iPhone 5 Network Subscription Comparison: T-Mobile vs. AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint

Still planning to get an iPhone 5? The good news is that you now have many choices right now as Apple’s flagship model is now available on the four major networks. T-Mobile has just made the iPhone 5 available to their subscribers and without any contracts making it very attractive. Which network should you choose?…

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Rooting a Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 with Android 4.1.2 XXLSZ Jelly Bean

The international version of Samsung Galaxy Note is receiving Android 4.1.2 XXLSZ Jelly Bean update – if you have this phablet, you should already have it on your phone or at least have the notification if you have the ROM installed.  This new update has completely revamped and revived the user interface on Note as…

Common Basic Android Terminal Commands Every Android Owner Should Know – Part 2 of 2

Those of you who read through the first part of the Common Basic Android Terminal Commands Every Android Owner Should Know post are aware that we covered five basic terminal commands device owners should know. Just to recap these were the: adb devices command, the adb push command, the adb pull command, the adb reboot command…

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How To Install Official Galaxy S2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean XXLSR Update Manually

The Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean XXLSR update started rolling out today over-the-air (OTA) for users in France. According to enthusiasts, this update is the biggest in the history of Android because Samsung is trying to bring premium features into its 2011 flagship. It is the kind of update that users cannot afford…

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How to disable Android in-app purchases: remove credit card, use PIN

One of our readers sent us an email yesterday asking if there’s a way to minimize in-app purchases. That’s what we are going to answer in this post. Before anything else, however, I would like to give talk about why developers prefer to get paid via in-app purchases and not one-time payment. Different Types of…

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How to install Native Ubuntu Linux on ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700

One good thing about open source is that millions of people can share ideas to create better outcome. Google Android’s ever-growing community is the perfect example; almost every day new custom ROMs are being released for people who are willing to take the risk to make their devices even better. Majority of the developers stick…

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US Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8013 gets UEUCMA3 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update [Manual Installation Guide]

After several months of waiting, the U.S. variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with model number GT-N8013 finally gets and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (UEUCMA3) update, which can be pulled down over-the-air (OTA) or via the Samsung KIES. For owners who may not be able to update their device using the conventional method, there…

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How to flash Android 4.1.1 XXCLL2 Jelly Bean firmware on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5100

Samsung recently released an Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean XXCLL2 update for the international variant of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with model number P5100. The update was originally released for Smart Communications, Inc. customers in the Philippines that tied up with the South Korean manufacturer to exclusively offer the device in the country. Developers, however,…

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 P7510 CyanogenMod 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean ROM now available [Tutorial]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with model number P7510 is among the few Android tablets that recently received good treatment from CyanogenMod team of developers. The CyanogenMod 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean ROM has been made available for download a few days ago for people who want to take the risk of flashing unofficial ROMs and…

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update finally arrives

After a year and 8 months since Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 was released, the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update has finally been rolled out a couple of days ago. The device was originally released with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. While many have updated their devices using custom ROMs and unofficial firmware, there is…

Infinite Painter Apps Get New Brushes, Brush Creator

The Infinite Painter apps, including Infinite Painter, Infinite Painter Free and Infinite Painter Free Note, just received an update today. Both the free and paid Infinite Painter now allow exporting layers as a multi-page TIFF document, which will enable users to open the TIFF file with editable layers in digital art software like Gimp. There…

Android Apps Unavailable On Amazon’s Kindle Fire

The thing about technical specification sheets is that they naturally do not mention what consumers miss by purchasing the device. Save for some eagle-eyed consumers and those with technological know-how, many consumers find what they are missing once they have already bought the device and played with it for some time. The situation is no…

Curiosity beams back 360 color panorama to Earth

While the world is busy tracking Olympics 2012 taking place in London, the actual action is happening more than 5,000 miles away. We’re sure everybody has heard of Nasa’s Curiosity rover, a robotic, car-sized Mars rover currently exploring Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. The rover is a nuclear powered, mobile scientific laboratory and…

Make Apple iOS in-app purchases free without jailbreaking

Jailbreaking has a magic to it. It gives charm to device by bringing freedom. When Apple released in-app purchases for iOS apps including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, it proved to be pretty much of a gold mine for developers. A hack for in-app purchases was present long back for jail broken devices, nevertheless, now…

Android Developers Soured by Multiple Flavors of Android

Ice Cream Sandwich, Ginger Bread and Jellybeans do taste sweet, don’t they? Well, it seems Android flavors are loved by the masses but soured by the developers. According to a report, the multiple flavors of Android operating system and the incessant progression has created hindrances for developers. Most apps do not execute perfectly when the…