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Amazon Kindle Fire had an amazing holiday season with millions of units in sale bringing it to be most successful Android tablet only second to the mighty iPad series from Apple in overall standings. Of course, a lot of this can be attributed to the strong marketing, publicity and hype buildup from Amazon but the fact cannot be denied that Kindle Fire is one heck of a tablet for just $199 that you need to shell out to get your hand on it. You get a powerful 7-inch Android tablet with tightly integrated Amazon echo system with dual-core SoC under Read More >

For now many Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII) users are anxiously waiting for the official release of the Ice Sandwich (Android 4.0.3) based firmware from Samsung to flash on their device to bring it up to date with the latest improvements and features in the ICS. However, as we mentioned in the past it will take some time – at least few more months before this official release comes through the Samsung channels. Of course, there are already some early builds of the popular community-driven firmware based on ICS for the SGS2 such as CM9 and MIUI that we reported in Read More >

These Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich based Roms are popping-up around all over the place for many currently available devices – both smartphones and tablets, although at current stage ICS ROM ports for the most devices are not fully stable and mostly in alpha or at most beta stage. For example, in the past we brought you the guides for the Ice Cream Sandwich port installations on Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy S, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet etc. Now thanks to the hard work of the XDA forum developers there is an early build of Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich Read More >

MIUI is one of the most popular Android open-source distributions joining the ranks of the CyanogenMod. MIUI is known for the clear similarities to the Apple iOS in some visual look&feel. By itself its also a slim OS and performs really good on most Android devices. It also includes customized apps for the Music, Camera and Gallery apps etc. There are a lot of themes available for the MIUI as well. These days with the growing popularity its available on almost all well-known Android devices. With the release of the Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP now developers are in the process Read More >

Long awaited CyanogenMod 9 based on Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 is available for the Samsung Galaxy SII. However, it must be noted that this is a very early build of the CM9 and its under heavy development. According to the developers stable version of CM9 for the SGSII will be available in January 2012 at the earliest. As a result this build should be flashed by only the most adventurous users out there who want to get the feel of CM9 on their Galaxy S2 device. Its based on the latest AOSP sources and some other useful tweaks. Here are Read More >

We have already covered the AOSP ROM port of the Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Galaxy SII (S2) and now another very interesting news bursts through. Namely an official Ice Cream Sandwich beta port for the Galaxy S2 has been leaked to the Internet! Based on the reports of the stability and functioning feature-set of the ROM, it seems as a very early beta. Don’t’ confuse it with the official release of the ICS firmware from Samsung as it will likely happen next year in the firs quarter. But at least for one thing, it confirms that Samsung is Read More >

HP TouchPad has been long discontinued by HP and back then was released for a fire sale at an unbelievable price tag of $99. This forced many tablet fans to rush and buy these devices that couldn’t afford the more expensive tablets from the likes of Apple and Samsung etc. Inventory quickly emptied. Despite the fact that HP released it at such a low price to clear its stock HP TouchPad is a very capable device and supports a powerful dual core Snapdragon S3 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 16 GB or 32GB internal memory, a 1.3 MP camera, Adreno Read More >

Now the good news for the Nexus S owners is is the official availability of the Android 4.0.3 based Ice Cream Sandwich firmware. This was for the most part expected as Google devices were for sure going to get the ICS firmware upgrade with the highest priority. You can download it right now from this link and then flash it from the recovery mode. Flashing of this official Ice Cream Sandwich firmware for the Nexus S is not difficult.

As of now almost all Android users are waiting anxiously for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update from their device manufacturer for their specific device. Only the proud owners of the shiny new Galaxy Nexus will be able to get it loaded by default on the device. If you can live with some bugs and instability then there are some pre-release versions of the ICS available for many popular devices such as Samsung Galaxy SII/S, some HTC devices among others as we have detailed in the past. However even the unofficial community driven firmwares such as CM and MIUI Read More >

Kindle Fire is one of the hottest Android tablets available currently available providing some of the best value for the money for the consumers looking for cheap yet powerful and capable Android tablet. Particularly those that are not willing to spend a fortune on the Apple iPad 2 or simply want something in the Android arena. Only available for $200 Kindle Fire is already selling like hot cakes although it has been said that Amazon is losing few dollars for each Kindle Fire that is sold. Its because manufacturing cost for it is slightly higher than the price-point at which Read More >