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Just a few days after Jelly Bean landed on the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II, it’s slightly larger brother, the Galaxy S II Skyrocket on AT&T, is now receiving the honors. AT&T announced today that Jelly Bean is now on its way to the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and users will be able to download the update starting today.

The Skyrocket was released was released back in November 2011 as an AT&T exclusive, and it ran Android 2.3 Gingerbread right out of the box. It was eventually updated to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, and now owners are able to take advantage of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean by downloading the update either over-the-air or via Samsung Kies.

The Galaxy S II Skyrocket wasn’t a huge change over the original Galaxy S II, but it does offers a larger display at 4.5 inches over the Galaxy S II’s 4.3-incher. The Skyrocket also comes with 4G LTE that the Galaxy S II unfortunately lacks. The Skyrocket also sports a slightly faster processor at 1.5GHz and double the internal storage space.

Jelly Bean will allow Skyrocket users to take advantage of some of the great new features of the new Android OS, including Google Now, improved notifications, and smoother performance thanks to Project Butter. This may be the last update that the Galaxy S II Skyrocket receives, so savor the moment while you can.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket gets Jelly Bean update is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

Continue reading Refresh Roundup: week of October 22nd, 2012

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Refresh Roundup: week of October 22nd, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To say that the launch of Isis has felt drawn out would be a mild understatement. The alliance first signaled its intentions two years ago, detailed its first markets one year ago and faced a last-minute delay. All the ducks are finally in a row, however, and residents of both Austin as well as Salt Lake City can tap to pay (or score discounts) at the “hundreds” of locations that accept NFC-based purchases through American Express, Capital One, Chase and Isis’ own cash card. Launch day brings app- and SIM-enabled access for nine devices spread rather unevenly across AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon: only the Droid Incredible 4G LTE is confirmed working for Verizon subscribers, while the rest are divided more equally between multiple Samsung Galaxies and HTC devices like the Amaze 4G and One X. Over 20 phones should be Isis-aware before the end of the year. It’s a potentially strong start to one of the few truly cross-network mobile payment systems in the US, but we see a long road ahead before Isis gives Google Wallet some jitters — there’s legions of banks, cities and stores needed before Isis is widespread, and we’re not counting on that ever-elusive universal hardware support.

Continue reading Isis’ NFC payments go live in Austin and Salt Lake City: 3 carriers, 9 phones, 1 long way to go (video)

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Isis’ NFC payments go live in Austin and Salt Lake City: 3 carriers, 9 phones, 1 long way to go (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mr. Blurrycam has struck again, and this time he brings us a launch date for T-Mobile’s Isis Mobile Wallet pilot program by way of TmoNews. According to the image (which you can catch after the break), the Isis app will arrive on Google Play come October 22nd for folks in Salt Lake City, Utah and Austin, Texas to take for a test drive. Another image reveals that those who activate their mobile wallet could snag $10, and an additional $15 if they convert their Isis Cash card into a reloadable prepaid card. Call one of the two cities home and can’t wait to put the NFC payment solution through its paces? You’ll need an Isis SIM card and a Samsung Galaxy S III, S II or Relay 4G to partake in the festivities. For those outside the lucky cities, there’s still no word on when Isis will fully launch.

Continue reading T-Mobile to kick off Isis Mobile Wallet pilot program on October 22nd according to leaked photo

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T-Mobile to kick off Isis Mobile Wallet pilot program on October 22nd according to leaked photo originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just incase you didn’t know that the Windows Phone 8X was coming to T-Mobile, an alledged roadmap of the carrier’s upcoming releases has made it clear. This roadmap from TmoNews also lists the LG Optimus L9 Android device, a Samsung Toba (possibly a tablet we’ve not heard of before), and a Dell BMW – this very likely being a laptop ready for action with Windows 8, starting up T-Mobile’s laptop efforts again like AT&T is doing with their set of notebook releases. This list goes on as well, showing off a color refresh for the Galaxy S II and a BlackBerry Armstrong device.

The BlackBerry Armstrong has been tipped as being one in the same with the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, a device that mixes touchscreen action with a full QWERTY keyboard. There’s a set of new colors for the Galaxy S II – strangely enough – though we must assume that this is mis-typed and means the Galaxy S III which has been getting several colored cases to carriers across the USA recently.

UPDATE: The Samsung Galaxy S II Color is a device in and of itself, bringing on what appears to be specifications replicating the Galaxy S II’s original release on T-Mobile. The BlackBerry device has been confirmed (so to speak, leaked) as the BlackBerry Curve 9315 with a 2.44inch 320 x 240 QVGA display, 1450mAh battery, Blackberry 7.1, 3.2 megapixel camera on the back. The images below also include the Huawei Summit, more than likely the most disappointing phone in the series. The BlackBerry image comes from @evleaks as well.

There’s also a Huawei Summit which will likely be either a smartphone or a mobile hotspot – we’re guessing the first since Huawei has been coming on strong with a variety of mid-market smartphones this summer. The Samsung Toba will likely be another data-connected version of a device they’ve got out in wi-fi only at the moment, and the HTC Windows Phone 8X will more than likely be extremely similar to its international edition.

What we’re seeing here is a set of release dats that places each of the devices either in late October or early November, with the Windows Phone 8X hitting on the 14th of November, the Samsung Toba coming on the 7th of November, and the Optimus L9 coming on the 31st of October. The Samsung Galaxy S II or III with refreshed colors will be coming on the 29th of October, the BlackBerry device on the 24th, and the Dell BMW will be out on the 14th of November.

T-Mobile Roadmap releases Windows Phone 8X on November 14th is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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