Posts Tagged ‘ cream-sandwich ’

Android Jelly Bean adoption climbs 3.4% to 28.4% in April as Ice Cream Sandwich sinks to 27.5%

May 1, 2013
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Android Jelly Bean adoption climbs 3.4% to 28.4% in April as Ice Cream Sandwich sinks to 27.5%

Google has published its monthly numbers for Android version adoption, with Jelly Bean climbing 3.4 percent to 28.4 percent of active devices, while Ice Cream Sandwich fell 1.8 percent to 27.5 percent. After dropping beneath the 40 percent mark last month, Gingerbread slid even further to 38.5 percent. Meanwhile, Froyo and Eclair came in at…

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Google Cloud Print now lets you print to any FedEx Office location in the US

April 18, 2012
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Sometimes printing something out physically is necessary, be it for a meeting or for event tickets. I personally haven’t had a printer in my home for the past two years, but definitely get into a pinch sometimes when printing something is absolutely necessary. Until the days of paper are over, Google Cloud Print has been…

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich gets biggest gain yet, growing from 1.6% adoption to 2.9% since March 5th

April 2, 2012
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Google has posted its latest Android version distribution numbers, for the 14-day period ending on April 2, 2012. It shows a jump from just 1.6% adoption of Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich as of March 5th, up to 2.9% adoption now. We believe that this jump is bigger than any that the new OS has…

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Google begins pushing Android 4.0.4 ICS to GSM Nexus S and GSM Galaxy Nexus, but not Verizon edition yet

March 28, 2012
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Google has posted a notice on its Android Google+ page that it has begun rolling out Android version 4.0.4 Ice Cream sandwich to several devices. Interesting in its absence is the Galaxy Nexus LTE device for Verizon networks, which currently has the 4.0.2 software as its latest officially supported version. Google says that it is…

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Google Voice now integrates directly with Ice Cream Sandwich’s visual voicemail

March 22, 2012
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Google voice just got a small, but nice, upgrade, adding direct integration with Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich. This allows you to grab any Google Voice voicemails right inside the visual voicemail view of your ICS device, without having to jump back to the Google Voice app. Previous to this update, you could get your…

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Some GSM Galaxy Nexus phones can’t get ICS directly from Google due to custom Samsung firmware

March 20, 2012
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Update: The latest updates to this conversation on the XDA forums show that the ICS updates, including 4.0.2 are now shipping to some of these devices. The original story dates back to December but users are still reporting that it is spreading slowly. The Galaxy Nexus is Google’s flagship device, and as with past Nexus…

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Samsung kicks off Ice Cream Sandwich rollout for Galaxy S II in Europe and Korea

March 13, 2012
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Samsung has announced that it is all set to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) updates to the Galaxy S II at last and for real, following an accidental slip last week. The rollout will begin for device owners with a number of European countries — including Poland, Hungary and Sweden — and it…

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Not so fast: Galaxy S II will not get Ice Cream Sandwich update on March 10, says Samsung

March 9, 2012
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Just hours after it appeared that Samsung had ended the wait for an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the Galaxy S II, the company has moved to rubbish reports and state that tomorrow’s update is not to be. The original report has been sourced on a news announcement on the Samsung’s Filipino portal, noting that…

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The saga ends tomorrow: Samsung Galaxy S II to get Ice Cream Sandwich March 10 [Updated]

March 9, 2012
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Samsung Galaxy S II owners are all set to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich tomorrow, after the Korean firm confirmed that owners of the device will be able to upgrade to Android 4.0 on March 10. Update: Sorry Galaxy S II owners but the March 10 date is false. You’ll need to wait…

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Why do developers prefer iOS over Android? Try 75% adoption of iOS 5 while ICS is stuck at 1%

March 5, 2012
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There are a lot of things that make Apple’s iOS a more attractive platform for development than Android. Better development tools, an installed user base that is more inclined to spend money on apps and the most popular App Store in the world, recently surpassing some 25B downloads total. But if there is one major…

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