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For all of you Google Nexus 4 owners out there, heads up – T-Mobile has rolled out an Over The Air (OTA) software update on Tuesday. This happens to be a lightweight maintenance update which comes at a size of just 1.8MB, and has been listed as software version JWR66Y. Basically, this particular update is all about security, so for those of you out there who have taken the opportunity to root your device, you would not be on the receiving end of the update, never mind that it takes up a paltry amount of storage space on your device. Despite that, T-Mobile still plays it safe, asking you to have at least half of your battery charge when you perform the download and installation process of the software update.

It its previous update, version JWR66V, it saw the delivery of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to the handset. Should your Nexus 4 still be running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, then you can be sure that you are at least one update behind to catch up with. Word on the street has it that other Nexus-named devices as well as Google Play Editions will also receive this very security fix. For those of you who have already installed the update, how do you find it treating you so far?

T-Mobile Nexus 4 Software Update Arrives original content from Ubergizmo.

LG Display has announced the creation of the world’s first 2566 x 1440 panel for smartphones, a Quad HD AH-IPS LCD. This massively high resolution accompanies a 5.5-inch panel, giving it a 538ppi. As such, says the display maker, this is both the highest resolution and the highest pixels per inch of any mobile display […]

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The virtual keyboard is one aspect of smartphones that does take some getting used to, and while the first generation of virtual keyboards proved to have quite the learning curve (steep or otherwise is subject to the user’s interpretation – as you can never quite tell whose thumbs and fingers are too huge for it), there has been enhancements made in the past and up till now, where one is able to install a third party app which will take over the role of the virtual keyboard, letting you glide your finger over the keyboard to form words, and the artificial intelligence within has done a pretty good job so far. I have been using Swype all the time on my Android device, and have been more than happy with it all this while. The Minuum keyboard is another player to the Android market, where it intends to be the keyboard standard for future devices – wearable technology included.

Minuum has remained in a closed beta for quite some time already, but it has just rolled out for all Android users yesterday. Being a public beta app, do not be surprised if you come across any kind of bugs or issues. One ought to take note that Minuum has been optimized for all Android screen sizes, and it will play nice with any version from Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread and above. A new tutorial has been thrown in to this public beta, where it will cost you $3.99 a pop to run – or free should you have been a Kickstarter backer.

Minuum Keyboard Arrives On Android original content from Ubergizmo.

In the least surprising news of the week, as DirecTV’s rights to the vaunted NFL Sunday Ticket package come close to their 2014 expiration date, rumors of who else may bid for them are starting and Google is right at the top. According to AllThingsD, league officials met with the internet giant today and among many topics, the package of rights to air all of the league’s games to out of market viewers came up. As suggested, the folks in Mountain View (and several other companies we can all think of) can certainly afford the reported $1 billion DirecTV has been paying — and YouTube has already shelled out to stream sports in the US and around the world — but whether or not the NFL would actually sell to them is still in question.

As we mused on this week’s Engadget HD Podcast, what’s kept the NFL from selling the package in a different way — explained by league officials as “really in the consumer’s best interest” — so far is a fear that other networks like CBS and Fox would want to pay less to broadcast those games. With billions at stake we’d be extremely surprised to see the status quo actually change, so while anything is possible your best bet without satellite is probably still a copy of Madden NFL 25 Anniversary Edition.

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Source: AllThingsD