Tag: upgrade

Xperia S gets some tasty Ice Cream Sandwich

Did you dive into a new Sony Mobile, even though it was “only” running Android 2.3.7? Well, good news, because today Sony Mobile are starting the roll-out of Ice Cream Sandwich for the Xperia S. With the new OS you’ll also receive some Sony extras, such as a …

Motorola update their ICS upgrade schedule. Poor Motoluxe.

A few months ago we posted details of the Motorola Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade schedule. It showed some worrying dates for devices like the Motorola Xoom tablet with 3G which was still in the evaluation stages and the yet to be released Motoluxe shown as possibly getting ICS at …

HiDrive adds extra features to their mobile apps

The bods from HiDrive have been twiddling around with their mobile apps and have added stacks of new features. Their service is similar to DropBox but locks your important stuff away in one of their ISO 27001-accredited datacentres in Germany. All versions now have bandwidth-friendly image previews, with …

Why is my Android Phone not getting an Update?

This is a question that I find is being asked all the time by Android users. I’m in a position working in the telecoms industry where I get asked this about 20 times a day. It’s something that I have become fairly blase about. The honest truth is …

Galaxy SII ICS Upgrade set for Monday ?

So, we’ve had a few dates regarding the Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich update. Last we heard, it was sometime soon and we’ve previously heard dates ranging from Q1 to March 1st. Now best-mobile-contracts have a confirmed date of March 19th, which is this coming Monday. They have …

MWC – Huawei Honor – Up close

This one has been out for a few months now, but we figured it was worth a few shots if you’re considering one. Here’s a rather bright version – you can get lots of different rear panels and they had a selection on the stand. Specs then, 8 …

HTC release update on progress of ICS upgrades

HTC have released an update on the progress of their ICS upgrades for various devices. The first round of updates will hit the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Sensation XE by the end of March, with the Sensation XL following soon after. It’s also announced some other …

Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note to receive ICS “in Q1”

Android 4.0, aka ICS, aka Ice Cream Sandwich … here in the UK we’re not overly familiar with the term “Ice Cream Sandwich”, but I did used to eat something like this when I was a kid. Anyway, I digress. According to the Facebook page for Samsung Norway …

HTC Flyer might get another update, Ice Cream Sandwich this time

HTC have been rumoured to have mentioned a future update for the HTC Flyer to Ice Cream Sandwich to a customer complaining about how they disliked the Honeycomb update. Apparently whilst discussing how the customer could downgrade their tablet to Gingerbread the customer service-type-person mentioned that they could …

HTC Sensation update – Have you got yours?

We’re seeing some HTC Sensation owners on Orange get system updates today. It seems to introduce the rather excellent Signal Boost technology which hooks onto any WiFi and gives you a mobile signal. Ideal for in office environments where those special reflective windows kill mobile signals from normal …

Android 2.3.4 arriving for the Galaxy SII

Samsung appear to have started rolling out Android 2.3.4 updates via Kies to Galaxy SII owners. The upgrade is rolling out today and will backup all your content as part of the update. We’ve had a couple of mails about this and would like to know if yours …