HTC released HTC One X+ with Jelly Bean 4.1.1 and Sense 4+ out of the box, Samsung update its flagship device Galaxy S III to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 as well. Which phone will be faster with the same OS ?. The benchmark tests used were ones that Android users would know of.

The Quadrant Standard tests the 3D graphics performance along with the CPU and I/O. SunSpider was used to test the browser, along with performance of JavaScript and Qualcomm's Vellamo was used to test mobile web performance, HMTL 5, the CPU performance and AnTuTu which tests the RAM, GPU, CPU and I/O performance.

In Quadrant the HTC One X+ took a score of 6068, which was 800 points over the Samsung Galaxy S III, which managed 5207. The One X+ also took the lead with CPU and I/O, however the Samsung won in the categories of memory and 3D graphics. In Sunspider the HTC One X+ won when it scored 1082.2ms compared to the 1215.4ms, in this case the lower score wins. Neither of the handsets matched the iPhone 5 results, which came in at 914.7ms.

In AnTuTu the HTC once again took over and scored a total of 12,945 and beat the Samsung Galaxy S3 in CPU, RAM and I/0. The S3 scored 12,082 overall and took the GPU category.

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This isn't Ubuntu for Android, or a hacked together demo made by an enthusiast, this is Real Official version of Ubuntu running on a Google Nexus 7 tablet and being shown off by an official Canonical engineer.

Canonical founder, Mark Shuttlesworth, has said that beginning with Ubuntu 13.04, which is due in April 2013, the team will be focusing on "mobile metrics" like battery life and memory consumption, which will lead to the OS being able to run on a much wider range of Android & mobile devices.

The Unity UI is already a solid step towards being touchscreen friendly, so now it is just a matter of optimizing the OS for touchscreen devices. The start of that work looks to be right around the corner as Shuttlesworth told developers attending the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Copenhagen Denmark next week to bring their Nexus 7s, because Google's tablet is apparently a great "reference" device for the project.

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OUYA is The World's first Android-based gaming console is now available for pre-order. Its shaped like a beautiful Glass-Cube and runs Google Android OS.

OUYA didn't waste any time getting its Console up for pre-order. However, you'll have to wait until 13,April 2013 to get your device delivered to you.

The pre-order price for a console coming with one controller is $99. If you want two controllers its $129, and $189 for four controllers. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

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Do you Have an Android 4.0 ICS smartphone and want to enjoy and install all the New Google Jelly Bean stock Apps while waiting for an official update to your phone,

Well, We've got a solution for you. You can Now Install all the JB apps on your ICS phone in 6 easy steps. Check it out below.

How to install the Jelly Bean apps on an ICS smartphone:

1. Download the Jelly Bean apps from HERE (50MB).

2. Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable and transfer the JB apps archive to the root folder of your mobile device.

3. Disconnect your phone from the computer, turn it off, and then boot it into ClockworkMod Recovery.

4. With your device in Recovery mode, select "Install ZIP from sdcard", and then "Choose ZIP from sdcard". Select the Jelly Bean apps file to begin installation.

5. Once the installation is complete, choose the "Reboot system now" option.

6. DONE! When the device boots up, you should  Jelly Bean apps Installed and ready.

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Verizon Wireless, the biggest 4G LTE Networks in the U.S. has already broken down its quarterly financials, and now the carrier announced it has sold 6.8 million smartphones during the Q3 2012.

Only 3.1 million of them were iPhones, and the majority of those iPhones were older models. Still, 21% were the iPhone 5 and that's a pretty good percentage given that the new iPhone only sold for just over a week in the third quarter. So, After doing the math... Verizon sold 3.7 Million Android smartphone this Quarter only.

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