Android Tablet Update

In T-Mobile’s usual fashion they have updated their official support page today for their Samsung Galaxy S II, detailing the upgrade to Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. At the first of the month they tweeted the update was coming on the 11th, but today its been confirmed. We do have some bad news however…

Amazon had a successful first year with its Appstore; outside of a false start, however, no one beyond the US could enjoy it. That looks to be changing, if whispers to AllThingsD turn into shouts. The reputed insiders have Europeans getting their crack at the third-party Android store sometime in the summer, with app submissions starting as soon as next week…

Tablets appear to be reaching their saturation point, according to data from the latest ComScore report.ComScore found that one out of every four smartphone owners is also a regular tablet user, enough for the report to claim tablets have "reached a critical mass in the U.S."While "critical mass" is a bit hyperbolic, tablet usage has seen a 13…

New research shows that tablet owners are more likely to be older – and far more interested in consuming content than producing it. Those demographics blow holes in popular tablet-as-PC-replacement theories.

Smartphone Users Like Tablets
The insights come from a report last week from market analyst comScore, which also shows that nearly one in four smartphone users also used tablets during the three-month period ending April 2012…

I know that having an Ice Cream Sandwich as a dessert is supposed to be a smooth experience for your throat, but it seems that this is not the case for some owners of Sony Xperia handsets which hail from 2011. Apparently, the latest Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich software update has an unwanted passenger hanging around – the bug does seem to affect LED notification, which is deemed as a crucial function for most users out there…

A Rumor has been making the rounds the Google’s Andy Rubin was leaving Google to work at a startup called CloudCar. Robert Scoble apparently started the rumor on Google’s own social network, Google+. The rumor pushed Andy Rubin to take to Twitter where he denied he would be leaving the company…

If you rushed out to buy a Galaxy S III (or are waiting to buy one) but got skittish over decking it out with extras, it’s time to relax. MobileFun has volunteered to show a quintet of the Android 4.0 phone’s official accessories on-camera to get a feel for how they work. Samsung’s desktop dock, battery charger and flip cover all get the video treatment, but the highlights are the WiFi Display Hub and C-Pen…