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Android Lollipop is a major facelift since Android 4.0 ice-cream sandwich. It’s been years since Android staying on 4.x version with Android 4.0-4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich(2011), Android 4.1-4.3.1 Jelly bean (2012) and finally 4.4-4.4.4 Kit Kat(2013). October 2011 Ice Cream Sandwich was released; the milestone Google made to the success of the most popular mobile platform Android. Until Ice cream sandwich Android was just another mobile platform in the mobile market dominated by Nokia’s Closed Source Operating System, Symbian .  Even if Google tried to more features to Android platform with Gingerbread at 2010, the system was couldn’t utilize the precious hardware and had a lagging interface. But unlike Symbian OS, Android was growing very rapidly with tons of new feature with each updates.  Android Ice cream Sandwich could bring more visual appeal and better performance than its predecessor but the platform was not as smooth to work on. Thus Google star...

Everyone is so excited to get Android 5.0 in their devices but will it happen? Android Lollipop comes with a vast IU change (material design), performance bump up and low power consumption which an Android user can’t miss. Still only some of the manufactures have official announced about the Android L update, many are mute. [UPDATE] Android Lollipop is now in AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Developers can download the code and start working on it. As of now, the devices that will get update without much further delay are: Nexus After the elegant announced of Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 , Google also confirmed that all nexus device back from nexus 4 will be getting Android 5.0 update very soon. Expected date for OTA release is on 3 rd of November 2014. Nexus 4,5,7(Wi-Fi & LTE) and Nexus 10 are confirmed with the Android 5.0 update. [UPDATE]  Google released Android Lollipop 5.0 for  Nexus 5,  Nexus 7 (201...

Yesterday, 16 th October 2014 Google announced the new HTC Nexus 9 along with Nexus 6 and Nexus playe r . Nexus 9 is the first HTC manufactured tablet in the Nexus tablet series. Nexus one released at January 2010, one of the most popular nexus device on market at the earliest stage of the nexus venture was handcraft by the Taiwanese company HTC. With the announcement of Nexus 9 its pretty clear that HTC is stepping back into tablet market very strongly. Design Even if the device was unlike the rumor (unibody metallic design), HTC delivered a premium looking tablet like Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 with matte soft plastic feel and a vertically aligned Nexus logo at the back.  OS Nexus 9 will the first android tablet optimized for 64-bit with both hardware and software. With  Android L (latest Android version) include new Material design changes, notification improvement, improved security, battery optimal usage and lot of minor tweaks like searchable settings and...

Finally Google reveals its flagship smartphone Nexus 6 few minutes ago.As the rumors and prediction Google tied up with Motorola in this venture. The most highlighting feature of Nexus is, Nexus will be released with the latest Android version and they will receive update faster than anyone else. Nexus 6 will be packed with the latest Android version 5.0 or Android L(Lollypop) . Nexus 6 looks identity to the Motorola 's Moto X(2nd gen) . After years latching on to 4.x versions, Android jumps to 5.0 version with a major UI change, performance bump up and battery consumption. Google call the design as Material design , it make everything more lively. Android L promise to deliver much better experience in multitasking than older versions. "Part of the reason why we've done Nexus devices in the past is that we want to build an amazing device that kind of showcases what's possible on Android, gives a way for the programmers to get early builds, do...