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Recently, a flurry of toolkits is popping up on XDA Developers, thanks to its escalating demand and popularity among avid smartphone users. Integration of multiple features into a single tool makes these toolkits very powerful and helpful, especially for novice users. Smartphone users with little knowledge about rooting could still gain root access, flash a custom recovery or even unroot a device, thanks to the simple yet powerful All-In-One (AIO) toolkits with GUI (Graphical User Interface) fro...

Industrious XDA developers have yet again jumped to users' rescue by releasing an alpha build of Jelly Bean to revamp the aging Nexus One.

Customers can now get the Nexus 7 in-store ahead of those who pre-ordered the device online.

Event sees fans thronging to exhibit their talent at some of the popular panels such as Breaking Bad, True Blood, Game of Thrones and Twilight.

There is considerable speculation the next-gen Microsoft gaming console - a revision of the existing Xbox 360 - will release in 2013, with a price tag of only $100

Google's latest mobile operating system, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is growing in popularity and demand ever since its announcement at the company's I/O conference. While many premium devices like Samsung's Galaxy S, HTC One X, Amazon's Kindle Fire and Motorola Xoom are already consumed by the sweeping success of Jelly Bean's slick and powerful interface, Galaxy S2 has been waiting in the sidelines for quite some time.

The New York Times is the latest publication claiming to have knowledge of a smaller and cheaper iPad to launch this autumn.

Samsung has described as menacing letters sent by Apple to US retailers warning them to remove the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus from sale.

The new Nexus 7 tablet gets access to root, recovery, custom ROM, custom kernel and a plethora of other development features, thanks to XDA Forum Member, WugFresh.

New AIO toolkit now accessible for Droid Incredible 4G LTE speeding up the software development plans.

Thanks to the AOSP-based Jelly Bean (4.1.1) ROM, you can now install the new OS on your Amazon Kindle Fire tablet.

It seems small cracks have appeared on the rear cover of the Marble White version of the Samsung Galaxy S3

Google Nexus 7 tablet is poised to go on sale on high street on 27 July, while Asus confirms that online orders have started shipping through retailers - eBuyer, HMV, PC World and Currys.

It is now possible to get a feel of Jelly Bean apps without even having to install the new Android OS, thanks to a senior member of XDA Developers - kishankpadiyar

Samsung releases Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for Galaxy tab 7.0 Plus.

Google seems to have nailed its authority in the budget tablet segment with the debut release of £159 Nexus 7 tablet. Coincidentally, Nexus 7 also happens to be the first Android tablet to feature Jelly Bean onboard. Together with the goodness of Project Butter and a power-packed hardware, Google's Nexus 7 compels you to relinquish your idea of buying either the £159 ($199) Kindle Fire at Amazon or the pricy Nook Tablet at £199 ($249).

Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 2 at an Unpacked event on 30 August.

Leaked benchmarks suggest the Evitare UL could be the latest in HTC's One Series with a 1.7GHz quad-core processor.

HMV stores in the UK confirm availability of Google's Nexus 7 tablet soon. The Jelly Bean tablet will come in 16GB storage version and be available for a bargain deal of £199.99.

The recent success story of Amazon's Kindle Fire inspires Google to tap the nascent budget-tablet market, which is yet to flourish with big technology giants like Apple poised to enter the fray.

Step-by-step guide to root, install AOKP I9300 Milestone 6 Custom ROM for Galaxy S3 GT-I9300.

Samsung grants a big respite to the beleaguered Verizon users with the release of its Developer Edition for Galaxy S3.

Samsung releases Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update for Samsung Galaxy Note.

XDA Developers find way to increase the Samsung Galaxy S3's CPU clock speed up to 1.8GHz.

Google Nexus 7 is all set to receive a complete overhaul with its user interface and custom software features, thanks to relentless efforts of Android development community such as XDA Developers' team.

Verizon's Galaxy S3 finally gets its due with the formulation of a complete root and recovery procedure, after some of its users express concerns with the phone being locked out by the cellular service provider.

Speculation is rife about a Nokia Windows Phone 8 (WP8) smartphone release.

A battery life test conducted by a tech daily site reveals that the Samsung Galaxy S3 delivers highest talk time on 3G compared to the other smartphones.

Apple is speculated to launch a revamped version of iPad 3 this holiday season.