There’s no such thing as too many Android 4.4 KitKat roll-outs. Shortly after Motorola officially confirmed the Verizon Moto X to be the first to receive the update followed by the whole Droid family; the Google Nexus 4 OTA to Android 4.4 has also begun. The new update hit the major AOSP and Nexus channels, and it brings the build...
Android / Mobile OS / Phones / Samsung
by Phones Review · Published 11/19/2013 · Last modified 11/20/2013
Last month Samsung announced that Jelly Bean will start rolling out to Galaxy Note 2. Today the internet exploded with rumours that Android 4.3 is really close to arrive to Samsung Galaxy Note 2 suggesting this will happen in a few days. But that was hours ago! Now it appears that Samsung went ahead all the speculations by launching the...
The multinational information technology corporation HP is apparently getting serious about Android. The leading PC maker company already has a brief history of releasing Android devices in the face of two powerful tablets that hit the stage this year. Remember the HP SlateBok 10 x2? It has a 10-inch 1920×1200 full HD display, NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core processor backed up with...
After Samsung released its Jelly Bean update for Samsung Galaxy S3 last week, users reported some issues with the UK GT-I9300 and the South Korean SHV-E210K models related to reducing the battery life, constant applications crash and unstable connection via Wi-Fi. In addition, the Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S3 brought also lags into the performance along with incomplete device...
Android / Apple / Apple iOS / Mobile OS / Phone Business & Stocks / Phones
by Phones Review · Published 11/16/2013
A new report from Canaccord Genuity reveals interesting trends about the global smartphone market in Q3. Despite the fact Android destroyed iOS in OS market share, Apple made all the money in the quarter. Furthermore, the results show that Apple made more money than all Android vendors combined. The earlier IDC report revealed that Android dominates the market with the...
Android / Apple iOS / Applications / BlackBerry OS / Mobile OS / Windows Phone
by Phones Review · Published 11/16/2013
Do you know the app Snapchat? The fast growing company that is providing the successful app for communication Snapchat seems to be an appetite bite for the major players in the mobile world. A recent report revealed that the relatively small company of Snapchat has declined the offer of Facebook to purchase the app for $3 billion. If this seems...
Android / Mobile OS / Motorola / Phones
by Phones Review · Published 11/15/2013 · Last modified 11/19/2013
This week Motorola made an announcement that Moto G will be shipping with Android 4.4 KitKat preinstalled in the US. As promised in the handset’s recent launch event, The Moto G is releasing in other regions shipping with Android 4.3, with a 4.4 update expected down the line. We reported that CEO Dennis Woodside reported that KitKat is coming to...
Android / Mobile OS / Phones / Samsung
by Phones Review · Published 11/11/2013 · Last modified 11/19/2013
Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Samsung Galaxy S4 are finally getting the long-awaited Android 4.3 update starting this month. The rollout actually has already began for the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 in different markets, so Note 2 is next to go though it was announced that that Samsung already have access to that update since, according...
With every new version of Android, users immediately want their phones up to date, so Sony officially revealed its plans today for a certain number of its devices to get Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and Android 4.4 KitKat in the near future, starting with the Jelly Bean update next month. The others will follow and probably more devices will be...
It was long expected and now it is here – the new Android 4.4 KitKat. The brand new software update of the Android OS has been officially up for some time now and it brings with it features that are both going to make you think they would really have an immediate effect and yet there are those that will...
