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After more than a month of waiting, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 for T-Mobile has finally joined some of its brethren with an Ice Cream Sandwich update. Big Magenta has posted the Android 4.0.4 download for those who’d like to install the OS manually via Samsung Kies. While the carrier says the Android flavor won’t be delivered over-the-air, TmoNews reports that some users have loaded up their hardware with an OTA update. Ready to hop on the ICS bandwagon? Check your slate for an upgrade notice or hit the source link below for instructions and the appropriate download.

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T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 lands Ice Cream Sandwich update originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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!

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Refresh Roundup: week of August 27th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When it first landed on the Kindle Fire, HBO Go for Android tablets seemed like a dead cert. And, sure enough, it wasn’t long before the service found its way on to slates with version 4.x, with one minor exclusion — those running Jelly Bean. Well, version 1.7.1 puts that all in the past, and now means the full gamut of Android users (unless you never made it past Donut) can join in the fun. Reading this on your Nexus 7? Make haste toward the source link for the download.

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HBO Go 1.71 update adds support for Jelly Bean devices originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already heard a little bit about the mysterious Samsung Galaxy Stellar 4G LTE, but today the floodgates have been opened. Engadget has been in contact with sources that claim the new budget handset will launch at Verizon on September 6. Strangely, neither Verizon nor Samsung have said anything about the device yet, but Engadget’s source was able to provide documentation that dishes plenty of details on the phone’s specs.

As you might expect, we’re not working with too much in the Stellar. We’ve got unnamed 1.2GHz dual-core processor under the hood, the phone is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, and everything will play out on a 4-inch 800×480 WVGA screen. The whole unit weighs 4.73 ounces, comes equipped with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and a 3.2-megapixel rear-facing camera, and offers 4GB of internal storage.

So, it isn’t great, but this phone is obviously meant for those who are entering the world of smartphones for the first time. The proof? The Samsung Galaxy Stellar comes complete with a “starter mode.” This isn’t the first time we’ve seen an Android phone offer such a mode, as the Pantech MARAUDER also features a stater mode for new users to take advantage of. We don’t know too much about the Stellar’s starter mode, but a leaked listing describes it as a “new, simple way to interact Access apps and control device settings with ease.”

The Samsung Galaxy Stellar is rumored to cost $100 if you put your John Hancock on a two-year contract, and if this latest rumor proves true, its launch is less than a week away. If that’s the case, then someone at Verizon or Samsung should be talking soon. Then again, since the Stellar doesn’t really have much to write home about, it may just get a silent launch. We shall see, but in the meantime, have a look at our timeline to see what’s going on with Verizon and Samsung these days.

Samsung Galaxy Stellar slated for September 6 launch at Verizon is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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When Huawei revealed its new MediaPad 7 Lite slate, it wasn’t generous with the details, but now we’ve got a few more to share with you. The final specifications are out, so we now know for sure that the ICS tab will arrive packing a 7-inch IPS display (1,024 x 600) supporting 1080p, a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor, 1GB RAM and 8 gigs of storage, expandable via microSD (up to the usual 32). To keep you connected, you’ve got Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi of the a/b/n varieties, or the option of sticking a SIM in it for HSPDA 3G speeds on the move. The cameras are nothing to shout about, but 3.2 megapixels on the back and 0.3 on the front will probably do for the odd Skype call or emergency picture. We can’t see how much later into August you can get, but the PR states shipping will begin then, to South Africa, China, Russia, the Philippines and Taiwan, and to Indonesia and Malaysia in September. Seven inches just not enough? Then how about its keyboard-endowed bigger brother?

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Huawei’s MediaPad 7 Lite gets detailed specs, shipping dates originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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