Android 5.0 updates now incoming for select Nexus models

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

It’s a big day for Android 5.0 Lollipop, and following Motorola’s confirmation that this year’s Moto X and Moto G were seeing their Lollipop updates go public, we got word from Sprint that we should be on the lookout for an update to the Nexus 5. As we mentioned in an update to that story, Google has since tweeted that “the rollout has started,” but we were careful to not read too much into what it meant there without getting some further confirmation. Based on a growing number of ...

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Nexus Android 5.0 Lollipop updates may be one week away

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

This week’s been a pretty significant one for Android, as users get their first taste of the public non-dev-preview Android 5.0 Lollipop release in the form of the Nexus 9. We’ve seen Google update its online codebases with new Lollipop sources, as well as deliver factory images for some of this new 5.0-running hardware. But despite how hard we’ve been looking, there’s been nary a peep of Lollipop updates for existing Nexus devices – models like last year’s Nexus 5 and Nexus ...

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Leaked ROM reveals details of Nexus 6/Android 5.0 Ambient Display mode

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

One of the cooler (not to mention most useful) features Motorola brought to the Moto X was the phone’s Active Display mode, showing you important notifications without having to first wake the phone. Since then we’ve seen the feature expand to other Motorola models, and with last week’s launch of the Nexus 6, it sure looked like a similar mode was coming along for the ride. At least, the ...

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When will Android Lollipop be ready for your Nexus model?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Earlier this week, we got news from Google about its plans for the public release of Android 5.0 Lollipop: while the new Nexus devices would (obviously) ship with Lollipop, updates for existing models were announced as arriving sometime in the weeks to come. Well, what does that mean? Will Nexus 5 owners be waiting until Thanksgiving before they have a chance (beyond the dev preview, at least) to bring Lollipop to their phones? Today we start to get a better sense of just who’s getting what when, as a ...

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Google confirms Android Lollipop updates for older Nexus models

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

A few hours back, when we shared with you Google’s official Android 5.0 Lollipop announcement, we mentioned how the company had confirmed plans to deliver updates for the Nexus 5, 7, 10, and the various GPe models. That was well and good, but what about older entries in the Nexus family? We’d been wondering for months now what the update situation might look like for the Nexus 4 and first-gen Nexus 7, and ...

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Are the days of the affordable Nexus over?

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Rumors and leaks have referred to it as Shamu for the last several weeks, but today we now know it as the latest addition to Google’s beloved smartphone line, the Nexus 6.Not surprisingly, most of the rumors were spot-on. This smartphone is a behemoth – not only in size, but also on paper. The Nexus 6 seemingly has it all: a 5.96-inch QHD AMOLED display, 3GB ...

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Android L Nexus 4 evidence, whispers of Android M emerge

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The public release of Android L is probably just a few weeks away, but for the moment, interested enthusiasts can check out preview builds for certain Nexus devices: the Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7. We’ve wondered in the past if older Nexus models might eventually see Android L updates of their own, and while we still don’t have a definitive answer, new evidence suggests that L is at least being tested on the ...

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The iPhone 6 from an Android user’s perspective

Posted on by Joe Levi

Apple has announced the iPhone 6 – in two different sizes, no less. But what did users really get? The next version of the iPhone, that’s for sure, but how does it compare with what Android users already have – and what they don’t.ScreensFirst off, let’s talk about sizes. The iPhone 6 comes in both 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch versions. The former is a little better than 720p resolution, the latter is 1080p. If those numbers sound familiar, they should! The Nexus 4, released in 2012, had a 4.7-inch screen with a little better than 720p resolution (better, in fact, ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 27 news recap of 2014

Posted on by Adam Doud

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Android L developer preview source code now live in AOSP for many Nexus models

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Google’s Android L release so far has differed from the norm in as many ways as possible — for one, an early developer preview version has been made available for non-public consumption until the general release comes around this fall. Now, an AOSP push has begun for the Android ...

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Will the Nexus 4 and first-gen Nexus 7 get Android L?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The Nexus S ended its run of officially-issued Android updates at 4.1.2. The Galaxy Nexus kept things moving up until 4.3. And now with the Android L preview arriving, owners of aging Nexus hardware are wondering what, if any support might still be in the pipeline for their own devices. The first-gen Nexus 7 is coming up on two years old at this point, and the Nexus 4 isn’t that far behind. Will they get to taste Android L when it goes public this fall? Just looking at the timing alone, you might be tempted ...

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Death of the Nexus: why Google shouldn’t kill its developer brand

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Google’s in-house Nexus brand of affordable developer smartphones has garnered a small, dedicated group of enthusiasts since the first handset, the HTC-made Nexus One, launched in early 2010. Since then, Google has partnered with Samsung and LG two times each to make the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, and Nexus 5, all of which have been fan favorite Android handsets each year.The venture was never about making money or inflating profits. Instead, it was about sticking it to the U.S. wireless providers and letting consumers ...

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Android 4.4.4 update starts rolling out, factory images posted for select Nexus devices

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Android 4.4.3 is still brand new, with only certain Nexus, Google Play Edition, and Motorola devices having ...

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Jolla Launcher brings the Sailfish OS experience to Android next week

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Nokia’s not the only player in town with Android launcher news today, and while its new Z Launcher may be grabbing all the headlines, we’ve also just picked up on word of another new launcher, nearly ready to head out. And like Nokia, with its Symbian roots and move to Windows Phone, we’re looking at a release from another company more traditionally associated with a platform other than Android: Jolla. While work on Sailfish ...

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When it comes to broken phones, LG knows how to take care of customers

Posted on by Joe Levi

Remember back in February of 2013 when I dropped my Nexus 4 and shattered its screen? That was the first phone that I’d ever broken. Up until that time I’d always thought my friends and family must have been particularly clumsy or simply didn’t take care of their devices. While that may be true of some of them (you know who you are!), it’s certainly not descriptive of all of them! Inevitably, everyone will break a phone. It’s going to happen. What happens next, however, is an entirely ...

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