Android Approved’s weekly overview - 02/04/2012 |
| Posted by Android Approved - Feb 4, 2012 - 6:23pm |
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Sprint announced the ZTE Optik, coming Feb. 5th for $99.99
HTC announced an “Ice white” HTC Sensation coming March 1st
Another render of the Samsung Galaxy S III; Hints to a MWC announcement
Samsung will not be unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress
HTC Ville makes a video appearance running Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense UI 4.0
Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) for the Nexus S 4G leaks
Samsung announced the mid-level dual-core Samsung Galaxy S Advance
A slighted upgraded Galaxy Nexus coming soon? To Sprint maybe?
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Sprint announced the ZTE Optik, coming Feb. 5th for $99.99 |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Feb 2, 2012 - 10:15pm |
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Last week when we were sent a some information about an upcoming Sprint tablet, today Sprint announced the ZTE Optik 7-inch Honeycomb tablet. The Optik will be available from Sprint this coming Sunday, February 5th, for just $99.99 on contract. It's nice to finally see a tablet with a good price and the specs to compete with the big name tablets.
Here's the run down.
Android 3.2 Honeycomb
7-inch display (1280x800)
1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
1GB RAM
16GB storage
Expandable memory slot, supporting up to a 32GB microSD card
GPS
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Stereo speakers
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HTC announced an “Ice white” HTC Sensation coming March 1st |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Feb 2, 2012 - 8:25pm |
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Over at HTC Dutch, they released a press release that an "Ice White" HTC Sensation will be released March 1st, shipped out with Gingerbread and will receive Ice Cream Sandwich "early this year," as well as the other Sensation models.
The specs remain the same, the Sensation is still a solid phone and one of the most popular phones of 2011, as a matter of fact, it's still my main personal device of choice. The good thing about the Sensation is, if you own the international version, you can just purchase the white back cover, besides the little tell at the bottom, no one will ever know. Expect a debut at Mobile World Congress.
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Another render of the Samsung Galaxy S III; Hints to a MWC announcement |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Feb 2, 2012 - 6:23pm |
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New renders of a phone said to be the Samsung Galaxy S III is getting a lot of attention today but mostly for the wrong reasons. At first glimpse this looks legit, the three Ice Cream Sandwich buttons are hardware instead of software, the calendar widget hints at a Mobile World Congress announcement and the weather widget even says Barcelona.
Everything looks well except for one little thing. Not all apps are designed for Ice Cream Sandwich, so all those other apps that still use the menu function instead of the new action bar will not fully function without a menu button. Why would Samsung do that, they wouldn't, it doesn't make sense, without a way to use the menu ... |
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Samsung will not be unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Feb 1, 2012 - 11:39am |
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We've been hearing rumors about this but we can now confirm that Samsung will not be bring a Galaxy S III to this years Mobile World Congress.
This is a smart move on Samsung's side, why announce a product then release it 4/5 months later, announce it and release it within a few weeks, but some are saying it's a tactic to directly compete with the next generation iPhone, that's rumored to be announced in July.. Just because Samsung is not bring the SGSIII doesn't mean there wont be any big surprises, don't forget HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony, etc..
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HTC Ville makes a video appearance running Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense UI 4.0 |
 Posted by Shawn Scoot - Jan 31, 2012 - 7:14pm |
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If you remember about a couple months ago, renders of the HTC Ville leaked out, now we get the first Mr. Blurry Cam video of the actual device it self. The Ville is running Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense UI 4.0. It's also crazy thin, rumored to be just about 8mm and HTC is using capacitive buttons instead of the onscreen buttons ICS has, this could be due to the phone having a 4.3-inch display. We should expect an announcement at Mobile World Congress and it's expected to hit T-Mobile. Check out the rest of the specs and hands on video after the break.
1.5GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
HTC Sense 4.0
4.3-inch qHD display
1GB of ... |
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Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) for the Nexus S 4G leaks |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Jan 31, 2012 - 7:39am |
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Another Ice Cream Sandwich leak leaked out late last night, build number IMM26, this time a more current version 4.0.4 for the Sprint Samsung Nexus S 4G. Along with a new version number, it also has a new modem (software) and bootloader. Reports are coming that this may be the final version and the Nexus S 4G could get an OTA anytime now, since it's signed with a release key.
So you can either wait for the OTA, which could be days, or you can take your brave heart over to XDA and manually flash the ROM your self.
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Samsung announced the mid-level dual-core Samsung Galaxy S Advance |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Jan 30, 2012 - 10:05pm |
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The regin of dual-core mid-grade phone is now upon us. The first was the leaked HTC Primo, this time a more official phone from Samsung, the Samsung Galaxy S Advance. Looking at the specs, the phone is exactly that, a Galaxy S advanced but this Galaxy S taking some design tips from the Nexus line of phones with it's slightly contoured screen.
Here are some of the specs:
1GHz dual core processor
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
4-inch Super AMOLED display
5MP rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP front camera
8 or 16B internal memory with 768MB of RAM
View the rest of the specs here.
It has TouchWiz UI 4.0 on top of Gingerbread but ... |
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A slighted upgraded Galaxy Nexus coming soon? To Sprint maybe? |
| Posted by Shawn Scoot - Jan 30, 2012 - 6:05pm |
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According to the NenaMark benchmark screen shot above, Google and Samsung may be bring a new, higher-spec Galaxy Nexus, they wouldn't do that to us would they?
The Galaxy Nexus is already an impressive device, packing a TI OMAP4460 CPU with a SGX540 GPU. The one new Nexus benchmarked is packing a TI OMAP4470 CPU and a SGX544 GPU, and it looks to be running circles around the one in the current Nexus, at least on paper.
Maybe someone tweaked the results a little, or maybe this is the Sprint Galaxy Nexus this coming soon, and we don't have anything specs wise on the Sprint version other than it will feature Google Wallet. For the most part, we all assumed ... |
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Android Approved’s weekly overview - 01/27/2012 |
| Posted by Android Approved - Jan 27, 2012 - 8:57pm |
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Koush giving us a quick preview of a touch-enabled Clockwork Recovery
ZTE Optik coming to Sprint February 5th for $99 on contract
The Logitech Revue is the latest member of the Android Hall of Fame
HTC Evo 4G and HTC Evo View 4G are both now end-of-life status
Ice Cream Sandwich leaked for the Motorola Droid RAZR
HTC Primo will bring Ice Cream Sandwich, dual-core and Beats Audio at a low cost
LG CX2 “Optimus 3D 2” coming to Mobile World Congress
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