Showing posts with label release. Show all posts
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Sunday, 2 March 2014

Manufacturers hint at Android KitKat 4.4 release date


As we ring in the New Year, speculation remains as to when Android will release its much-coveted KitKat 4.4. It’s been eerily quiet since we announced the new operating system back in September, but a number of the biggest mobile manufacturers have now indicated when they will be receiving the latest update.
News leaked on French website SFR that the update would be made available to Samsung’s S4 before the end of January and on the Note 3 at the beginning of February.
Meanwhile HTC have stated that they will be looking to roll out the KitKat update for the HTC One from the end of January. This will also include the Sense 5.5 update for their flagship handset.
For most other HTC devices including the One DualSIM, One Max and One Mini it has also been difficult to pinpoint a particular release date, but developer llabtoofer have shed some light on the situation, tweeting that a release date is looking more like January-February.
LG haven’t commented at all on the matter surrounding a KitKat release, however, rumours have suggested that LG users will have to wait until the end of March for a software update.
Sony, on the other hand, have decided that they are going to phase the introduction of KitKat meaning that a release date will depend on your preferred network and home address!
So it looks like Android users will have to wait at least another month for the latest instalment its dessert-themed OS, but hey, at least we now feel that little bit closer.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 set for April release?


The seemingly long wait for the release of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 may be over, according to one expert.
Thanks to some informative tweeting on the part of Eldar Murtazin, who correctly guessed the release date of the Samsung Galaxy S4 last year, we now know that Samsung are going to be holding a ‘pre MWC’ launch on February 23rd in Barcelona, at 18:00 local time.
Murtazin has also said that the price will stay exactly the same as the Galaxy S4, with an official release date set for the month of April.
The newest feature of the S5 is the new Touchwiz, which contains new home screen designs and a Google Now-like service. Murtazin’s most revealing tweet read as follows:
“Galaxy S5 software is a next step in Touchwiz evolution. UI (has) a difference name but who cares? Niche features for PR is a smart thing”
Samsung Galaxy fans won’t have long to wait for further revelations as to the specific design and spec elements, and all eyes are now on Barcelona.
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