Samsung's Galaxy Note 2

Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 makes its first stateside public appearance

Another sign that the US release of the Galaxy Note 2 is now on the radar: the phablet itself, in the flesh for the first time on American soil here tonight in New York. We stopped by Pepcom where Sprint was onhand with its holiday lineup, including its just-announced iteration of the Note 2, which the carrier says will be on shelves no later than "this Fall." It's nothing you haven't seen in our in-depth hands-on of the international version; in fact, Sprint's demo model was identical, lacking any carrier branding whatsover. Regardless, we'll take it as the obligatory first sign that the Galaxy Note 2 is nearly ready to make its American debut. Hit the break for some hands on shots.

Read full here... http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-s-galaxy-note-2-makes-its-first-public-stateside-appearance

T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 7 plus

Ice Cream Sandwich coming to T-Mobile Galaxy Tab 7 plus, but only via Kies

T-Mobile support has let everyone know that an optional Android 4.0.5 update for the Galaxy Tab 7-plusshould be ready and waiting in Samsung Kies tomorrow. Before we go any further, we know it says 4.0.5 -- that could be a typo or it could be a specially-built version from Samsung for the Tab 7-plus. I've reached out, and will let everyone know when I hear back.

What we do know is that it's Ice Cream Sandwich, which T-Mobile and Samsung feel is a drastic enough change in the user experience to make it an optional install versus pushing it out to everyone. We hate Kies as much as you all do, but we like choice so we won't ding them too much this time.

Anyhoo, you'll be updating to Android version 4.0.5 / Software version T869UVLG7, which will be required to access Music Hub after August 27, 2012. You'll need to have the latest version of Kies, and at least a 50-percent charge, See the full details at the source link.

Source: T-Mobile

http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-coming-t-mobile-galaxy-tab-7-plus-only-kies

Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 getting Android 4.1.1 update

As promised, Google has started rolling out Android 4.1.1 update for the HSPA+ version of Galaxy Nexus smartphone and the recently launched Nexus 7 tablet. The update is being released over-the-air in batches and should reach all the devices very soon.

The update size is 147MB for Galaxy Nexus smartphone running on IMM76I build, while users with Galaxy Nexus on I/O Jelly Bean build of JRN84D will get an 8.50MB update.

Although Nexus 7 is still not available to consumers, the lucky developers who got the device at Google I/O 2012, are also getting the Android 4.1.1 update. This update also brings the tablet to JRO03C build. The update size is 12.6MB.

In terms of the changes, this update brings offline voice recognition, Google Now, improved text input and UI improvements.

Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean was officially announced last month along with Nexus 7 and Nexus Q devices. Not a huge upgrade over Ice Cream Sandwich, it aims to make the user interface more fluid and bring Google search’s knowledge graph functionality to voice search in Android.

link: http://mafiastuff.com/the-galaxy-nexus-nexus-7-getting-android-4-1-1-update/