Posts tagged Nexus one

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Nexus Android Honeycomb Tablet Expected from Google

Mar 29th

Posted by admin in News & Updates

Google is apparently preparing its own entry in the growing Android tablet competition. Reports say Google is working with LG on a Nexus-branded tablet running the Android Honeycomb 3.0 software.

The tablet could ship as soon as this summer, according to tech pundit Eldar Murtazin, writing for Mobile-Review [translation].

Google first partnered with HTC to create its own brand smartphone, Nexus One, which is now retired. Then Google paired with Samsung for the successor Nexus S, also running the latest version of Android at the time. Given Google’s history of teaming up to manufacturers to release phones under its brand, it’s indeed possible a More >

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Droid X Android ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3 Update Not Coming This Weekend?

Mar 28th

Posted by admin in News & Updates

As we tell you quite frequently Google is very good at getting updates out for their Android mobile platform. The problem arises when it comes to manufacturers actually getting the latest updates pushed to their devices. A prime example of this would be Google’s latest Android ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3 which, despite being out for quite some time, has still only been installed on Google’s own Nexus One and Nexus S.

Owners of the Motorola Droid X on Verizon are sure to know that rumors had been floating around about the Gingerbread update coming to the device sometime this weekend. This would have came virtually More >

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LG Optimus One Getting Android ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3 This Spring

Mar 21st

Posted by admin in News & Updates

There are many different phones on the market powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system from a wide array of different manufacturers. Each of these different phones feature their fair share of positive qualities be it price, big screen, high res camera or what have you. However, just about every Android smartphone is the same in that it takes quite some time before actually being updated to the latest version of Android.

In fact, some of the only smartphones currently on the market running Android 2.3 include Google’s own Nexus One and Nexus S. Luckily, many other manufacturers have let us know More >

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Google Releases Android 2.3.3 Update .ZIPs For Nexus One And Nexus S

Feb 25th

Posted by admin in News & Updates

Google may have jumped the gun on announcing that the Android 2.3.3 update for the Nexus One was available – although they did say that it could be a few weeks until the update deployed OTA, it wasn’t available for download and install, either. Or, rather, it wasn’t until now: the update .ZIPs have been posted and can be downloaded directly from Google.

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Nexus One:

Obviously, Gingerbread brings a ton of new features, and 2.3.3 builds upon them even further. Install instructions are the same as previous More >

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Nexus One Gets Gingerbread (Finally!)

Feb 24th

Posted by Jane in News & Updates

Congratulations Nexus One owners, the wait for Gingerbread is almost over. Today, Google has finally begun pushing out the latest version of Android, codenamed Gingerbread, to Nexus One devices. While the rollout is likely to take a few days, it’s likely that if you have a Nexus One, that you will receive it very soon.

Nexus S owners can also look forward to an OTA update as well, which includes fixes for some annoying and troublesome issues, like the random reboot issue, and support for Near Field Communication. It also includes a substantial change that prevents Facebook from syncing the way More >

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Android 2.3.3 OTA Now Rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One

Feb 23rd

Posted by Jane in News & Updates

Good news for long-suffering Nexus One owners – Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread has finally begun rolling out for the original Nexus and its big brother, the Nexus S over-the-air. For the Nexus S, 2.3.3 will introduce new near-field communication (NFC) capabilities. For those still rocking a Nexus One, this will be the first official taste of Gingerbread on the device.

The news was broken via the official Google Nexus Twitter account, which advises users to be patient, and says that the OTA update process will take several weeks. Of course, direct links to the OTA update package should start to emerge long More >

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