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Verizon Announces Ice Cream Sandwich Update For Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7

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by Roy Alugbue on
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Today’s a joyous day for owners of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 operating on Verizon’s blazing 4G LTE network— Verizon has officially announced the Ice Cream Sandwich update is ready to roll out to the masses. The update will bring the Android version to 4.0.4 and the software version to i815.LP10, while also bringing items like facial unlock, an updated Music app, revamped Calculator app and a desktop view in the stock browser. For now— only the change log is available for view, but Verizon should begin rolling out the 289MB update within the next week or too, so there’s no need to fret too much.

So there you have it: the Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be getting a new lease on life after all.

source: Verizon Wireless

Google Updates Its Gesture Search App, Allows Nexus 7 To Get In On The Doodling Search Action

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As if you needed any additional reason to drool over the Gesture Search app, Google has provided the world with yet another reason. It recently updated its Gesture Search app to be compatible tablets such as the Nexus 7 in order to allow those users to you guessed it— search for items by using simple gestures. Among the noteworthy changes are a freshened up UI, better search performance and customizable actions for contacts.

The app is available in the Play Store now, so if you’re itching to take advantage of these new features— hit the link or scan the code below and grab your copy today.

 

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Google Translate Gets Another Update, Continues To Make Translation Just A Little Easier For Users

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Google Translate is a necessary app for those of us who are curious in expanding our linguistic capacity. So with that in mind, Google does its best to provide routine updates for its Translate app in order to allow us to translate languages as simply as possible. The app has been updated to show “Did you mean” suggestions and more handwriting languages. All in all, just when you think the app couldn’t get any more foolproof— it keeps getting more foolproof.

The new app is available for all Android 2.1+ devices, so you’ve got no excuses not to grab the latest update unless you know— you don’t want to show off to your friends the ability to communicate in another language and all.

 

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Samsung Updates Its Kies Desktop Software, Gives The UI A Heavy Dose Of Modernization

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It’s no secret that Samsung’s Kies desktop software isn’t the most intuitive or user-friendly, but Samsung took some time anyways to make the new update just a little better. From the surface, it looks like Sammy has gone ahead and tweaked the UI significantly in this latest update— which allows for a more organized, yet simplified appearance for users. Unfortunately there’s no change log or anything of note that lists all that’s changed in the latest update, but hey— change is always good for us picky folk.

The new update is available for both Windows and Mac users, so if you’re on a Sammy device, head on down to the source link to grab your download today.

source: Samsung

Acer Iconia Tab A100, A200 and A500 all won’t be receiving offcial Jelly Bean upgrades

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Looks like we have some bad news for Iconia A100, Acer A200 and Acer A500 owners. An Acer spokesperson has just confirmed that a Jelly Bean update will not becoming to either of these 3 devices. While the A100 and A500 are already over a year old, the A200 was only just launched earlier this year, thus it’s quite disappointing that these devices won’t officially see anything past Ice Cream Sandwich.

Will this announcement by Acer make you guys who own these devices to root them?

source: Notebookitalia

‘Update My Moto!’ campaign started in an effort to obtain Tegra 2 ICS drivers for Atrix 4G and Photon 4G

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Just last week Motorola announced that it would not be upgrading its Atrix 4G and Photon 4G handsets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, despite earlier promises to do so. A new campaign called Update My Moto has been initiated in hopes that Motorola will release a leak of what has already been completed, or at least a supported Tegra 2 kernel for Android 4.0, so that devs can put together feature filled custom ROMs for the disheartened community.

“In 2012 Motorola announced an upgrade to our devices, Atrix and Photon, to Ice Cream Sandwich. Now they have changed their stance, leaving us with an outdated version of Android.

With this campaign, we are asking for a leak of what was been done already or a compatible Tegra 2 kernel for Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. With these files, we can develop a working version ourselves.

You can help us to achieve that. Share this campaign in your blog, social network, show it to your friends or file a BBB complaint. Let’s grab Motorola’s attention!”

No, you don’t have to donate any money and you don’t have to picket outside Motorola’s corporate offices (though that would probably garner some attention). All Julian asks is that you share the campaign on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest. And, if you’re as frustrated with this mess as I am, then be sure to hit the source link below.

Source: UpdateMyMoto

Google Confirms Motorola Mobility Will Acquire Viewdle

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We knew Google was quietly on its way to making facial recognition just a little bit better, but now it has finally confirmed what the world already knew. A Motorola Mobility spokesman states:

 

“Motorola Mobility today announced that it has acquired Viewdle, a leading imaging & gesture recognition company. Motorola and Viewdle have an existing commercial agreement and have been collaborating for some time. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.”

 

Now that the cat is out of the bag, the formal acquisition will mean a few things. The first thing is Viewdle’s technology will allow it to allow Google users to easily tag photos of friends and family across Google+, Picasa and of course, Android. And hey, we can’t have too many means to tag and identify our favorite contacts on the web, right?

 

source: CNet

 

 

TomTom Officially Releases Android App

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Android users finally have a solid alternative to Google’s Map Navigation app. Famed navigation company TomTom has launched its navigation service on Android and aims to bring something that Google Map Navigation can’t do— offline use. This is done by downloading and storing maps on your Android device of choice, meaning users will be able to download maps that covers the US, UK & Ireland, Europe, South Africa, and South East Asia for starters. Each map will allow users to have special features such as IQ Routes and spoken street names.

As exciting as the app’s release is, there are a couple of major observations to note. The app itself costs $49.99, while each map can range from $39 to $79.99— though TomTom does promise free lifetime updates. Another catch is well… the app isn’t compatible with most popular many devices. Early reports indicate the app is currently not compatible with devices like the Samsung Galaxy S III, HTC One X & One S or Sony’s Xperia line. Heck– I found the app isn’t even compatible with my Galaxy Nexus. Hopefully TomTom will work out its kinks and get the app to be compatible with most devices sooner than later.

Head on down to the Play Store to see if your phone is compatible with the app or not.

 

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Both the Pantech Element and Burst get Ice Cream Sandwich

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This week we have seen numerous updates for a variety of devices. Just recently, we covered Android 4.1 Jelly Bean being available for both the Transformer Prime and Infinity, as well as soon to be available for the International HTC One X, One S, and One XL later this month. However those who are using Pantech devices, the Element and Burst models specifically, can now enjoy the tasty Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Even though it isn’t the latest and greatest software, it will still improve the performance of both devices. Here is what you get:

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ASUS releases official Jelly Bean ROMs for Transformer Prime and Infinity

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When the Transformer Prime launched, it was the first tablet to ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and now it’s one of the first devices to receive Jelly Bean along with the Transformer Pad Infinity.

If you are one of the many folks who regularly modify your device with ROM’s and tweaks by unlocking the bootloader, you probably noticed that you did not receive the OTA update. However, ASUS brings good news as the company released the full official Jelly Bean ROMs on the their website.

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