To say Instagram’s Android launch was successfull would be an understatement. It took less than 24 hours for the photo sharing app to reach 1 million downloads and plenty of controversy. Yesterday’s wild Instagram ride brought random crashes, unsupported cameras, a quick update and unruly elitist iDouches. It was absolute pandemonium, and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Congrats to Instagram and we thank you for allowing us poor Android peasants passage through the pristine pastures of exclusive iPhilter photography. Check out the recap of yesterday’s stories after the break.
The Gmail app received a performance update today bringing Ice Cream Sandwich functionality to Honeycomb users and new label API’s to Froyo and Gingerbread. Honeycomb users will benefit from the new Ice Cream Sandwich features, including:
It appears those rumored Goggle glasses are indeed in the works and Google has released a tantalizing video to give us a look at what a future with Google’s glasses would look like. The video entitled Project Glass: Day One, gives us a sneak peek at how such innovation would change the way we see the world. It’s quite amazing and has me more excited than ever. I’ve haven’t been this giddy about getting my hands on something since the original Nintendo came out (sad, I know). Rather than waste any more of your time, I’ll let you get straight to the video and experience the world through the eyes of Google Glasses.
Samsung’s Galaxy 2 tablets (7.0 and 10.1) were originally scheduled to launch in the UK in March, but seeing as March has come and gone, it appears they have been delayed. A Samsung associate has confirmed the delay and points to Android 4.0 as the culprit. According to the associate, Samsung needed more time to work on the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the Android mobile operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is now scheduled to hit store in the UK sometime this month with a global rollout to follow.
Sprint employee training material for the Galaxy Nexus leaked today suggesting the possibility of it launching before Sprint’s 4G LTE network. According to the training docs, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus will have 4G LTE switched off by default. It makes sense to have LTE switched off if you don’t yet have a network to support it, but it could also be to avoid having users in non-LTE markets (which will be many) from experiencing adverse battery drain — as the material suggests. The odds of you being in a Sprint LTE area once it launches is pretty slim anyways so I’m guessing Sprint customers probably won’t care about it being switched off.
