Posts tagged jelly-bean

Yes, you read that title right. ASUS, the reining king of updates, has already begun pushing out Jelly Bean to Transformer Pad TF300 customers in North America. This marks the beginning of their planned Jelly Bean updates for the Transformer series, which includes other models to be announced in the near future.

On Thursday, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S III was leaked online, much to the delight of Galaxy S III owners the world over. If you’re understandably cautious about installing it on your new handset prior to its official launch, then check out the 10-minute video below that shows the software in action on Samsung’s flagship Android handset.

You’ve just unwrapped your new Nexus 7 and you’re all set to start playing, when you quickly realize your screen is stuck in portrait. Now you start freaking out: “Oh no, did I get a defective Nexus 7?!” “Why won’t this thing rotate?!” “Where’s the setting to make this thing rotate?!” Calm down, take a deep breath, and exhale. Your Nexus 7 isn’t broken and you’re not doomed to spend eternity in the land of portrait.

Many of us are still getting acquainted with our new Android 4.1 devices (Nexus 7 in particular) so when I stumbled upon a long list of voice commands for Android 4.1, I just had to share. You may be familiar with many of the standard voice commands, but with the introduction of Google Now, there’s a whole new library of “ask and answer” commands for you to experiment with.

Google had the Nexus 7 on its mind when it pushed out a couple updates today. First up was Gmail, which didn’t include much other than improved support for 7″ devices (running Android 4.0+). Other than that, they’ve listed “Bug Fixes,” but exactly what bugs they fixed is anyone’s guess. Other improvements listed in the changelog appear to be leftovers but even then, not much to write home about.

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