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Jul

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Being Released To AOSP Right Now

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Android OS, Galaxy Nexus, Jelly Bean 4.1, News, Nexus 7, Nexus S (Crespo/Soju), XOOM

Jelly Bean was announced at Google I/O just recently, but a posting from Google's Android open source guru, Jean-Baptiste Queru has confirmed that Android 4.1 is hitting the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository right now. Time for the developers among you to update your clients to get all the official bits.

This release will be tagged as android-4.1.1_r1 in AOSP. While the source is going live now, the full proprietary binaries for Google-blessed devices won't be rolled out until later. Google plans to directly support the Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, and Xoom through AOSP. Be aware that the addition of the Jelly Bean code to AOSP doesn't mean any OTA updates are on the way.

Jul

59 Best (And 3 WTF) New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 3 Weeks (6/17/12 - 7/9/12)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Best Apps/Games/LWPs Of The Week, News

Last Updated: July 18th, 2012

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 3 weeks or so.

This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here and the tablet app roundup here.

Nobody does app roundups like AP. If you like this post, consider voting for it on Reddit.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions?

Jul

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (7/1/12-7/8/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time for the Android Police Week In Review, your source for the most important Android bullet points of the week. You can catch a lot of this news in our podcast as well.

Features

11 modern Android devices compared with 13 storage benchmarks (spoiler alert: the Transformer doesn't do well).

Android at Arms (legal news)

~~The~~ ~~Galaxy Nexus~~ ~~just got banned from the United States~~ ~~and~~ ~~Google Play, probably asked a stupid question in IRC.~~ And it's back on the Play Store.
And Google is going to release an update to un-ban it.
Nokia politely suggests the Nexus 7 is probably infringing on one of its Wi-Fi patents, manages to avoid filing 20 lawsuits in the process.

Jul

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 17: It's Not A Tablet, It's Just Shaped Like One

Posted by David Ruddock in Podcast

Welcome back to another week of the Android Police Podcast. Spoiler alert: this one is really long. We're talking about Jelly Bean, Galaxy Nexus banhammering, and the Nexus 7. So at least it's interesting. We think (hope).

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Android at Arms (legal news)

The Galaxy Nexus just got banned from the United States and Google Play, probably asked a stupid question in IRC.
And Google is going to release an update to un-ban it.
Nokia politely suggests the Nexus 7 is probably infringing on one of its Wi-Fi patents, manages to avoid filing 20 lawsuits in the process.

Jul

CyanogenMod Team Talks Jelly Bean, And We Like What We're Hearing

Posted by Cameron Summerson in News

When Jelly Bean was announced, it's as if you could hear the entire Android community speak in unison: CM10! Anyone who has been around the block a time or two knows, though, you just don't ask for ETAs on CM builds. Of course, it wouldn't really matter if you did at this point - the JB source code isn't even available yet. However, the CyanogenMod Team took the time to address many of the questions on everyone's minds on their G+ earlier today, and we have to admit - it all sounds pretty good.

The post starts by addressing the version number; since JB is an incremental update to ICS will it be CM9.1?

Jul

Nexus S 4G Now "Fully Supported In AOSP, With No Restrictions"

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Nexus S 4G (Crespo4g)

In a post to the Android Building group earlier today, Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that Samsung's Nexus S 4G has officially and fully been brought into the AOSP fold. The device is now fully supported by AOSP, meaning its CDMA – and WiMax – binaries can now be "properly" distributed. Here's the full text of the announcement:

We've been able to resolve the issues around Nexus S 4G, and we can now properly distribute its CDMA and WiMAX binaries. That allows Nexus S 4G to work with AOSP just as well as Nexus S.
As a result, we now consider Nexus S 4G to be fully supported in AOSP, with no restrictions.

Jun

[Updated] CyanogenMod 9 Release Candidates Are Available For Several Devices Right Now

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in News

The wait has been a long one, but it's finally starting to come to a close. The CM team has officially released several RC-level builds of CyanogenMod 9 for many high-profile devices, including the Galaxy Nexus (GSM), several Galaxy S II variants, and the Nexus S and Nexus S 4G.

For the complete list, head to the source link below. As always, make absolutely sure that you're downloading the correct ROM for your device, and if you have any reservations, ask in a forum before flashing, and always make a backup first. Otherwise, happy flashing!

Update: The folks over at the CyanogenMod blog have just officially announced what we already knew was available, and the total number of devices with an available RC1 is 37, so head over to the downloads page to see if you're on the list.

Jun

[The Android Police Week In Review] The Biggest Android Stories Of The Week (6/17/12-6/24/12)

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Week In Review

It's time for the Android Police Week In Review, where I lay out a smorgasbord of delectable news-bites for your reading pleasure. You can catch a lot of this appetizing information on our weekly podcast as well, which airs live every Thursday at 5PM PST, at androidpolice.com/podcast. There's an IRC channel there, too. We might even use it occasionally.

Hardware Reviews

Ron reviews the Samsung Galaxy S III: and it's surprisingly adequate.
Fuhu Nabi 2: because your kids are too clumsy and destructive for an iPad.
Have you ever wanted a cool retro travel clock radio with Bluetooth that is basically so fragile you can't take it anywhere?

Jun

[The Android Police Podcast] Episode 15: Team Waffle Dippers, Unite!

Posted by David Ruddock in Podcast

I didn't pick the title. Anyway, welcome back to another edition of the Android Police podcast, this week with super-special guest Ron Amadeo. He writes here, in case you didn't know. Be sure to catch us live every Thursday at androidpolice.com/podcast too!

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Carrier 411

Verizon is at it again, giving more people in more places 4G LTE service.

Rumor Roundup

Some Motorola keyboard phone is coming to Sprint. The supposed device codename is "Irrelevant."
The Wall Street Journal says Google is working even harder on voice control.

Jun

[Update: Galaxy Tab 8.9 Too] Official CM9 Nightlies Arrive For The International Galaxy S III

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Galaxy S III, Galaxy Tab 8.9, News

Last Updated: June 19th, 2012

CyanogenMod 9 may still be a ways out, lending some credence to the claim that upgrading from Gingerbread to ICS is a very long endeavor. However, if you're willing to live your life on the bleeding edge, and you own an international Galaxy S III variant, then the time is right for you: CM9 nightlies are now available for your device.

This is, of course, still an early build, so expect some bugs along the way. CM9 has still not reached release candidate stage yet, which is itself still a few steps away from stable release. The adventurous and the knowledgeable need not concern themselves, though.