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ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean roll-out begins

By Robert Nelson
on 4 Mar, 2013

ASUS has announced the Jelly Bean update for the Transformer Pad TF300T tablet. The update will be arriving as Android 4.2 and in a bit of good news, the update will begin arriving for those in the US as of today. The update will be delivered over-the-air and other markets can expect this update to arrive later in the month.

Motorola rolls-out new ‘Home For Upgrades’ support page

By Robert Nelson
on 23 Feb, 2013

While Motorola may not be perfect in terms of how fast they are able to roll-out an Android update, they have always been pretty good at providing status updates. The company has long had a support page on their site. More important, that page has seen frequent updates. The issue had always been in the discovery though -- you see, the page generally consisted of one long list with lots of names and model numbers.

Pwn Pad: 7-inch pen-testing tablet running Android 4.2 and Ubuntu 12.04

By Robert Nelson
on 22 Feb, 2013

The debate as to how useful a tablet can be in the business world is ongoing, however it looks like Pwnie Express have set out to make the tablet a useful tool in terms of penetration testing. In fact, the company has recently unveiled the Pwn Pad, a 7-inch tablet that they describe as being a "commercial grade penetration testing tablet." Aside from the 7-inch display, this tablet is running Android 4.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 and touting features to include a OSS-Based Pentester Toolkit and Long Range Wireless Packet Injection.

Google details everything new that arrived with Android 4.2

By Robert Nelson
on 20 Feb, 2013

Google has recently updated their Jelly Bean page. This is the page that talks about Android 4.2 as a whole, however this update has added details on everything that has arrived new since Android 4.1. Needless to say, this page takes away the guessing and just breaks it all down. To begin with, Google describes 4.2 as bringing the speed and simplicity of Android 4.1 with new features to includes Photo Sphere, a redesigned camera app, new Gesture Typing keyboard, Google Now (with new cards) and more.

Sony Xperia Z Android 4.2.2 update tipped for March

By Robert Nelson
on 19 Feb, 2013

We had already known that Sony was planning to upgrade the Xperia Z to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean shortly after the official launch and as of now, it is looking like that will indeed be how things play out. Keep in mind, Sony has yet to offer a specific launch date just yet, however the update is expected to begin in March.

Nexus devices seem to be having Wi-Fi issues on Android 4.2

By Robert Nelson
on 8 Feb, 2013

Issue 40065, a seemingly simple sounding number, however for the more than 450 people that have starred the issue -- it apparently means poor Wi-Fi connectivity on their Nexus device. Or more specifically, on a Nexus device running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. This of course could include the Nexus 4 smartphone as well as the Nexus 7 and 10 tablets. The interesting part here, this thread was originally created back on November 20, 2012.

Sony confirms Android 4.2 for Xperia Z shortly after launch

By Eric Abent
on 17 Jan, 2013

There are a lot of things to be excited about with Sony's incoming Xperia Z handset, but one thing that has some users a little disappointed is the fact that the phone will ship with Android 4.1 installed on it. There's nothing particularly wrong with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but it isn't the newest version of Android available. These users would like to see Android 4.2 running on the device when it launches, which unfortunately won't be the case.

Nook Tablet gets Android 4.2 by way of an unofficial CM10.1 release

By Robert Nelson
on 26 Dec, 2012

The Nook Tablet is no stranger to CyanogenMod. In the past we have seen builds for the tablet, and as of today we have word of an unofficial CM10.1 build for the Nook. And for those of you who have stuck with the stock ROM and are now ready to make the jump to custom ROMs -- as you will be going from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean, this will be a big jump. That said, read on to find out a bit more about this release.

BBC: Android is “extremely important” and iPlayer app updates are coming

By Robert Nelson
on 13 Dec, 2012

The BBC iPlayer app was updated for Jelly Bean back in mid-October, however since then, some things have changed. Namely, Android 4.2 has been released and 7-inch tablets (such as the Nexus 7) have become rather popular. On that note, details coming from the BBC spell out some big plans for the iPlayer app on Android.

Android 4.2 security system finding only about 15% of the malware

By Robert Nelson
on 10 Dec, 2012

Putting aside the argument of whether or not a malware scanner is needed on an Android device, lets talk about the scanner that is available on devices running Jelly Bean. Or more specifically, for those running 4.2. The key here, according to data coming from a recent test, it appears as if only a small amount of malware is being picked up this Google offering.