Sony announces which Xperia phones will get Jelly Bean

The cards are on the table - Sony just announced the update plan of its Xperia line. Here's the list of models that will get updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and also the ones that will remain stuck with 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Sony's latest high-end Xperia phones - the Xperia T, TX and V - will be updated to 4.1 Jelly Bean in mid-Q1 next year.

Next up are the global versions of Xperia S, Xperia acro S, Xperia ion, Xperia P, Xperia go and Xperia J. The release date for the update will be announced later. It's still unclear what will happen to the localized versions.

And now, the ones left behind - the whole 2011 Xperia lineup (which got updated to ICS) will not be getting Jelly Bean because Sony "would not be able to guarantee owners of these smartphones the user experience you expect and we demand".

It's a bit disappointing that the Xperia J, which has a cut-down version of the Qualcomm chipset that powers the 2011 Xperias, is getting JB but the older models are not.

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LG and Google to partner to make next Nexus Device

The new Nexus phone, presumed to be called the LG Nexus 4, has been reviewed ahead of its rumored launch date of October 29th.

Onliner, the same website that leaked the LG Nexus 4 several times this week, posted a full review of the device complete with detailed specifications as well as a side-by-side photo op with the previous Nexus smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

The review details some information that we had not known yet including the new Nexus phone’s size, weight and more. Apparently, the phone is 9.2mm thin which means that it’s much thicker than the iPhone 5 which is 7.6mm thin. It also weighs 139 grams, also heavier than the iPhone 5. The device is also thicker than the Galaxy Nexus by .03mm. It’s also wider but shorter than the Galaxy Nexus.
The back of the new Nexus phone, unlike the Galaxy Nexus’, possesses no hump. It’s flush. The review also claims that the back is both smooth and glossy which could mean that it’s made of scratch-resistant glass. They took a key to the back to try and scratch it and could not do so.

The new Nexus phone does not contain any metal elements in its design. Instead, it’s made of plastic, just like the Galaxy Nexus.

Its display, which measures 4.7-inches, is a True IPS display which means that its not PenTile Matrix.The screen sports HD resolution, something that does not differ from the previous Nexus smartphone.

LG Nexus 4 has an 8MP rear camera, no pins for accessories, and it appears that the phone is running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, the latest from Google. It’s certainly possible that it could launch with Android 4.2 on board but at this point, it’s unclear.

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Pros And Cons Of Jailbreakring, Rooting and flashing

Now when most people purchase their devices, whether it be Android, Symbian, iOS, Java you name it, they look for features which they feel their the default configuration of their device doesn't give them so they decide to tweak it. Am not saying doing this is illegal or anything(Hell the US government considers jailbreaking as totally legal).But before you go ahead messing with your device's ROM or OS, I suggest you take a look at the ups and downs, Good and bad side, Pros and cons whatever you call it. I'll be as concise as possible. So here goes:
I'll start with rooting on the Android Platform
Now there are a lot of things to consider when getting a custom ROM for Android. If you don't understand rooting on Android, Please do not try it. I'll suggest you watch a lot of tutorials, read a lot of tutorials and ask those who have done i t and it worked for them or else you could either underclock it or overclock  it which would lead to over heating or explosion in extreme cases.
Moving on to Symbian.
On the symbian platform, the least that could happen is you lose you files, default apps and warranty. But the worst is that the slightest mistake you make while flashing you Symbian device could brick it. But hey it also has its up-sides which are a better UI that the native Firm Ware, some CFW(Custom Firm Wares) come with all the Blackberry symbols so no need to copy and paste them anymore. You could aslo have a live home screen. So weigh your options before installing a CFW.
Moving on to the iOS platform.
First things first, Apple has fought tooth-and-nail to make Jailbreaking illegal but to no avail so they decided to get back at those who jailbreak their iDevices by voiding their warranty the moment they jailbreak it. But people look outside the apple app store for apps so they continue  jailbreaking regardless of the void warranty. When you jail break your device, you have access to Cydia, an appstore for jailbroken devices.

An Image of the Cydia Store.



Though jail breaking is "illegal" to apple, Cydia makes it up to you by providing splendid apps but this comes with a price which could either be reduced battery life, hanging altogether leading to mal-functioning of your device. So I'll give the same advice again: Don't try this if you don't know how to.
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Kasuwa rebrands: Now Jumia

The new Nigerian e-store Kasuwa recently rebranded to Jumia. Now kasuwa(oops! Jumia)Offers a great deal of products. You can practically buy and/or sell anything on their store. Below is an image of this e-store:

To visit this store, follow this link Jumia.com.ng
Jumia also offers a pay-on-delivery service for those who can't pay online either because of lack of fund at that particular time or absence of a credit card.
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Google's project glass

Since google's acquisition of the android OS, they have continued to build towards a certain goal :......creating smarter devices which a more aware of its' user's preferences. The project glass is an augmented Head mounted display which enables you do a lot of things without hands but speech! These includ: Geotagging, voice and video call, reminder setting, snapshot taking etc etc. The project glass was unvieled at google I/O keynote 2012 and is available for pre-order to be gotten in 2013

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Web browsers turn OS

With the development of new devices, companies like google have decided to take the lead. With the acquisition of android from Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and co; they have clearly made their intentions known:To rule the tech world. Even though they acquired the Android OS, they still wanted to create something original which brought about Chrome OS. Mozilla the owners of firefox browser followed suit by creating firefox OS. I'll go into details in upcoming posts.

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Inside Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

With the introduction of Android 4.1(Jelly Bean) in the Nexus 7 and Nexus Q, I have been wondering: What's new in Jelly Bean? The following have be either introduced or modified Project Butter
Project butter is a new framework that makes Jelly Bean faster and less battery consuming. How? With the frame, CPU and graphics chips working hand -in-hand to make transitions faster. The frame also makes the CPU slow down when your android device is not in use then becomes faster when you start using your android device.

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