Category: Firmware

Google acts on security concerns, releases Android app malware scanner Bouncer

Bouncer is a new Google product the company describes as an “automated scanner” designed to automatically check all content uploaded to the Android Market for malicious code, like spyware, trojans and all the other DANGER WORDS associated with recent high-profile Android malware headlines… Read the rest

STATS: Android 2.3 now powering 58.6% of Android devices

Google’s Android Developer site has once again updated its ultimately nerdy Platform Versions data, giving us a look at how the Android world was pieced together during the two-week period ending February 1st… Read the rest

HTC Sensation with Android 4.0 onboard dated for March 1st Euro launch

According to a press release issued on behalf of HTC’s Dutch office, an updated white version of the HTC Sensation is set to go on sale from March 1st in the country – with Google’s Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” version of the OS onboard… Read the rest

Apple denied injunction against Galaxy Nexus sales in Germany

According to a Bloomberg report today, Apple tried to gain another sneaky preliminary injunction that would’ve seen a Samsung Android phone banned from sale in Germany – this time targeting the flagship Galaxy Nexus and the redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1N… Read the rest

Motorola RAZR Developer Edition, with unlocked bootloader

In a rather odd development, Motorola has finally done something to help those Motorola RAZR owners who would like to see the phone’s bootloader unlocked so they can fiddle with the OS files – it’s releasing an entire new edition of the phone it’s calling the Motorola RAZR Developer EditionRead the rest

STATS: Amazon Kindle Fire hammers Android opposition

Despite only being on sale in the US for around three months, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has already become the joint most-used Android tablet… Read the rest

Samsung Galaxy Note updated – new custom keyboard, lock screen and more

Samsung’s massive Galaxy Note mobile has started receiving an Android update, with the upgrade adding in a tweaked keyboard, altered lock screen and plenty of other minor tweaks and changes to the settings… Read the rest

Asus: No wi-fi issues with UK Transformer Prime, TF700 update due in “June”

Asus has issued another rather long update regarding its recently launched EeePad Transformer Prime tablet, claiming that the UK version of the quad-core hardware is 100% correct and working despite the odd complaint of wi-fi problems from some buyers… Read the rest

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