Jelly Bean Uprades Cometh (to a chosen few) ...
>> Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Heads to HTC One: An Update Roundup
Jared Newman
PCWorld
July 20, 2012
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Now that the source code for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is available, the update announcements from phone makers are starting to roll in.
HTC is the first phone maker to confirm Jelly Bean for some of its phones. The HTC One X, One S, and One XL will all get the update to Android 4.1, but the company didn't announce timing, carrier-specific plans or the fate of other phones, such as Sprint's Evo 4G LTE.
Other phone makers have been less forthcoming.
Samsung told Pocket-Lint last month that it will “review the possibility of implementation to existing Samsung products” with the update, but offered no specifics. Sammobile has reported that the Galaxy S III could get Jelly Bean in August or September, and that the Galaxy S II passed Samsung's initial tests for the update. None of those details have been confirmed by the company.
As Pocket-Lint reports, Motorola, Asus, LG and Sony have yet to comment on upgrade plans.
As for Google's lead devices, the Jelly Bean update is coming to the unlocked Nexus S and Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi tablet, and is already available for the unlocked Galaxy Nexus. Update status remains unclear for the Sprint and Verizon versions of the Galaxy Nexus, the Sprint Nexus S and the Verizon Motorola Xoom. Of course, Google's Nexus 7 tablet comes with Android 4.1 out of the box.
Google wants to make Android updates easier for phone makers with a “platform development kit,” which will provide preview versions of upcoming OS versions months before they are released to open source. A handful of manufacturers received a beta PDK for Jelly Bean, but it's not clear which ones. ###
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