Overclocked 1.6GHz Nexus 7 blasts benchmarks thanks to Trinity Kernel

As many of you know, the ASUS Nexus 7 is powered by the Tegra 3 chipset and its four main cores are clocked at 1.3GHz. Naturally, the guys over at XDA wanted to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the processor and have managed to make it run at the blazing 1.64GHz.

Google Nexus 2013 Concept Phone: Tegra 4, Android 4.2, Google Wireless

If Google launched its own wireless services, the first handset to connect to them would be, undoubtedly, a Google Nexus smartphone.

 Capable of delivering a pure Google experience, such a device would include not only state-of-the-art hardware inside, but also great looks and appealing features, that’s for sure.

Sony Ericsson phones from 2011 will not be getting Jelly Bean

UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, John Cooper was taking questions from customers on Facebook recently, and revealed that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S and Xperia Mini Pro will not be getting updates to Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean OS.

Jelly Bean now available for Nexus S users via OTA upgrade

Google has now made the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean available for Nexus S users via an over the air upgrade. The download weighs in at about 114MB and has been restricted to being a WiFi only download.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 available in India for Rs. 32.990

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, unveiled earlier this year at MWC 2012, is upgraded version of the very popular Galaxy Tab.


It was confusingly launched alongside the Galaxy Note 10.1 which sported a similar, slightly more premium look and a S-Pen stylus, something the former does not have, but unlike its predecessor it has only 16GB of internal memory.

Samsung GALAXY Note 2 Confirmed to Arrive in September with 5.5-Inch Display

According to the first rumors on the unannounced Galaxy Note 2, Samsung plans to put one of its newest Exynos system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution inside this smartphone.

In addition, the device should boast a large 5.5-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display, which might be of the same quality as Galaxy S III's PenTile screen.


It's been also rumored that Galaxy Note 2 will be equipped with 1.5GB of RAM, but given the fact that some Galaxy S III models are already shipping with 2GB of RAM onboard, this won't make it stand out.

Today, GSMArena claims that the 5.5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display has been confirmed by a trusted source close to the matter.

Moreover, the cited source also claims that the Galaxy Note 2 will come with 2GB of RAM instead of the previously rumored 1.5GB of RAM.

Apparently, the next Galaxy Note device will be a bit narrower than the original model and will feature a Galaxy S III-like form factor and design.

The smartphone will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 5250 chipset with dual-core ARM 15 processor, but this information has yet to be confirmed.

No word on the amount of megapixels of the main camera, but rumor has it that Galaxy Note 2 will boast an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back with improved sensor.

More importantly, Samsung decided to move the release date of the Galaxy Note 2 to September, though previous rumors claimed the smartphone will arrive in October.

The reason behind the South Korean handset maker's decision seems to be the fact that Apple plans to launch the iPhone 5 in October, so Samsung want to grab as many customers as possible before the Cupertino-based company comes forward with its latest product.

No more Flash support for Android after 15th August

Last November Adobe shocked the Android Tech community with an announcement that is discontinuing development of the Flash Player for mobile browsers. Today another announcement came from Adobe, no more Flash support after 15th of August!

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preview

Today at I/O 2012, Google officially announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the latest version of its mobile OS. Check the video preview after the break.

Project Butter is the major new innovation in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, making the entire UI fast, fluid and smooth. The entire interface runs at 60 frames per second and animations are smoother and quicker.

The other big thing is power efficiency. Jelly Bean now dials the CPU back to lower frequency when it’s not in use.

Jelly Bean comes with an improved Google Voice Search, now spoken by a much more human-sounding voice compared to Siri and S Voice.

The home screen has also been tweaked, adding some nice features like dynamically resizing widgets, widgets that will now automatically resize as you move them across screens.

Notifications get a major revamp with expanded Gmail notifications, multiple notification sizes, and actions to allow you to interact with apps straight from the notification display without needing to open the relevant app.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean changelog:

  Project Butter has brought smoother and faster feeling user interface
  Improved notification center with expandable and actionable notifications
  Updated widget behavior
  Improved camera and gallery apps for easy photo snapping and sharing
  Improved keyboard behavior with with word prediction
  Added Accessibility options with support for external Braille input
  Enhanced Android Beam allowing transfer of photos and video
  Offline Voice recognition and typing
  Google Voice search is more intelligent than ever
  Updated Google Search user interface
  Google Now adds automatic information feeds to your device (weather, traffic, sports, etc)
  Bi-Directional text and additional language support
  Truly high-resolution contact photos
  USB audio output and HDMI multichannel audio output
  App encryption and Smart App updates