Will Android Jelly Bean Be Coming to Your Device?

Will the exciting announcement of the Android's update to it's operating system Jelly Bean (4.1), I had to go out and find out if my devices were going to update to it...  Luckily for me, I think I am going to be rather good according to this site:

Which Phones and Tablets Will Get the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update?

FYI, my devices are the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy S III - didn't even bother looking up for my Samsung Droid Charge as that never even received Ice Cream Sandwich :)

Screen Shots with Samsung Droid Charge

So, I have accidently taken many screen shots using my Samsung Droid Charge, so I finally took the time to see how I did this... Check out this video to find out for yourself!



This is awesome that Samsung built this feature into this phone, so that you don't have to go out and purchase  3rd party screen shot software like Screenshot It.

Amazon Appstore Battery Drain Issues

Screen Shot from Artem's Phone

Artem Russakovskii, the founder of Android Police, recently removed the Amazon App Store because of battery drain issues.  Check out his full blog post on Android Police for more details on the issues he ran into with this here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/05/14/goodbye-amazon-appstore/.

Personally, I have not ran into this issue yet, but I use a different model of phone than Artem (Samsung Droid Charge), so the issue may not be affecting my phone, or I may have different programs loaded through Amazon App Store.

Artem also bring up an interesting point about supporting the developers who create the awesome apps.  If you are worried about losing all your purchases from the Free App of the Day, you may want to reevaluate this, as the end developers do not make any money off of doing that promotion (although it could be heavily debated about how much marketing buzz a developer would get from running the Free App of the Day promotion).

So, check out what is draining your phone!  Here is a great article that describes how you can check what is draining your Android Phone's battery (without downloading any apps even!): http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20073973-285/how-to-see-which-apps-are-draining-your-android-devices-battery/