Google’s latest phones are shipping with Android 9 Pie, and third-party phone makers are starting to get on the Pie bandwagon… but few enough people are using the latest version of Android that Google hasn’t even added it to its Android Platform Distribution chart. But you know what is on that chart? Android 4.0 Ice […]
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Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablets run Android 4.0 (if it matters)
If you look through the product pages for Amazon’s new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets, you won’t see many mentions of Android. The company lets you know that you can run Android apps and games, and that’s about it. But just like the original Kindle Fire, Amazon’s new tablets run a customized version […]
CyanogenMod quietly releases CM9 stable (for the Galaxy Nexus)
It’s been almost a year since the developers behind the popular CyanogenMod version of Android began working on CyanogenMod 9. After months of release candidates and nightly builds, the team has released the first stable version of CM9 for the GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. Update: It looks like the Galaxy Nexus release was a […]
Toshiba rolls out Android 4.0 for the 10 inch Thrive tablet
The Toshiba Thrive tablet features a 10.1 inch display, an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, and a few features you won’t find on many other Android tablets including a removable battery and full-sized USB and HDMI ports. Toshiba discontinued the Thrive this year to make room for newer, thinner, and faster tablets. But the […]
Lenovo quietly launches 7 inch Android 4.0 tablet for $200
Lenovo introduced its first 7 inch Android tablet in 2011. The IdeaPad A1 features a 1024 x 600 pixel display, a TI OMAP 3 single core processor, and Android 2.3 software. Now it looks like Lenovo has given the tablet a minor update: You can pick up an IdeaPad A1107 from Best Buy for $199.99. […]
Android 4.0 port for the Raspberry Pi $35 mini PC
The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, low-power computer designed to run Linux and other open source operating systems. It has a 700 MHz ARM11 processor, 256MB of RAM, and an SD card slot for storage. The Raspberry Pi may not exactly be a speed demon — but it’s cheap, costing just about $35 for a […]
Lenovo releases Android 4.0 for the IdeaPad K1 tablet
The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is a 10 inch Android tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel display and an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. It was the first Android tablet Lenovo released in the US last year, but since then the company has introduced a range of other tablets including a ThinkPad tablet and […]
Android 4.0 for the Mini X
The Mini X is an inexpensive  little computer (or TV box) with an Allwinner A10 processor, Mali 400 graphics, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. You can pick one up for prices ranging from $68 to $99. While the little computer ships with Google Android, like other devices with Allwinner A10 chips it can […]
Lenovo rolls out Android 4.0 for the ThinkPad Tablet
About six months after announcing that Android 4.0 would be available “soon” for the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, Lenovo has finally released the anticipated software update for its first Android tablet aimed at business users. The new software is available as an over-the-air update and it began rolling out to US tablet owners this week. Among […]
Sony rolls out Android 4.0 for the Sony Tablet P
Sony is now offering an Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich software update for the Sony Tablet P dual screen tablet. It took a few weeks longer than expected to push out the update, which was originally scheduled for May 24th. But if you have a Sony tablet you can check for the update by visiting […]