The CyanogenMod team is taking a page out of Google’s book and announcing that it’s kind of dropping support for the Google Nexus One (and other devices with first-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon processors). While CyanogenMod 7.x will continue to be available on these devices, CyanogenMod 9 and later will not… at least not officially. CyanogenMod makes […]
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Qualcom releases ICS graphics drivers for older phones, custom ROM builders rejoice
Google has no plans to release an official version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Google Nexus One. Even though the first phone to wear the Google Nexus name is just over two years old, Google claims it doesn’t have the hardware to support the newest version of Android. That hasn’t stopped independent […]
Android 4.0 ported to Google Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S II, other phones
It will likely be a few months before Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other handset makers release official software updates with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for existing phones. But independent developers have been grabbing the Android 4.0 source code and modifying it to run on older phones — even phones that Google had said were […]
Google won’t release Android 4.0 for the Nexus One (but someone else probably will)
Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will ship soon on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone — but Google is also preparing to release a software update that will bring Android 4.0 to the Samsung Nexus S phone which was launched earlier this year. Unfortunately Google’s original developer phone — 2010’s Google Nexus One, will apparently […]
Netflix app now available for some Android phones
Netflix has launched an Android app which lets subscribers stream movies and TV shows to an Android device, manage your queue, and search for new “watch instantly” movies. You can even resume watching videos on your phone where you left off on a computer, or vice versa. The app is available as a free download […]