HP has rolled out a software update for the HP TouchPad tablet. WebOS 3.0.5 includes a handful of new features, but nothing truly spectacular: Support for HTTP live streaming Alert when video quality could be low due to network issues Improved web video stability Toggle that lets you enable or disable auto-correction Option to insert […]
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Lenovo rolling out Android 4.0 update for the ThinkPad Tablet soon
Lenovo may have a new line of tablets scheduled to hit the streets this year, but the company isn’t turning its back on customers that purchased the original ThinkPad Tablet in 2011. The company says it will be rolling out a software update bringing Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its business tablet in […]
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Samsung: No Ice Cream for the Galaxy Tab 7″ or Galaxy S smartphone
Samsung has announced that it will not be releasing an official Android 4.0 update for the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab or the Samsung Galaxy S, one of the most popular Android smartphones on the market. The reason? They simply don’t have the hardware to support a decent user experience. And by decent experience, I […]
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HTC Evo View 4G tablet gets an Android 3.2 Honeycomb update
The HTC Evo View 4G is a 7 inch Android tablet which works with the Sprint 4G WiMAX network in the United States. It’s basically what you get if you take an HTC Flyer tablet, slap a little extra black paint on the back and add a 4G radio. When the Evo View 4G launched […]
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Ubuntu 12.04 could offer better battery life
Popular Linux distribution Ubuntu is known for a lot of things — but long battery life is not one of them. Users that have installed Ubuntu on notebook computers that had previously run Windows or another operating system have been complaining for years that their battery life drops after installing Ubuntu. Now Ubuntu engineer Colin […]
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Amazon Kindle Fire 6.2.1 update improves performance, fixes bugs
Amazon’s latest software update fore the Kindle Fire tablet is a mixed bag for Kindle users. On the one hand, Kindle Software version 6.2.1 will remove root privileges and may cause other problems for users that have rooted their tablets. On the other hand, it improves performance for those that are running the standard Amazon software. […]
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Google released Android 4.0.3 software update
Just as we were starting to get used to Android 4.0.1, Google has released a new version of its mobile operating system. Google released the Android 4.0.3 platform and software developer kit tools today. The update comes just a day after the first Android 4.0 device went on sale in the US. Google will roll […]
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Amazon Kindle Fire software update will improve performance, privacy
Amazon says it will roll out a new software update for the Kindle Fire before the end of the year. The New York Times reports the new software will offer better performance, improvements in multitouch navigation, and the ability to edit the list of recently used items that show up on the home screen. Right […]
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Amazon pushes Kindle Fire update, breaks root (you can re-root)
Amazon is pushing a software update to Kindle Fire tablet users. Amazon says the OS update will bring “improvements”no information about the changes contained in the Kindle Fire 6.2 software update, but two things are clear: The Kindle Fire is configured to download the update automatically over a WiFi connection without any user intervention and […]
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Linux Mint 12 is now available
Ubuntu may grab more headlines than most Linux-based operating systems (unless you count Android, which uses a Linux kernel), but over the past few years Linux Mint has been nipping at Ubuntu’s heels. Today the Mint team released Linux Mint 12, which packs a number of software improvements and new artwork. For the past few […]