Developers love getting their hands on a kernel source code, primarily because it allows them to develop some great new custom ROMs with awesome features that we don’t usually get as standard on our devices. As of today, the official Android 4.4 kernel files for both the Wi-Fi and LTE-enabled variants of the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 and Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 can be downloaded directly from Samsung’s Open Source Release Center.
Google has reportedly dropped Samsung and reached a deal with HTC over the next-generation Nexus 10, according to unnamed industry sources. The current Nexus 10 hasn’t been quite as successful as its smaller sibling, the Nexus 7, but Google will surely be hoping that HTC’s design expertise can change that.
HTC promised last July that it would focus all of its efforts on high-end devices in an effort to turn its struggling smartphone business around, but having tasted little success with that approach, it is now going to make more affordable midrange handsets its priority instead.
Chialin Chang, HTC’s Chief Financial Officer, told Reuters that the Taiwanese firm is looking to sell products in $150-$300 price range.
Samsung’s new black Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini — which made an early appearance in Russia late last month — is coming to select markets later this month, the South Korean company has confirmed.
The handsets are identical to the originals on the inside, but they’ve been given a new lick of paint and a “leather-like textured black back cover and bezel” just like the Galaxy Note 3’s.
Bryan Hertz, CEO and co-founder of Voxox, looks pretty happy. Photo: Voxox.
Voxox, a VoIP company with feature-packed iOS and Android apps, today gobbled up Israeli-based PokeTALK, a competitor with a similar main focus: cheap long-distance calling.
Over the next three months, PokeTALK’s service will be phased out as Voxox absorbs PokeTALK’s weighty, 600,000-strong user base (the company will toss users a bone in the form of 100 free minutes if users stick with Voxox).
