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Well, the inevitable has finally happened, where Google’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system is now ahead of its predecessor, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version in mobile devices that run on the Android platform. Both Android 4.1 as well as Android 4.2 Jelly Bean have a combined share of 28.4% running on active devices, while Ice Cream Sandwich occupies second place, with Android 2.3 Gingerbread still remaining tops.

This would mean that the number of active devices running Jelly Bean have risen by 3.4% in April, surpassing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich which stands at 27.5%, according to Google’s recently published monthly user numbers. Unfortunately, Jelly Bean’s growing adoption rate was not enough to overtake the declining Android 2.3 Gingerbread’s market share, where despite dropping 1.7%, it still occupies a 38.5% stake overall. We can only see Jelly Bean growing from strength to strength in the weeks and months ahead.

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We did take the Motorola Photon Q out for an in-depth spin in September last year, and we are pleased to announce that at long last, owners of the Motorola Photon Q would be able to wrap their fingers around the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. I guess this is a good thing, as at the very least, it gives additional mileage to the smartphone. Heck, older handsets released last year seem to be on a Jelly Bean roll lately, and the HTC One S is one of them, too. Just what will Android 4.1 Jelly Bean bring to the table other than a rather lengthy list of bug fixes?

Sprint and Motorola have worked together to deliver the Jelly Bean update for the slider smartphone, where the update is known as 9.8.2Q-122_XT897_FFW-5. Of course, this means your precious Motorola Photon Q would now be on the receiving end of the likes of Project Butter and Google Now that ought to make you fend off the clarion call of the Samsung Galaxy S4…at least for a while. Have you grabbed this Over The Air (OTA) update already, and assuming you answered in the affirmative, how has it been treating you?

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We do know that Sony Mobile has been rather anxious to roll out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system update for the masses, especially for the Xperia P, Xperia go and Xperia E dual for some time already, and this time, it is for real, as Sony Mobile has officially announced that this rollout for all three of the mentioned smartphones will begin sometime this week. Do bear in mind that some patience is required, considering how this will be achieved in phases, and the rollout process will ramp up over this month and the next.

Of course, other than the benefits of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that we already know such as Google Now, the latest update will also deliver its fair share of different and improved Sony features, such as more intuitive versions of Sony Media apps (can you say Walkman, Album and Movies?), a new Battery Stamina Mode to let your smartphone last longer than ever before, and the ability to organize and look for your apps in a more efficient manner among others. Are you stoked yet?

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Asus has its fair share of smartphones and tablets, although you can more or less say that their coterie of Android-powered devices would definitely pale in comparison to what other manufacturers such as Samsung has delivered. Well, we do know that their MeMo Pad Smart ME301T, a 10-inch Android-powered tablet, will be on the receiving end of the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system update, which is good news considering how this is their most affordable 10-inch tablet for the masses.

With the Asus MeMo Pad, it comes with a 10.1-inch display at 1,280 x 800 pixel resolution, a 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and 16GB of internal memory, retailing for $299 a pop, making it somewhat akin to a Nexus 7 albeit with a larger viewing real estate. The jump from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean would not see that much a paradigm shift compared to Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean, although do expect to see its fair share of improvements such as support for multiple user accounts on the same tablet, better text prediction, and of course, the gesture-based typing virtual keyboard.

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The Sony Xperia Tablet S initially showed much promise. It was supposedly going to launch Sony as a major player in the global tablet market. Unfortunately the tablet slowly but surely faded into obscurity. However if you have one of these lying around you’d be excited to know that the company has officially announced Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update for Xperia Tablet S.

The update will be online its production servers by tomorrow morning between 9 and 10am PST. Xperia Tab S user’s will receive a notification in the bottom left hand corner of the screen, telling them that they can download the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update over-the-air. The release is for Latin America, Canada and the United States region. In locations other than these the latest update will be rolled out in phases. The company hasn’t released a changelog as yet, it has only said that the entire list of changes will be available tomorrow on their eSupport page. This Android update file will definitely be over 50MB, so it is advised that you download it over Wi-Fi so as to not unnecessarily burden your mobile data plan.

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