Microsoft had announced the Windows Phone 7.8 update in January for Windows Phone 7 operating system series devices. Now, reports are out that the company has halted the roll out due to some issues with the Live Tiles feature. Some users who received the update on their device claimed that the Live Tiles were not updating as the company had proposed...  View more

Google has shared its latest monthly report which states the OS distribution data of its various versions of Android Operating System. According to the report, the latest Android Jelly Bean now runs 16.5% of all Android devices around the globe. Out of which Android 4.1 runs 14.9% and rest 1.6% is the latest version Android 4.2 This indicates that people are now opting for new and better devices and are choosing latest versions of operating system...  View more

The latest device to receive the Android Jelly Bean update will be the Asus Transformer Pad TF300, which received the 4.2 version update. This will be the first non nexus tablet from the company to receive the Jelly Bean update. The update will be rolled out in phases over-the-air (OTA), starting with Asus’ US customers. The Transformer Pad TF300 was launched in direct competition to the iPad 2 by its manufacturer...  View more

Its been a little over 10 days since the first Blackberry 10 device, the BlackBerry Z10, was launched in India. The operating system has now received its first update which has brought along a host of new improvements. The new software version is coded as 10.0.10.85 and its size is 150MB. The update is being rolled out in phases and is yet to reach the Indian BlackBerry 10 devices...  View more

Jelly Bean updates are in demand with every Android user these days, and this time HTC has initiated the rolling out of Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) OS update for its mid-range flagship device, the One S. HTC One S was one of the first devices to arrive with an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream sandwich) OS in the market and was then followed by the One X rolled out by the Taiwanese manufacturer almost at the same time...  View more

The operating system marketing is heating up with the onset of the Mobile World Congress, 2013. First, Mozilla launches Firefox operating system based devices. Now, we hear news of a new lower end operating system, Tizen OS, which will will eventually grow to take on established operating systems such as Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS...  View more

The Mobile World Congress is a five day fully packed event that hosts innumerable announcements, showcases of fresh releases and booths. This great event is a treat for tech-buffs and also witnesses a lot of parties and fun to jazz it up even further. Let us take a brief walkthrough of the MWC 2013 schedule. Day 1 The show has already begun on the 24th of February, and Samsung has officially announced the release of its Galaxy Note 8...  View more

Mozilla Firefox one of the most successful search browser has introduced a Firefox OS, a Web-based smartphone operating system by Mozilla. This new amazing operating system was showcases at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain, and has partnered with device manufacturers and mobile operators globally to introduced Firefox smartphones in 2013. Mozilla has unveiled the Firefox Marketplace which is an app store tailored with mobile Web applications and websites that can be introduced in new smartphones...  View more

Jolla the company famous for the SailfishOS has recently introduce the Alpha SDK app in December 2012. The SDK is supported by Linux systems (Fedora 18 and Ubuntu 12.10), there is also a PC and Mac-compatible version available. The Sailfish SDK comprises of the Qt Creator integrated development environment (IDE), the Mer build engine for cross-compilation, the SailfishOS emulator, tutorials on developing apps and design guideline for repositories for additional libraries, UI components, the SailfishOS UI framework and Sailfish handset application interfaces...  View more

The market is already witnessing a tough competition between the various operating systems available for user to chose from. And, now at the Mobile World Congress 2013 a new operating system has been launched by Mozilla, the famous free software community, which is well known for its Mozilla Firefox browser. Last year at the Mobile World Congress 2012,  Mozilla had promised to launch a platform for the mobile devices, and now it has kept its promise made to its fans by launching  the first commercial version of its Firefox OS as an open mobile ecosystem...  View more

Canonical had recently introduced the Ubuntu OS for tablets following the introduction of the OS for smartphones some times back. Now the company has officially released the developer preview version of the Ubuntu operating system for smartphones and tablets which has got its name dubbed as “Ubuntu Touch”. The newly released Ubuntu Touch OS is now available for download and installation on Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google Nexus 7, Google Nexus 10 as well as on the Google Nexus 4 smartphones...  View more

Canonical has now officially introduced the Ubuntu operating system for tablets following the unveiling of the OS for the smartphone some times back. The Ubuntu OS for the smartphones as well as tablets will be available from tomorrow onwards for the developers. Presently, the Ubuntu OS for the tablets will be available for the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 devices...  View more

Last month Canonical released teasers of the Ubuntu operating system on the Galaxy Nexus device, which the company is using as a test device for its mobile OS version of the hugely popular desktop OS. The new range of Nexus devices with the Ubuntu operating system preview are all set for a launch on 21st February, this year. The company has revealed that it will allow tech savvy users to mess around with a trial version of the mobile OS by providing them images and open source code before the official launch...  View more

Following the successful roll out of the Android 4.2.2 update for most  members of the Nexus family, now the update has hit the Nexus 4. We had reported to you earlier that Google has released the Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10. The users of the Nexus 4 devices must have felt left out earlier, but now it’s their turn to come parallel with the other Nexus devices...  View more

The iOS 6.1 update, which was rolled out few weeks ago is now reported to be facing Battery drain and over heating issues with the iPhones which updated their Operating System.   This update was rolled out to fix the Wi-Fi issues on the iPad and other small bugs on others iOS devices. Now, many iPhone owners, who updated their Smartphones with iOS 6...  View more

If you are a owner of Motorola Electrify M, we have good news for you. Your Smartphone will be tasting the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update from 12th February, 2013 onwards. Motorola Electrify M is a famous Smartphone whose specs and features are similar to Motorola Droid Razr M. It sports a 4.3 inch AMOLED Touch Screen which produces a resolution of 980 x 540 pixels and is powered by 1...  View more

Google has shared its current Android distribution share list which claims that 45.6% of Android devices still run on Android Gingerbread Operating System.This data was collected in 14 days and is updated till 4th Feb 2013. Going by this report, we can say that Android Gingerbread is losing its share in the market but it will take time for any other version to overtake its first position...  View more

Canonical, the makers of the Ubuntu operating system are all set to launch the first Ubuntu platform smartphones in October this year.   The company is all set to lock horns with Google’s Android smartphone’s with its new launch. The company had announced that the Ubuntu operating system will be making its debut on the Galaxy Nexus phones soon earlier at CES 2013...  View more

Android is soon advancing by an Operating System called the Key Lime Pie. Google is fast developing this new OS. We wonder how fast or how slow, Google is moving in developing its  next version of its mobile OS, Android 5.0. Google has presently given us news only about its Key Lime Pie. We're thinking the Key Lime Pie will get the  Android 5...  View more

A new app named in a self explanatory fashion as the Windows Android, allows user to run the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) as a native Windows app on any Windows PC, tablets and smartphones. It allows users to use the Android ICS apps and web browser and even download other Android apps. It is supported by Windows Vista and its successors and supports their screen resolution...  View more