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Sunday 29 July 2012

[News] What devices will get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean?

Jelly Bean Android 4.1
It has just been over one month since the official announcement of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The mobile operating system's source code has been released a couple of weeks back already, so it makes sense for us to believe that "Jelly Bean" updates should be following? Well we have a list (quite a short one though as not many manufacturers have confirmed with the media..) of smartphones officially confirmed to receive the new Jelly Bean update and another list of those that we assume will get the update.

Sunday 22 July 2012

[News] Samsung plans "major" Galaxy event, but it's not a phone






On July 21 here in NZ, Samsung had sent out a "Save the Date" message to the press, addressing a mystery major event on the 'Galaxy' lineup, planned to be on August 15 at 10AM EST (3AM NZ Time; most people  in NZ would be in bed then..).

Monday 16 July 2012

[News] Steve Jobs Would Be Proud: How Apple Won The War Against Flash

Picture Source: MobileJacker

Steve Jobs would definitely be proud! On Thursday 28 June, Adobe did an extraordinary thing! The company announced in a blog post that it would discontinue the use of Flash Player for devices running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It also said it would pull the plugin from the Google Play store on August 15, just less than a month away from today!   Read on for more!

Sunday 15 July 2012

[News] New iPad along the way??

There might be a new iPad coming out soon! Apple is reportedly modifying the new iPad to feature a different battery and LCD back-lighting scheme, making this device a lot less 'hot' than what it is currently with the new iPad and are also modifying the dimensions to make it just about as thin as the iPad 2. This new model should hit before the holiday season at the end of the year, and it may launch alongside the iPad mini that is currently being rumored about.

[News] Dropbox Pro Users Get Double the Space for the Same Price!

Do you find yourself running out of cloud storage space fast? Do you also want a reliable cloud storage provider as well? Well if you answered yes to both those questions.. read on!

Saturday 7 July 2012

[News] Official ICS for NZ Galaxy Note Owners should be just round the corner...

My Galaxy Note ICS Update (Android 4.0.3)

Hello guys, You might've seen me on Youtube talk about how there was still no Ice Cream Sandwich update for my Galaxy Note and that I was not happy about it, well, not anymore! New Zealand Samsung Galaxy Note owners should finally be receiving their Ice Cream Sandwich updates within the week or two. I have just received my update through Samsung Kies, but it did not show up through OTA, so try checking for a new firmware using the Kies software.

Wednesday 4 July 2012

[Video] Galaxy Note-No Ice Cream Sandwich Update in NZ!


In this video I talk about my mood for no ICS update available yet for NZ Galaxy Notes.
As you can see I am not very happy about it.... and I can imagine you guys aren't either!