Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 Source Code Released

Samsung started rolling out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for their Galaxy S II smartphone at the end of last week, to some countries, with other countries expected to get the update this week.

Samsung has now released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Galaxy S II and it is available to download fro, Samsung’s open source portal.

We haven’t as yet found out a date for the release of the Android 4.0 update for the Galaxy S II here in the UK, we were hoping to find out some more details today, but there doesn’t seem to be any more information as yet.

As soon as we get some more information on when the update will be available in the UK with the various carriers we will let you guys know.

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WINDOWS 8 REGISTRATION GIVEAWAY

a GeekyValley giveaway

 

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HTC One X Headed To Sprint June 10th?

We have previously heard a rumor that the new HTC One X would be headed to US mobile carrier Sprint, and now according to the guys over at S4GRU, the device could land on Sprint on the 10th of June.

The HTC One X is rumored to be called the HTC Jet on Sprint and it looks like it may feature different specifications that the original HTC One X.

The HTC Jet is rumored to feature a dual core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.7 inch Super LCD HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

It looks like the HTC Jet will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8690 processor instead of the NVIDIA Tegra 3 on the HTC One X.

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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to have Increased Privacy Controls

Apple’s OS X 10.8, otherwise known as Mountain Lion, is geared for a summer release, but its 2nd Developer Preview reveals some snippets of what to expect with this OS in terms of privacy.

Mountain Lion was seen sporting a dialog box for permission to access your contacts, which was not present in older OS X versions. Also, the Security preferences have been changed to reflect all the apps you have granted permission to, which would allow one to revoke access once you feel the need to.

The added security features were seen as a response to iOS privacy issues, as it was discovered that apps can access and pull out users’ contact information even without permission. While such update is still missing in iOS 5.1, Apple is obviously making some move to increase users’ privacy controls in desktop systems, first through app sandboxing, and now with explicit permission dialog boxes.

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HTC Rezound Ice Cream Sandwich Update

HTC Rezound owners have some good news. They will soon be receiving Ice Cream Sandwich on their phones. But if you’re feeling brave, you can get it right now instead of waiting. The Release Candidate build for the HTC Rezound ICS update has leaked online thanks to the guys over at Android Police. This isn’t the final version that will be released this year, but even so, reports have been positive so far.

As a friendly reminer, make sure you back up your phone before installing this or any update. Then if you are ready, head over and download it. You’ll fin the full changelog for the leaked update, instructions and links to the file.

Then you’ll have that tasty Ice Cream Sandwich. Enjoy every bite.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Shot Shows Apple Patent Issue

A user over at Reddit posted something interesting in the Android section. This image is supposed to be the Galaxy S III. You’ll notice that the render shows a thinner design, a dedicated camera button to the side and a 16:9 display. But the most obvious change is that it has the same ‘lips’ as the Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2, supposedly to avoid those accusations of copying Apple. No one wants more lawsuits.

This is more than just a re-edit of the Wi-Fi 4.2; the front camera layout is different and in a different location. Looks like the software is Android 4.0 plus TouchWiz. It could be a leaked presentation slide to prepare for the release.

The bottom line is that we just don’t know if this is genuine or not, but it is consistent with the things we that we do know and suspected.

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