Leaked screenshots have surfaced that show a standard Snapdragon-powered Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-IG9505) running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The firmware was allegedly intended for the “Google Edition” Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505G) and features build number JWR66N.S005.130625, and it will reportedly be made available to everyone this July.
We had expected BlackBerry Messenger to make its debut on Android and iOS on June 27 thanks to T-Mobile U.K., but when it became apparent that the carrier’s announcement was incorrect, we started to wonder just how long BlackBerry would keep us waiting.
But during a quarterly earnings call this morning, CEO Thorsten Heins again reiterated the company’s plan to make BBM a cross-platform service “before the end of the summer.”
While the iPhone has been slowly making its way to carriers all over the world since its release in 2007, there are still a number of major operators that are yet to offer it. One of those is China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier with over 800 million subscribers; and another is DoCoMo, a Japanese carrier that serves almost half of the country’s mobile market.
But DoCoMo isn’t at all concerned, even though it’s losing customers to other carriers that do offer Apple’s device. A company executive has acknowledged that the iPhone is an “attractive” device, but points out that it also comes with some disadvantages, and insists that the latest Android-powered offerings are just as good.
Developers love getting their hands on a kernel source code, primarily because it allows them to unleash some great new custom ROMs with awesome features you don’t get as standard. As of today, the Galaxy S4 Zoom’s source code can be downloaded directly from Samsung.
Google is improving the number of tools available to Google Apps administrators today, with new features to help control personal devices brought in by employees. Companies using Google Apps combined with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programs can now give administrators improved control over corporate data with less interference to personal data
