By Brandon Russell |
Android’s latest distribution figures, collected during a 14-day period ending May 1, were released this week and Jelly Bean’s popularity is growing. The latest figures show a steady increase in adoption of Android 4.1 and above, likely due in large part to handsets that are…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just released its latest Android install base figures. The company revealed that 54.2 percent of all Android devices are still running Gingerbread, which is now four generations old. 1.8 percent of all Android devices run Honeycomb, 25.8 percent run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new report, the Google event to be held on Oct. 29 in New York City is going to be a busy one with the unveiling of new hardware as well as software. An anonymous source speaking with The Next Web spoke with…
By Todd Haselton |
The iPad mini will likely be announced on Oct. 23 during Apple’s freshly announced press event in San Jose. But our readers are comprised of iOS fans and Android users alike, so here’s a few other small 7-inch range tablets that you might want to…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just released its latest Android distribution data, which gives a glimpse into the market share that each version of Android has around the world. Not surprisingly, because manufacturers have been slow to update or release devices powered by it, just 1.8% of Android devices…
By Mark Hearn |
If you’re on a strict budget, but would love to have a new smartphone and tablet, then have we got a deal for you! A trusted source has shared details about an upcoming promotion: a free ZTE Optik tablet with the purchase of a new…
By Todd Haselton |
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is the new cat’s pajamas in the mobile world, but Android Ice Cream Sandwich is just now beginning to make its footprint. In fact, its install base increased from a 7.1% share of all Android devices in July to a 15.9% install…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung must really be trying to create a tablet with every conceivable screen size. Ok — I stole that line from our editor-in-chief Sean Aune, but recent court documents revealed in the ongoing case beween Apple and Samsung in the United States have revealed that the…
By Killian Bell |
We had suspected that the Android Jelly Bean upgrade was just around the corner for the Motorola Xoom, but we’re still surprised to hear that some users are already receiving it so soon. Motorola — now owned by Google — is now pushing out the…
By Todd Haselton |
Google recently published the statistics on the distribution of its various versions of Android and, as we expected, Gingerbread is still installed on the largest number of devices. 64% of all Android devices run that version of the operating system, which is now two iterations…
By Adriana Lee |
As the Android masses know, Google likes hiding trifling bits of fun in its updates. Gingerbread users who repeatedly hit the version number in the settings were rewarded with Jack Larson’s “zombie art.” In Honeycomb, a bee got its buzz on, and in ICS, an…
By Sean P. Aune |
With the evidence mounting that Jelly Bean is about to be announced as the next version of Android, we decided to ask our readers what version of Android they are currently running. The results may surprise you a bit. Out of nearly 2,000 participants, and…
By Todd Haselton |
LG said recently that it will stop developing tablets, for now, and will instead focus on its smartphone products. “We’ve decided to put all new tablet development on the back burner for the time being in order to focus on smartphones,” LG spokesman Ken Hong told…
By Sean P. Aune |
Toshiba has unveiled Ultrabooks this morning that meet the needs of every kind of user. Ultrabooks have become the latest arena for combat between computer manufacturers, and Toshiba is coming to the battlefield with some new heavy artillery. The new Satellite U series ranges from the…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s been nearly 8 months since Ice Cream Sandwich was released, yet the OS must be setting some kind of record as the slowest rollout in the history of tech. Alas, it continues to make its painfully slow ascent up the Android mountain and, according…
By Todd Haselton |
We don’t often write up Kickstarter projects here at TechnoBuffalo because, well, all too often the projects don’t receive the funding required and the products never see the light of day. We’re drop-dead in love with an idea called Chameleon, however, which aims to change…
By Killian Bell |
Sony announced back in March that its Tablet S and Tablet P devices would receive the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update by the end of April, but nearly two months on the latter is still waiting. Sony has now confirmed that the dual-screen device…
By Brandon Russell |
Five months ago, the Asus’ Transformer Prime was hotter than Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games. Not only was the tablet fast, sleek, and well built; it was the first device that made consumers question the iPad’s dominance. (And did we mention it came with Nvidia’s much…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 during Mobile World Congress, a 7-inch tablet that sits between the original Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, thanks to the inclusion of ICS. We’ve had our hands on a review unit for several days now…
By Killian Bell |
If you didn’t blow all of your saving on a new HTC One smartphone yesterday, then you may like to know that Motorola’s second-generation XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablets are now available to purchase in the U.K. from Carphone Warehouse. First announced…
By Mark Hearn |
Google has officially released an update for its Gmail app today, with the changelog’s primary focus on bringing the Ice Cream Sandwich experience to users that are stranded on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The most noticeable enhancements are the abilities to swipe to move between newer…
By Todd Haselton |
Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is so old we honestly had to look back to when it was officially announced before we wrote this story. As it turns out, however, Google officially launched ICS in October of last year, about six months ago.…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC first announced the One X during Mobile World Congress as its brand new flagship smartphone. It offers NVIDIA’s latest and greatest quad-core Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, an insanely sharp 720p HD display, 32GB of storage, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and so…
By Todd Haselton |
U.S. Cellular announced on Thursday that it is now offering the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for $399.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate in “current and upcoming” 4G LTE markets for a limited time. Outside of those markets, however, the tablet is available for $499.99 after a…
