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If you were bold enough to buy a Developer Edition HTC One or its unlocked sibling, today is your lucky day. HTC’s US division has announced that it’s rolling out an Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade to both One variants, weeks ahead of the expected update for carrier-locked models. Sense 5.5 should also be a part of the package. While the KitKat upgrade isn’t reaching these units as quickly as it did for the Google Play Edition, it’s safe to say that many One owners will have another reason to celebrate this Thanksgiving weekend.

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Many smartphones are definitely doing their bit to jump aboard the KitKat bandwagon these days (those that are powered by Android, of course), and we have also seen our fair share of devices that have already made the plunge. Among them include the HTC One Google Play Edition, AT&T’s Moto X, not to mention T-Mobile’s version of the Motorola Moto X as well, in addition to the Nexus 4. Well, for those of you who have not upgraded your smartphone for the longest time, the Nexus One will now have its own Android 4.4 KitKat update, although you would do well to take note that this is but a hacked version, meaning that it is a custom Android 4.4 ROM, and is not official.

Hence, there might just be issues with the ROM after installation, so go ahead at your own risk, assuming you have the appetite for that. Needless to say, this custom ROM for a device that is already three years old does come with its own fair share of issues, with one of the being a known bootloop error as well as the lack of capturing a screenshot as and when you need it. Oh yeah, the camera does not quite function as you would have expected, too.

Nexus One Receives Android 4.4 KitKat Custom ROM original content from Ubergizmo.

In the creation of the newest version of Google’s mobile operating system Android 4.4 KitKat, the developers responsible for testing it did so on modified Nexus 4 devices. One key element in the creation of the full feature set of Android 4.4 KitKat was “Project Svelte”, a name for a goal that was to bring […]

It’s time at last for the Android 4.4 KitKat software update to work with both the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One in their Google Play editions. These versions of the devices work with the “Nexus” version of the Android operating system from Google. This version of Android works with bits and pieces of […]

If you own a Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition, you can now put down your pitchfork and stop dripping with envy. Apparently, Android KitKat is also gracing not only the Sense-less version of HTC’s One today, but also the non-TouchWiz device. When the phone getting Android 4.4 in its purest form, you can look forward to all the features the updated platform promises, including a better camera app and longer battery life. The update should soon be available for download via Settings — if it’s yet to arrive, that is — those who own a version of the Galaxy S4 with all of Samsung’s software tweaks will have to sit tight a while longer.

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