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Earlier this month, Motorola DROID Bionic owners were reporting they started to receive invitations to test the device’s upcoming Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, and here we are a few weeks later as Motorola is announcing the device has just started to receive that very update.

Starting today, the Motorola DROID Bionic’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will begin rolling out to handsets for Verizon Wireless customers. As you would expect from Android devices receiving 4.1 Jelly Bean, DROID Bionic owners can expect a number of improvements to their devices that include Google Now as well as improvements to the device’s notifications. Some updates will also be made available specifically to improve the DROID Bionic as users can expect their device to have better data connectivity as well as the removal of its preloaded Sling and MOG applications. (more…)

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Motorola‘s Droid Bionic is (finally) slated to receive an update to Ice Cream Sandwich, which will be available on October 19th. This comes when many other cell phones are offering users upgrades from ICS to Jelly Bean. The majority of the Android-using world is still using Gingerbread, however, so Bionic users who upgrade will still be a bit ahead of the general curve.

By upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich, Bionic users will get a variety of new features, including the customizable launch bar, Face Unlock, simplified multitasking, improved notifications, and Motorola’s SmartAction app. ICS users will have Direct Access Lock, which lets the users skip directly to either the camera, messages, texts, or unlock. In addition, users will be able to create folders by drag and dropping apps on top of each other.

The Droid Bionic features a 4.3 inch qHD TFT display with a resolution of 960×540, as well as a Gorilla Glass overlay to help protect the screen. The Bionic has both a microUSB and micro HDMI port, as well as a standard 3.5mm headphone port. Its wireless tech includes LTE, EVDO Rev.A, b/g/n Wifi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Some of this smartphone’s best features includes its 8MP camera with autofocus and an LED flash, which can record in full HD 1080p, as well as its dual-core 1GHz processor. The Bionic was released in 2011. According to the Verizon Facebook page, it will receive a Jelly Bean update “in the coming months.”

[via Verizon]

Droid Bionic gets Ice Cream Sandwich update is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Good news Motorola Droid Bionic owners – if you were unwilling, or did not know how to flash an Android 4.0 ICS based ROM onto your handset, you might be interested to learn that according to Verizon, the Android 4.0 ICS update is expected to begin rolling out to Droid Bionic handsets starting from today. Considering that a soak test was conducted last week, we guess Motorola/Verizon decided that it was time to release the update to the masses. We expect that it will begin rolling out in stages so not everyone will be getting the update at the same time, so fret not if you have yet to receive the notification. If you haven’t been notified about the update and you’re waiting, you can head on over to Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic support page to learn how to update your handset, as well as what to expect in the upcoming update. If you have received the update, let us know in the comments below on how it is treating you!

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If you happen to own a Motorola Droid Bionic, then chances are pretty good, assuming you have yet to root your device and installed one of those custom ROMs on it, that you do not have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich under the hood. All of that does seem as though it is going to change soon, considering how the Motorola Droid Bionic soak test is about to kick off. This snippet of information comes from owners of the Motorola Droid Bionic, where they claimed to have received an email from Motorola which enquired whether one wants to participate in a soak test – and one can only assume it would be for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, what else could it be?

A soak test is basically an event where a small number of handsets of a select model will be able to test out a new software update, which signals only one thing, which is the soon-to-be-released software. Better, for the lack of better words, to screw up on a small scale than on a large scale, right?

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