The CyanogenMod team has released the first build of Android 4.0 for the HP TouchPad tablet with support for hardware-accelerated video playback. That means you can watch HD video from YouTube and you should have an easier time playing HD videos stored on your device, but Netflix still isn’t supported yet. Update: Alpha 2 is […]
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Android 4.0 beta released for the Notion Ink Adam
The developers working on porting Android 4.0 to run on the Notion Ink Adam tablet have announced that they expect to launch the first public beta this weekend. The Adam is a 10 inch tablet with a 1024 x 600 pixel display, an optional Pixel Qi sunlight readable screen, and an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual […]
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Acer Iconia Tab A100, A500 getting Android 4.0 in April
Acer has announced plans to push out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software updates to the company’s first two Android tablets. Both the 7 inch Iconia Tab A100 and 10 inch Iconia Tab A500 will get the new software in April, 2012. Acer has already started rolling out Android 4.0 for the recently released Acer […]
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Archos G9 tablets with Android 4.0 up for pre-order ($270 and up)
The Archos G9 tablets are the first tablets from the company to feature Android 3.2 Honeycomb and access to the Google Android Market. But soon Archos will start loading its 8 and 10 inch tablets with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Dynamism is already taking pre-orders for the new models. Archos 101 G9 ICS […]
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Acer rolls out Android 4.0 for the Iconia Tab A200
The Acer Iconia Tab A200 is a rather run-of-the-mill 10 inch Android tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel display and a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processors. But it’s also now one of the first tablets on the market to get an official Android 4.0 software update. Acer launched the A200 last […]
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Linpus retools Android 4.0 for x86 tablets, netbooks
Linpus is rolling out a new version of its Android-based operating system designed to run on tablets, netbooks, and notebooks with x86 processors. It’s based on Google Android 4.0, and the notebook version adds support for hardware that you wouldn’t normally find on an Android tablet. Linpus made a little bit of a name for […]
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MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)
We’ve seen how to install Android 4.0 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, thanks to CyanogenMod 9. We’ve also seen what MIUI software based on Android 2.3 looks like on the Kindle Fire. Now you can have the best of both worlds with MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire. It’s a custom version of Android based […]
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Zenithink releases Android 4.0 for most of its tablets
Chinese tablet maker Zenithink is making Google Android 4.0 available for most of the company’s recent 7 and 10 inch tablets. That includes the Zenithink C71 which gained a bit of attention recently when developer Aaron Seigo announced that it would be the basis of the new Spark tablet with KDE Plasma Active Linux software. […]
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Android 4.0 comes to the HTC Flyer (unofficially)
Months before Amazon and Barnes & Noble made a splash with their inexpensive 7 inch Android tablets, HTC introduced the Flyer — a kind of pricey 7 inch tablet with a digital pen that lets you write or draw on the screen. The Flyer may not have the same kind of name recognition as the […]
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New Kindle Fire Android 4.0 ROM adds custom lock screen, bug fixes
A group of developers are continuing to work on improved versions of Google Android 4.0 for the Amazon Kindle Fire. Amazon’s $199 tablet ships with a customized version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but by rooting the tablet and installing custom software it’s possible to turn it into an (almost) full-fledged Android tablet running CyanogenMod 9, a […]
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CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.6 for the HP TouchPad now available
CyanogenMod developer Dalingrin has released a minor update to CM9 for the HP TouchPad tablet. The latest software is still based on Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but it includes a handful of bug fixes and a few new features. Update:Â Nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9 Alpha for the HP TouchPad are now available. You […]
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Android 4.0 ported to the original Samsung Galaxy Tab (unofficially)
Samsung has no plans to update the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab to run Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. But while Samsung says no, a team of independent developers say yes. For the last few months a few members of the xda-developers forum have been busy porting CyanogenMod 9 to run on the Samsung […]