If you’re the proud owner of a WiFi Motorola XOOM, your loyalty is about to pay off. Unlike the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, you’re XOOM is about to get Jelly Bean, as a significant amount of users are starting to see the update. The update will bring your early settler to Android 4.1.1 and bring all the buttery smoothness with it.
Apparently a few HTC One X owners have been experiencing fluctuating WiFi signals based on how they “hold the phone.” A familiar issue if you may recall the whole Apple Antennagate. It appears to only affect the quad-core Tegra 3 versions of the HTC One X, but nevertheless, it is discouraging. We’re not sure exactly how many devices are affected, but HTC has acknowledged the issue and is working on a fix.
LG released a new “smart remote” app onto Android today, allowing users to connect to the same router as their media devices and control their LG networked media products released in 2012. There’s not a major list of compatible devices at this time (mostly Blu-ray Players) but you can expect LG to continue adding support for future devices. As long as you posses any of the following compatible LG media devices, you’ll be able to control them using your Android smartphone:
It’s Sunday, but not just any Sunday — it’s Memorial Day Weekend Sunday! That means we have something special planned, and it doesn’t include potato salad. Last week we were giving away an An Android Watch and today we’re going to announce the lucky winner as well as give you a chance to win some new swag.
In today’s Android tablet market, many manufacturers are learning from the success of the Kindle Fire and moving towards a more affordable pricing model. The majority of Android tablet failures have come from over pricing for essentially a device no one really needs. In order to entice a customer to purchase an in-between device such as a tablet, they need to be affordable — and at the very least, cheaper than a laptop (which undoubtedly blow tablets out of the water in terms of hardware and software). They’re portable content consumption machines, but in order for that content to get consumed, they need to get in the hands of the consumers. So how do you do that? Ask Amazon.
Up next, I’m going to take a look at Samsung’s latest answer to a budget friendly Android tablet that not only comes in at just above $200, but is also running the latest version of Android: Ice Cream Sandwich.
