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Google unveiled Android's new Jelly Bean software last week, but it's difficult to get excited about Android software updates because manufacturers and carriers aren't clearing the new versions fast enough, so many people are left with older versions of the software on their devices.

Sprint made the Galaxy S3 available for in-store purchases from July 1, while AT&T announced that it would be selling the phone in its stores from July 6. Following suit, Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that it would launch its version of the highly anticipated smartphone on July 10.

Several Apple iPhone accessory companies have confirmed that a new 19-pin 'mini' connector is reportedly going to be included in the iPhone 5, meaning all your iPhone accessories are soon to be obsolete.

Samsung?s Galaxy S3, the company?s flagship smartphone for 2012, is giving Apple?s iPhone some stiff competition overseas. In the UK, iPhone sales have seen a decrease following the Galaxy S3?s May release date, the Financial Times reported.

Thanks to unofficial ROMs, the newest version of the Android operating system is already available for latest high-end smartphones like the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3. And now, the Samsung Galaxy S2 has also apparently got the taste of the latest Android desert.

The wait is finally over for people in the U.S. who were looking forward to Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3. Sprint made the handset available for in-store purchases from July 1, while AT&T announced that it would be selling the phone in its stores from July 6. But if a recent note by one industry analyst is to be believed, it won't be an easy road for this successor of the S2.

After a whole host of delays, AT&T has finally announced that it will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S3 in stores from July 6.

The Samsung Galaxy S2, one of the most popular phones of 2012, will not be receiving Android's 4.1 Jelly Bean update due to hardware limitations, the Christian Post reported.

Apple is set to unveil a 7.85-inch iPad mini, alongside the iPhone 5 in October, according to a Pacific Crest research analyst.

In a series of big announcements including the launch of the new version of Android (4.1) called Jelly Bean with upgrade for the Galaxy Nexus and the introduction of the Nexus Q, Google also unveiled the Asus-made Nexus 7 tablet last week. Here's a comparison between the newest Nexus 7 and the current dominant device in the category, the third generation Apple iPad.

Sprint has kept its promise. After some holdup due to inventory issues, the carrier finally made available Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, for in-store purchasing starting Sunday, while Verizon Wireless will reportedly ship its variant starting next week.

Android's all-new 4.1 Jelly Bean software update is set to hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Christian Post.

An XDA forum member has complied an image of the Jelly Bean ROM, which is flashable on the existing GSM Galaxy Nexus via ClockworkMod Recovery.

After announcing a slew of new Android-optimized hardware and software products on Wednesday, Google announced on Thursday it will finally port Google Chrome, the second most popular Web browser in the world, to the iPhone and iPad operating system (iOS). In addition, Google will also release an iOS-optimized version of Google Drive, which is the company's cloud service for syncing and sharing information from your Google accounts to all your devices. Google Chrome Coming To Apple iPhone, iPa...

The Samsung Galaxy S3 release delay continues and AT&T has apologized to its customers saying the phone is expected to hit stores anytime now, but a specific date cannot be given.

Aggressively priced at $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for the 16 GB model, the Nexus 7 is smaller than an iPad at 7 inches, but it's still packed with impressive innards, including a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, a 1.2-megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM, a 4,325mAh battery and NFC built in. The Nexus will start shipping next month with Google's updated Jelly Bean 4.1 OS.

Along with the announcement of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google also said that OTA updates of Jelly Bean would be released in mid-July for Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and Xoom. If you are wondering what about the Samsung Galaxy S3, the device could possibly be well-equipped to run on the upcoming Android version.

At its I/O Conference for developers in San Francisco, Google unveiled a new Android operating system called Jelly Bean, a brand-new tablet from Google called the Nexus 7, and even gave a demonstration and pre-order information for its highly-anticipated, high-tech headgear, also known as Project Glass. But one of the strange unveilings at I/O was the orb-shaped hub known as the Nexus Q, which was Google's response to the Apple TV.

Google has finally unveiled its own Android tablet, the Nexus 7, in collaboration with Asus; however, it will ship the same week as Asus's Transformer Pad Infinity Tf700m which adds another tablet into the rival pool, alongside the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, Wednesday showed its first tablet, the Nexus 7, priced at $199, as part of its annual Google I/O developers conference.

Google I/O 2012 is set to kick off, and the company is expected to make some worthwhile announcements. Critics and fans alike are awaiting more information on Google?s first self-branded Nexus tablet, which was just confirmed ahead of the event.