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Google Nexus lineup hits multiple partners in 2012

Chris Burns, May 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Google may well be breaking its long-standing streak of working with one single partner for each new Nexus device starting this year. This tip comes from a person familiar with the matter speaking with the Wall Street Journal this week, they also noting that the seven “lead devices” they’ve produced in the past will not be evidence that they’ll continue this strategy in the near future. This new strategy would have Google working with what we can expect would be more than just Samsung, HTC, and Motorola for their next software release code-named “Jellybean” in the latter half of 2012.

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Google Nexus Ice Cream Sandwich delays explained

Mark Raby, Apr 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has responded to the criticism that it took too long to roll out stable updates to its Nexus devices, the ones that should always get the first and most reliable versions of any Android upgrades. It's one of the benefits of owning a Nexus phone. That most certainly was not the case with Ice Cream Sandwich, unfortunately. With Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, there was a very different story. Read The Full Story

GSM Galaxy Nexus gets Android 4.0.4 plus XOOM WiFi and Nexus S

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has released the latest update of Ice Cream Sandwich for UMTS/GSM devices, pushing out Android 4.0.4 for the HSPA+ version of the Galaxy Nexus sold in Europe, among other models. The current Nexus flagship, along with its predecessor, the Nexus S, and the Motorola XOOM WiFi all get the updated version of the platform, headed out as an OTA upgrade. Read The Full Story

Fixed Nexus S ICS update coming in “the next few weeks”

Ben Kersey, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google briefly began rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Nexus S back in December, but it was quickly pulled after user complaints of poor battery life. Some users managed to see the tasty update, and custom ROMs have been plentiful on xda-developers, but those simply looking for the stock experience have been left waiting for several months. That wait will soon be over. Read The Full Story

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Android Fragmentation does not matter to you

Chris Burns, Feb 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you are an everyday average user of a smartphone that just so happens to use Android instead of iOS or Windows Phone or BlackBerry, you might have heard the word “fragmentation.” This is a word that in this case means there are many different kinds of hardware surrounding the Android software and many different versions of Android out there on these devices today. This can pose a problem for developers making apps that, if at all possible, should work on every different Android-laden device. For you though, the problem with fragmentation is this: it’s a scare tactic.

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Android CDMA support changed slightly, Nexus may stopper updates

Chris Burns, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [10]

Today there’s been a bit of a scare out there in the Android world as Google changed its official support pages to stop support for some CDMA features on devices. This seemed to include the Verizon Galaxy Nexus at first along with all CDMA devices in all ways. In fact the situation is simply this: CDMA devices have been removed from some developer support pages simply because not all features are fully supported. The Verizon Galaxy Nexus along with all other Galaxy Nexus devices in the future will continue to get official firmware updates unless Google deems them unworkable.

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Google holds Android 4.0 updates for Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus

Paul Fang, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [14]

Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Nexus S hit a snag today, as Electronista reports that the company posted on its forums that it was holding the operating system update to "monitor feedback", after users saw atypically high battery drain on the devices. Possibly induced by a spike in processor usage, the issue wasn't enough to halt all updates worldwide, but the upgrade "wouldn't return until Google was satisfied there wasn't an issue." Read The Full Story

Nexus S to get Android 4.0 starting today, GSM version first

Rue Liu, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [9]

Google has announced via Twitter that it will be rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Nexus S starting today. The GSM models of the device will be the first to receive the update, which will roll out in batches. The Nexus S was Google's premiere Android 2.3 Gingerbread device that launched last November. Read The Full Story

Android ICS Nexus S update out today for employees only

Chris Burns, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [6]

It has begun for those of you working at Google today running a Nexus S, the update to the official Google-distributed Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 build that you've been waiting for all these … days! Word is that the build sent out today to some (not all) Google employees is an early build of Ice Cream Sandwich, so there's certainly some kinks to work out, but this is no 3rd party street nightly build folks, Google sends out the good stuff right away. For those of you waiting at home, you can also get Ice Cream Sandwich right this moment if you wish, but you'll have to do some hacking to get it. Refer back to our post about the Rocket Launcher hidden in the system to see. Read The Full Story

ICS 4.0 hidden Android Dreams feature hands-on

Chris Burns, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [4]

Google is a place where even though their slogan may no longer have to do with the doing of no evil, they certainly do a lot of good AND have a lot of fun - case in point: a hidden feature in the newest version of their mobile operating system Ice Cream Sandwich by the name of Android Dreams. This feature is otherwise known as Rocket Launcher or "RocketLauncher" for those of you buzzing around the hacker circuit, and what we've got courtesy of our pal Cory from Android Community is a hands-on experience with this new way of looking at your apps. All you need is a bit of digging skills and you can see this rather spacey experience for yourself! Read The Full Story

Reviews

Galaxy Nexus Review

Vincent Nguyen, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [120]

A new Nexus is a big deal in Android land, and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has plenty to live up to. As close to an official Googlephone as we ever get, they demonstrate not just how Android’s creators think smartphone development should progress, but set the benchmark by which the platform as a whole is compared to rivals like the iPhone. The Galaxy Nexus brings with it Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and some of Samsung’s finest hardware: do the two add up to the best smartphone on the market today? Read on for the full SlashGear review.

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Galaxy Nexus uses same NXP NFC solution as Nexus S

Chris Burns, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [11]

This week it was revealed by none other than NXP that they were the ones that have been in the Nexus S from Samsung powering its NFC component and will also be in the Galaxy Nexus, they therefore providing the NFC for both Google hero devices. This isn't a gigantic deal for those of you that just want your devices to work, not caring about what's deeply embedded in the devices to make them work so spectacularly, but for the Android need-to-know crowd out there, you'll need to know this: the same NXP PN65N solution used in the Nexus S will now be used on the Galaxy Nexus. Read The Full Story