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- SONY Ericsson has a change of heart, will update the XPERIA X10 to Android 2.3
- HTC prepping software update to enable HSUPA on the Inspire 4G
- Watch the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event from CTIA 2011
| SONY Ericsson has a change of heart, will update the XPERIA X10 to Android 2.3 Posted: 25 Mar 2011 01:14 PM PDT Owners of the SONY Ericsson XPERIA X10 were distraught, but certainly not surprised when SE announced that the X10 would live out its remaining days running on Android 2.1. SONY Ericsson has struggled in rolling out Android updates from the very beginning, so most simply assumed that they would either need to hack the X10 or purchase a new device in order to gain access to the latest Android updates. But it looks like there may actually be a glimmer of hope at the end of this dark tunnel. A post of on the SONY Ericsson blog has just revealed that SE has had a change of heart and will be bringing Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to the XPERIA X10 after all. The update will be available in late Q2 or early Q3 for most XPERIA X10 handsets which have no carrier branding or customizations. Android 2.3.3 on the XPERIA X10 will feature a few generic Gingerbread features and some of the enhancements from SONNY Ericsson's 2011 XPERIA handsets. Since the update is still in development, not many details have been released. While this is certainly some incredible news for XPERIA X10 owners, the comments on the SE Product Blog are mostly negative. As it turns out, owners of the X10 Mini/MiniPro and X8 are not happy to hear that their handsets will not be getting the same update to Gingerbread. We certainly understand their frustration, but we'd like to point out that the X10 is a far superior product when compared to the other XPERIA handsets from 2010.
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| HTC prepping software update to enable HSUPA on the Inspire 4G Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PDT AT&T has gotten quite a bit of bad press over the past month since their new HTC Inspire 4G doesn't really support 4G speeds. As you may know, AT&T chose to launch the Inspire 4G without support for HSUPA out of the box, leading to upload speeds that barely make it over the 500 kbps threshold. While we all breathed a sigh of relief when AT&T announced they would enable HSUPA on some of their devices, today is the first time we have seen any progress on the situation. An FCC Class II Permissive Change document for the HTC Inspire 4G has just been uncovered which states that the “HTC Corporation will enable HSUPA function of this product, Smartphone (FCC ID: NM8PD98120), by software.” There is no indication as to when the software update will be hitting the HTC Inspire 4G, but we're hoping that once HSUPA is enabled on the device, the HTC Inspire 4G will finally be able to live up to its name.
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| Watch the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event from CTIA 2011 Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:17 AM PDT We're sure most of you have heard that Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Tab 8.9 and the redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1 at CTIA earlier this week. You've seen pictures and video already, but we thought you'd also be interested in taking a peek at the official video from Samsung's Unpacked event. It's certainly exciting to see that Samsung is fully committed to bringing multiple Android tablets to market. But the most exciting thing for us is that Samsung was able to give the Galaxy Tab 10.1 a refresh in less than a month, shaving off a full millimeter in thickness to make it the world’s thinnest tablet. With multiple sizes and connectivity options, do you think Samsung has gotten their tablet strategy right? From what we've seen, Samsung it truly looking to offer the right tablet option for every consumer.
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