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Motorola's new flagship Android smartphone Moto X is now also available at Verizon Wireless. The Verizon offers a 30% discount to those early customers who wants to order it right now through Verizon's signup page. Verizon will going to release the 16GB storage capacity of Moto X in black and white colors option. The regular price of Verizon Moto X on a 2-year contract is $199.99 but again for those early birds can save 30% Off which is only around $139.99 using the promo code. Other US major carrier providers like T-Mobile and Sprint might also announce this couple of days, yet the Moto X is now already available at AT&T for the same price of $199.99. Her's a recap of Moto X specs: The Moto X is packed with 4.7 AMOLED display, that's equivalent to 1280x720 resolution, and powered using the X8 Mobile Computing System (1.7GHz dual-core application processor, 400MHz quad-core GPU, natural language processor, contextual computing processor). The Moto X is als...

American owners of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 GT-P3113 and 10.1 GT-P5113 will now start to receive the official Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) update. Yes the update has automatically bump-up to 4.2.2 while skipping the 4.1.2, since the last update was in the form of Android 4.1.1. The upgrade comes in a firmware build numbers P5113UEUCMH2 from previous P5113UECLK7 for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5113 and P3113UECMH2 from previous build P3113UECLK7 on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3113. Here are the changelog of the 4.2.2 UECMH2 update: - Move Apps to SD that allows user to move a selection of apps to the SD card. - A smart screen that locks when you are not watching the display. - Bigger icons and fonts - Weather widget - Transparent status bar on homescreen and lockscreen - New wallpapers - The device is not vulnerable to the master key bug. - The clipboard bug is fixed.. for now. - Offline charging indicator slightly changed (color) - Some added apps (SPlanner/Calendar,...

Yet another beast from Samsung flagship is the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and it's now available at AT&T with a price tag of $149.99 for two-year contract or $479.99 in a regular purchase. Since it's now an era of 4G LTE,  then this Android device is fully design for that data network connection. The exact display size of 6.3-inches that uses the HD PLS TFT gives full screen resolution to 1280x720. The Galaxy mega is also powered with 1.7Ghz dual core (Qualcomm MSM8930 Pro) processor which already found and were used on Samsung Galaxy S4,  this hardware specification which now fully supports and functional on the latest Android 4.3 OS, but yet it currently runs on Android 4.2  upon shipping or out-of-box. The Samsung Galaxy Mega also eqipped with 1.9MP on front and 8MP from rear-facing camera which already enhanced with autofocus, and with LED flash. Its 16MB internal storage is expandable up to 64MB. AT&T has had the nova-black version displayed on their websit...

One of the four new Android smartphone launches at AT&T for this month is the Motorola's creation - the Moto X. The Moto X can be customize by using Moto Maker service which is soon available, it isn't yet live for this time being. The Moto X is packed with 4.7 AMOLED display, that's equivalent to 1280x720 resolution, and powered using the X8 Mobile Computing System (1.7GHz dual-core application processor, 400MHz quad-core GPU, natural language processor, contextual computing processor). The Moto X is also amazingly unique since it responds to your voice with no touching needed, for this handy phone is equipped with Google Now, a powerful voice recognition application on today's handset. Two cameras are intact, the front-facing offers a 2MP with 1080p HD video capture and the rear is 10MP with autofocus LED flash.  There are two color option to choose upon, the white and black, and the price tag of $199.99  is for the 16GB only (24-months contract), while there w...

LG Optimus G Pro is now also available at AT&T for $99.99 in a two-year contract. The LG Optimus G pro offers 5.5 screen size and packed with 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 (APQ8064T) processor with 2GB RAM which capable smooth playback, gaming, and multitasking. The front-facing camera is built with 2.1MP with 1080p full HD video capture and a Dual Recording 13MP rear-facing camera. It's a very light phone that only weighs around 6.1 ounces and one of the most affordable new AT&T smartphone's line-up next to HTC One mini  that also added on this month new smartphones. The LG Optimus G Pro internal memory storage is up to 32GB but owners can expand to 64GB external storage. The device is available in two colours, White and Indigo. On the other hand this smartphone is will be running with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Among all other new Android smartphone at shelves are the Samsung Galaxy Mega, Motorola's Moto X and the HTC One mini version. So, better check it out a...

HTC One Mini now on AT&T There are four Android smartphones now added on AT&T's store for grab, the Samsung Galaxy Mega, HTC One Mini, Moto X and LG Optimus G Pro which of-course has different hardware specification and variety of available colors to offer. Each smartphone prices also varies accordingly from the smartphone hardware specs, either on one or two year contract, a month-to-month basis, or on outright payment. First on the list is the HTC One Mini which can be taken for $99.99 on two year contract or $429 outright. This the smaller version of the newly launched HTC One which is also packed in a polished  alloy that looks brilliant in a glacial silver color. The HTC One mini is a 4.3-inches compact design and built with 720p HDPI SuperLCD2 screen, it is powered with 1.4GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. The built front-facing camera offers a 1.6MP with BSI sensor and the rear is boasts with HTC UltraPixel single LED flash with five levels. The ...

HTC One owners in Europe has recently receive a software update that tells to bring a  HTC mini+ support feature and Google keyboard support. The new update comes in the form of build version 2.24.401.8, which had been said only a very small update and no other changes added except for the said HTC mini+ and the official Google keyboard. The HTC Mini+ is an accessory for the HTC One or other HTC phone sold in some countries. The Google keyboard which allows users to ease the problem of multiple letters with the keypad input options which occurring on some phones incapability. But this stuff is not available on some countries, which only HTC Sense, Google Voice Input and Swift-Key input. So, better check it out and get your HTC One get this update 2.24.401.8 in some parts of central Europe, or some get it right to 2.24.401.9 in Nordic countries and any different HTC One hardware specification. This update weighs on 31MB in size and its still based Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. so...

Sony's new flagship the Xperia Z Ultra HSPA+ version C6802 has receive another software update that comes n build number version 14.1.B.0.475. This update has reported that it did bring nothing more major changes but targets to fix screen issues. Owners found out that some  issues from previous software build 14.1.B.0.471 including the strange behavior of screen and proximity sensor has been resolved after updating. Here are some of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra owners first impressions about this update. The Issue with the proximity sensor was resolved also (the screen did not switched on after phone was got from face ) Also mine. I no longer have any funky lines when I wake the device or other strange screen issues since updating. So so nice. Performance is fantastic. My screen issues after powering on from sleep have been resolved with Firmware 14.1.B.0.475. Those, who might not receive this update, just make sure to check it using PC Companion tool. It has been already started rol...

There is a quite new features of the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update that has been included, one of these is called the 'Move Apps to SD' apps. These has been seen on Samsung Galaxy S4 , Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 , Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 and all other devices that particularly running on 4.2 Jelly Bean OS. Moving apps to SD card is beneficial on some part, for it allows users freeing the on-board memory storage to a more larger extra space as possible. But keep in mind running an apps stored on external SD card is not that much really convincing to work well, some owners who used a class 10 micro SD card says its good enough to handle apps. The device speed performance will also improved if there are not too much heavy-load off apps stored in the internal memory.

LG USA recently opened a sign-up page for the new LG G2 flagship.  The LG G2 has been introduced by LG earlier this week and aimed to release soon on all major carriers in the US. In the list US carriers this includes Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Cricket, ACG, Metro PCS, TracFone, Virgin Mobile, and US Cellular. The LG G2 has not been priced and no official release date yet, the page is only intended for those who wants to buy this new LG G2 phone, and find out more about the product information.

Some owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition have been reported issues while saving pictures and apps directly to SD card. This problem only noticed when the device was then updated to the latest 4.3 and its quietly pointed-out that Samsung or Google had been intentionally took away the SD card write access for some reasons. As a result of this scenario owners cannot copy files to the SD card. 'It sees it, it can play or view stuff, but but no write support to the SD card from apps', an owner of Samsung Galaxy S4 Goole Play edition told. 'I really think they will have to patch this to function like it did in 4.2.2 because most of my apps no longer work' added by another owner.

Iqbal Arshad, Motorola SVP for product development depends the newly launched flagship the Moto X against people who misunderstood the specs and design. This simply because some people has been complaining the Motorola X price tag of $199 for two years contract which looks likely ridiculous for a device that posses the specification that cannot even outmatch the Samsung Galaxy S4 and/or the HTC One. 'I think people who are hard core about comparing specs simply don't understand the design of the product.' This conversations conducted by CNET news has lead to Arshad slams the Samsung Galaxy S4 for its 'cheap plastic' design.

This guide is for those who can't update their Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 (AT&T) to the new 4.1.2 Jelly Bean  software update build I747UCDMG2.  This is called manual flashing derived from XDA-developers method, from which the process directly install the 4.1.2 OTA update file into the Galaxy S3's recovery mode. This has been posted originally at XDA and below is the original OTA 4.1.2 update file for those who might want to use it just in-case if your Galaxy S3 did not received the 4.1.2 update yet.

Sony has started releasing the 4.2.2 Jelly Bean software update on Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, XperiaTablet Z, and Xperia ZR to build version 10.3.1.A.0.244. The first rolled out has landed on Sony Xperia Z, Xperia ZL and Xperia ZR the second rolled out hitting Xperia Tablet Z LTE version, but the WiFi only variants should follow soon.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has started receiving software upgrade to Android 4.2.2. The firmware build comes in build numbers P3100XXDMG6. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 flagship has been released originally runs on 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and then later updated to 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for over a year now. The update has been seen in France and probably will arrive and available worldwide soon. Samsung has begun rolling out the 4.2.2 update on selected devices which took the Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus first on the list, yup! 4.2.2 update.