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It’s a been a long wait riddled with delays, broken promises and being shunned for something newer but was it worth it?  The original Transformer owners will soon find out since the ICS update for the tablet is now live.  The update is currently rolling out in Taiwan but should soon spread to other parts of the world, as announced by Asus on its Facebook page – this means that the update could reach you as late as next week, but that’s not a long delay, considering the months this tablet’s owners have been waiting. To our readers who own […]

The answer to the above caption seems to be a resounding yes it seems, if a leaked internal memo is to be believed.  The memo, which came by AndroidCentral’s desk recently, reveals this: The Device Launch Management team is pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II on March 1, 2012. Samsung and US Cellular are proud to launch the Samsung Galaxy S II a high end 3G Android-powered device. Based upon the success of the Samsung Mesmerize, we have worked with Samsung and [are] now able to offer our customers another great 3G Samsung Galaxy

In a bid to capture three different segments of the market – high end, mid range and low end – LG has announced three new devices in its new L-Style lineup, the Optimus L3, L5 and L7.  These will be put on the stand at the MWC later this month with the Optimus L7 being the stronger of the three with the other two leaning more towards offering budget friendly and moderately featured Android smartphones. Speaking of specs, the Optimus L3 will be an affordable Gingerbread device that brings in a 3.2-inch touchscreen display and a 3MP camera.  The L5,

Saddened to know that you are one of vast majority of people who can’t try Chrome on your shiny new ICS device or ROM?  Here’s a simple solution – just install it anyways.  Thanks to AndroidPolice, we can now give you the apk installation file for Google’s new browser tailored for Android. Before you try, remember that you need Ice-Cream Sandwich to try the browser – which at this point means the Xoom, the Galaxy Nexus or your device if its running an ICS-based ROM.  To install: Download the apk. Enable installation from unknown sources on your device. Install like

LG has a way of mixing up things we like – cute girls and great smartphones.  Every one of its press release is accompanied a great-looking lass holding up a good-looking device and this latest news on the upcoming Optimus 3D Cube follows the same routine. Coming off the tangent there to the actual device in question, the Optimus 3D Cube is of course the successor to LG’s first 3D venture, the Optimus 3D.  This newer Cubed version offers improved processing power (1.2GHz dual-core CPU), more storage (16GB), the same 3D camera (dual 5MP autofocus lens), and a similar display

The Galaxy Mini 2 and the Galaxy Ace 2 have now received their official tags from Samsung.  The two devices are aimed at users looking for an affordable Android device while not exactly compromising on what Android has to offer. The Galaxy Mini 2 has features in line with what we have heard about it before – an 800MHz processor, a 3.27-inch HVGA display, microSD, a 3MP camera, and Android 2.3 OS, which is likely to be the OS for its life.  The Galaxy Ace 2 is a slightly better version that improves on some things from its predecessor –

This tutorial will help you take that first step to making your Galaxy Fit S5670 more than it is, by way of rooting it initially, flashing ClockworkMod Recovery and finally, flashing a ROM that is more to your liking.  Read on to know how to do this. I.  Before You Begin 1.  Ensure that you have a fully charged device. 2.  This is a Windows-based procedure and so requires you to have a Windows-based PC. 3.  Install the S5670 USB drivers – this should be done automatically if you have already installed Kies.  If not, do it now as Odin

Please note that this tutorial applies only to the AT&T, Rogers, Bell and Telus versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note – you can check here for a How-To on rooting the original version of the device. I.  Before You Begin 1.  Back up your data before you begin the process – chances are slim of losing any of it, but do it just in case. 2.  This will add a number to the flash counter on Galaxy Note, which Samsung could check to deny warranty on your device.  If you don’t want to face this, turn back now and visit

Just in case you haven’t purged $300 on a Galaxy Note yet after our post, we have a better offer you might look into.  Amazon Wireless is offering the same AT&T Galaxy Note for a 50 notes less, at $249.99.  The device will be available in the same colors as previously announced by AT&T and being offered on Best Buy – ceramic and carbon, Samsung’s fancy way of saying white and black. Head over to Amazon Wireless to pick it up and enjoy its humungous 5.3 inch display, its fast 1.5GHz dual-core CPU and shoot awesome pics with its 8MP

The Note came out today but started shipping a couple of days ago to people who preordered it, which gave the devs a chance to root the device before the actual launch.  Da_G over at XDA forums is the hero to be noted in this feat and if you got your Note today and find that rooting it has made your life a little bit easier, be sure to donate to him! As for the actual process of rooting, it’s seems as simple as loading a tar file on Odin and flashing it to your device, but we’ll get a

Moto has handed in many a tardy slips when it came to updates, and it seems that things haven’t changed by a lot since the Motorola Droid first came out.  It’s yesteryear star, the Photon 4G, has a long wait ahead of it before it sees any official change in its current OS status – the company has released a roadmap regarding details on the Android 4.0 update for this device and others, and needless to say, things look grim on the official update side for Motorola users. Other than the Photon 4G, which is said to receive the Ice-Cream

We knew it was coming but thought we’d give you a heads-up just in case you were waiting on this dual-cored smartphone.  The Samsung Galaxy Note is now available from AT&T for $300 with a two-year contract – the 5-inched device is also available on Best Buy with exactly the same price and plans, so it won’t really matter who you buy it from. For specs, the Galaxy Note features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display that is stylus enabled, LTE network support, and an 8MP camera that can do 1080p video recording.  The

Clicking through the “Accept permissions” and the “Done” screens that come after every install is definitely a real pain when you are trying to restore apps that you had previous to a ROM Flash and can take a long time depending on the number of apps you have.  Droid Explorer is a real handy to avoid these hassles and among other things, this Windows-based software supports batch install of backed up applications. I.  Before You Begin: 1.  This How To assumes that you have backed up your APK files before you wiped data/flashed a ROM using a tool like the

File Expert is a great application and bundles a lot of utilities that you would normally need when using your droid on a daily basis.  One of these is the ability to back up applications – something you might need to do if you are moving to a different ROM and want to back up a specific version of an application that you liked.  Read on to know how to do this exactly. I.  Before You Begin Install File Expert from the Android Market.  You can do it here or from the Market app on your device. II.  Backing up