Asus started offering an Android 4.1 software update for the Transformer Pad TF300 tablet over a month ago. But the company still hasn’t widely released Android 4.1 for the Transformer Prime TF201 — a model with a faster processor and higher quality components which has actually been available even longer. Now it looks like Asus […]
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Acer Iconia Tab A110 tablet coming soon (with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean)
Acer has been showing off a 7 inch tablet with a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor for a few months. Now the company has confirmed that the Acer Iconia Tab A110 is on the way, and it will ship with Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as its operating system. There’s still no word on the […]
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Intel ports Android 4.1 to run on Medfield chips
Chip maker Intel says Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is ready to run on phones and tablets with low power Intel Atom Medfield chips — not that there are all that many of them in the wild yet. Still, PC World reports that once handset makers and wireless carriers are ready, they’ll be able to update […]
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Builds of Android 4.1 for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablets leaked
Hackers have been porting unofficial builds of Android 4.1 to run on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) since shortly after Google released its latest operating system. But Samsung has also been working to update its software, and now leaked builds of Samsung’s Android 4.1 software for those tablets has […]
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Ainol Novo 7 Crystal: $120 tablet with Android 4.1, Amlogic 8726
The Pipo U1 isn’t the only cheap Android 4.1 tablet with a dual core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU. Ainol has introduced a new 7 inch tablet powered by a 1.5 GHz Amlogic AM8726-M6 dual core processor with Mali 400 graphics. It’s called the Ainol Novo 7 Crystal. The tablet runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and it’s […]
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CyanogenMod 10 (Android 4.1) For the NOOK Tablet makes serious progress
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet and eReader that ships with B&N’s custom version of Android. But folks have been rooting the tablet and installing their own custom builds of Android on the device since shortly after the NOOK Tablet hit the streets last year. In July we saw the […]
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Pipo U1: $150 Android 4.1 tablet with RK3066 dual core CPU
Pipo may not exactly be a household name — I’m not even sure it’s actually the name of a company. But the Pipo U1 tablet looks like it could be an interesting option for bargain-hunters looking for an Android tablet that’s only 3/4ths the price of a Google Nexus 7 — and which offers some […]
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Cube U30GT RK3066 tablet gets Android 4.1 update
The Cube U30GT is a 10 inch tablet with a 1.5 GHz Rockchip RK3066 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. It hit the streets this summer, and retailers are now offering the tablet with prices as low as $196 (or $204, or $209). This week the makers of the tablet have released a software update which brings […]
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AOKP, MIUI custom ROMs updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
CyanogenMod isn’t the only Android development team making the jump from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1. The developers behind the MIUI and AOKP custom ROMs for Android phones and tablets have also released initial builds of their software based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. CyanogenMod, MIUI, and AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) are three of […]
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Asus releases Android 4.1 update for Transformer Pad TF300T
Asus has started rolling out a software update for the Transformer Pad TF300T, bringing Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean to the 10 inch tablet. It’s an over-the-air update, which means that you should be prompted to download the new software automatically. Android 4.1 brings a faster user interface, more powerful voice commands and voice search, camera improvements, […]