offer a stream of instant messages, tweets and status updates directly to a handset’s homescreen or widget might have been refined (and rinsed) by the competition, but MotoBLUR still offers the original ‘phone with social skills’ experience on Android.

The Motorola DEXT was present and correct, a forerunner that lacked a bit of flair in execution and build quality, but still served as a great proof of concept that Android widgets could perform equally as well as blanket customisation to Google’s operating system.

Building on that social networking heritage was the Motorola BACKFLIP, seeing its first European airing here at Mobile World Congress.

The idea takes the experience from the DEXT’s slider to a reverse-hinged clamshell device, adding a touchpad behind the display for unobscured scrolling.

A gentle tap on the pad serves as a click, whilst the keyboard and build quality have both been tightened up significantly.

The insanely quirky form factor and novel touch method of the Backflip may not be copied by the rest, but certainly demonstrated Motorola’s individuality yet again.

The Motorola QUENCH presents yet another form factor – the single candybar – for use with the MotoBLUR social synching service, chucking out the QWERTY keyboard and offering a responsive touchpad at the bottom of the device.

Specifications are largely the same as for the original DEXT, with a 3.1-inch display, Android 1.5, 3G and HSDPA. Browsing is a bit better than expected, with multi-touch support and YouTube integration.

A 5-megapixel auto-focus camera is also carried over, this time with the addition of an LED flash.

Rounding out the selection was a few handsets (such as the Motocubo, below) that have only seen release in the far flung corners of the globe, but show Motorola’s insight and innovation in the form factor of hardware.

What was most immediate about Motorola’s stand at this year’s Mobile World Congress was the difference that twelve months has made for the company. Last year, there was barely a single handset on display, and a focus on enterprise solutions and audio cancelling technology.

This year was a vibrant display of Android handsets, a proud demonstration of a calculated risk in Android that has paid off a little, if not in spades.

With the recent news that the business will split into two separate entities, perhaps this new found freedom will see Motorola’s mobile division return to those halcyon RAZR phone days. Their turn out at MWC was certainly a good start.

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News on Mobile Phone :Motorola Milestone Confirmed To Receive ‘Eclair’ Android Update “In The Next Two Months”, DEXT Too

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:03:28 +0000

Motorola Europe has just reiterated the good word out of CES, that both the new Motorola Milestone and socially-savvy DEXT will both be receiving updates to the current v2.1 ‘Eclair’ build of Android in due course.
Not only that, but the interim tweak to Google’s

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Motorola Europe has just reiterated the good word out of CES, that both the new Motorola Milestone and socially-savvy DEXT will both be receiving updates to the current v2.1 ‘Eclair’ build of Android in due course.

Not only that, but the interim tweak to Google’s operating system that U.S. DROID fans are currently enjoying is also on the way to our (and German) shores, according to Motorola Europe’s Facebook fan page:

“Attention Android lovers. The 2.01 update is on its way for all Milestone users. The Android 2.1 upgrade for Milestone is also on its way and will be ready in the next 2 months. We can confirm that DEXT will get the Android 2.1 upgrade as well.”

Between this and a recent announcement that Vodafone’s HTC Magic will see Sense - namely the slick user interface seen on the Hero – it’s great to see manufacturers giving support to Android early adopters and new converts alike.

Source: The Unwired

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