http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:07:16 +0000 3600 General news related to Android or Android affiliated announcements. http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/tegra-3-roadmap-r444 At the upcoming MWC , NVIDIA looks to build upon Tegra 2’s success by debuting their new quad-core technology, Tegra 3. Their past year’s sales reached $360 million dollars and NVIDIA is looking to build upon that by increasing sales over Tegra 2 by 50% with their Tegra 3 chipset. NVIDIA plans to have Tegra 3 cores running inside many “superphones” and tablets during the 2012 fiscal year. This launch is also positioned to take advantage of Windows 8 on the horizon. Windows 8 figures to be a big part of their plans as far as deployment going forward. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been quoted to say that Android tablets headline his expectations for sale of Tegra 3 but Windows 8 is going to play a large role as well. We have now three generations of Android operating systems and devices behind us. We have 10s and 10s of smartphones and 10s of tablets. We have engagements with nearly every single Tier 1 OEM in the world on the mobile side, as well as on the computing side. And so... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000 afe434653a898da20044041262b3ac74 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/android-40-ota-for-sgsii-beginning-march-1-r440 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:05:44 +0000 f4a331b7a22d1b237565d8813a34d8ac http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/asus-releases-transformer-prime-bootloader-unlock-tool-r439 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:58 +0000 540ae6b0f6ac6e155062f3dd4f0b2b01 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/nvidia-rounds-out-its-mobile-portfolio-introduces-icera-modem-series-r438 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:38:23 +0000 db6ebd0566994d14a1767f14eb6fba81 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/panasonic-tosses-their-hat-into-the-android-ring-r437 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:46:51 +0000 a8f8f60264024dca151f164729b76c0b http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/canonical-brings-full-fledged-ubuntu-to-android-r436 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:59:44 +0000 eaa32c96f620053cf442ad32258076b9 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/fujitsu-to-expand-phone-sales-outside-of-asia-test-european-and-american-markets-r426 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:24:35 +0000 299fb2142d7de959380f91c01c3a293c http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/moto-talks-ics-upgrades-short-list-long-wait-r414 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:13:37 +0000 7a674153c63cff1ad7f0e261c369ab2c http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/cm9-and-cornerstone-is-it-a-good-idea-r413 Ever since it was Open Sourced earlier in the month, we’ve been hearing a lot about Cornerstone from Onskreen . Cornerstone allows multiple applications to run onscreen at the same time in different “frames.” Now it seems that there are plans (albeit loosely- based ones) to build Cornerstone into CyanogenMod 9. Since this announcement, however, a Google engineer has come forward with some compelling reasons as to why this level of modification might be a very bad idea. While Ice Cream Sandwich offered vast changes in the way multitasking was handled on Android, many feel there is still room for improvement. A Google + post from CyanogenMod contributor Sven Daw was the original announcement for experimentation with Cornerstone. After the post was shared by Steve Kondik there was an especially interesting comment from a Google framework engineer. Dianne Hackborn (who you might remember gave a certain battery myth a good busting) put forward this impassio... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:49:31 +0000 59f51fd6937412b7e56ded1ea2470c25 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/mediatek-launches-low-end-android-platform-to-bring-40-to-the-masses-r409 MediaTek announced today a new Android platform designed to address the emerging low-cost smartphone market. Designated the MT6575, this platform combines a single-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, a graphics processor, and GSM/HSPA radios into a System-on-Chip package. This setup can also handle dual hot-swappable SIM cards and a variety of screen and camera resolutions. Will this be the chipset we see in developing markets and MVNOs over the next few years?For its mid-range offerings, the MT6575 can handle 720p high-definition recording and playback via a PowerVR SGX Series5 GPU; this will accommodate the qHD screen (960x540) and 8MP camera targets for this phone range. The system scales down well, providing usability and economy for the smaller screens, lower memory capacity, and less resolution-intensive cameras that will likely be found on many phones in emerging and pre-paid markets.The MT6575 platform also brings enhanced dual-SIM experiences to the Android platform. Fro... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:23 +0000 7b5b23f4aadf9513306bcd59afb6e4c9 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/easter-egg-revealed-in-ics-calendar-widget-r398 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:03:30 +0000 d9731321ef4e063ebbee79298fa36f56 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/andru-the-must-have-charging-accessory-for-android-r397 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23:08 +0000 215a71a12769b056c3c32e7299f1c5ed http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/google-drive-the-future-of-cloud-storage-r396 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:45:27 +0000 0966289037ad9846c5e994be2a91bafa http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/google-apps-and-vanishing-apks-addressing-best-practices-in-software-distribution-r394 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:08:53 +0000 f016e59c7ad8b1d72903bb1aa5720d53 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/asus-transformer-prime-sees-another-ota-update-r390 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:13 +0000 359f38463d487e9e29bd20e24f0c050a http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/lg-to-samsungwell-see-your-note-and-raise-you-an-optimus-vu-r389 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:34 +0000 2bd7f907b7f5b6bbd91822c0c7b835f6 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/lenovo-thinkpad-ics-ota-r388 Lenovo has announced that its ThinkPad tablet offering will be receiving an OTA update to Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Owners can expect the upgrade to begin starting in May 2012. This update brings improvements and several new features including the browser, voice input and face unlock.The browser is getting a big upgrade in terms of speed and user friendliness. Also, voice input is going to be beefed up and function similarly to how it does on the Galaxy Nexus. While you speak, the words appear on the screen, and your voice input engine underlines the text that it thinks it heard properly but might be translated incorrectly. When you’re finished speaking, all you need to do is tap these words and suggestions for the correct words will then appear. Face unlock, one of the more flashy features of ICS will allow the unlocking of the device with solely the person’s face. This is one of those features that the manufacturer may choose to activate or deactivate before pushing the... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:38 +0000 0c0a7566915f4f24853fc4192689aa7e http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/cyanogenmod-9-progress-update-r387 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:36 +0000 4fa7c62536118cc404dec4a0ca88d4f6 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/android-kernel-source-released-for-the-touchpad-r384 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:25 +0000 5ca3e9b122f61f8f06494c97b1afccf3 http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/google-hud-glasses-r382 Have you ever dreamed about navigating through your day to day like Arnold in the Terminator movies? Well, those days may not be too far ahead of us. Our best friends over at Google are working on HUD (heads up display) glasses, reportedly resembling Oakley’s Thump glasses. These glasses are purported to have one lens acting as the display with LCD or AMOLED being the technology used, rumors of dual 3D configurations and transparency seem to be just that at this point.It cannot be stressed enough that this product will not be just an Android peripheral; it will likely be packing “generation old” smartphone technology spcifications. This includes a 1gHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. Speculation is that it will be offer Bluetooth 4.0 and/or WiFi for Internet connectivity and will also have a GPS chip on board. This means that as you meander about your home, these glasses will report information about your location to Google’s cloud and the display that informat... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:29:28 +0000 4e0d67e54ad6626e957d15b08ae128a6