In the recent weeks, we’ve been hearing a lot, okay, not that a lot, I mean some rumors and speculations regarding the latest installment of Android OS, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that is predicted will be injected on Google Nexus 7 tablet, you know, a brand new “hasn’t been released yet” Google home-made tablet that later will be assembled by Asus and it has Tegra 3 chip in it, which is believed will arrive in the near future, specifically in December according to Google’s Eric Schmidt.

And some also believe that this Jelly Bean will be just like Android Honeycomb that can only be found on Android tablets, not smartphones. But apparently, the latest issue about

“ Android Jelly Bean only for tablets” is about to get tackled by the release of GALAXY Nexus on Google Play Store

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Recently, Google Play Store has just updated its listing of

GALAXY Nexus, the GSM model, and surprisingly, this smartphone is stated will soon be the first phone comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean installed

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This actually comes so surprising because besides the update between Android Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich still finds many obstacles and takes really long time among Android device manufacturers, many people also believe that Android Jelly Bean will only be found on recent Android tablets, not smartphones.

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Interestingly, on that Google Play Store page, there is an image in the checkout area that reveals GALAXY Nexus phone using a new background and a glassy Google search widget.

This actually can be quite interesting because we’ve already known that GALAXY Nexus used to be popular as the first smartphone that came with Android Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed when it made its first debut on smartphone market. And now, this oldie Android smartphone once again will get special treatment from Google by becoming the first device with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Anyway, for your information, besides providing apps and games for Android devices, Google Play Store also offers the real “tangible” devices as the GALAXY Nexus became the first device that being offered on Google Play Store on device section, with more devices such as: smartphones, tablets (allegedly Google Nexus tablets and 5 new Google Nexus smartphones) and accessories will also be available soon on Google Play Store.

via PhoneArena

On the Black Friday, Sprint Will Offer Samsung GALAXY Nexus and GALAXY Victory 4G

Event though Google has already landed LG Nexus 4 on Google Play Store just few days ago, and had it sold out in many countries, the predecessor in Nexus handset series, Samsung GALAXY Nexus still proved to be a worth picking up smartphone in Android market.

GALAXY Nexus

It has great hardware specs and the most importantly, this device still gets the back up from Google in term of recent software updates, making sure that your GALAXY Nexus phone won’t be left behind outdated even when many new high-end Android devices arrive to the market in the future.

Anyway, this next week, you need to fasten your seatbelt and prepare your budget because Black Friday deals will be held on US carrier named Sprint. This carrier has some interesting offerings on its stores for next week that you might want to check out, or even pick it up eventually. Samsung GALAXY Nexus and Samsung GALAXY Victory 4G are 2 of many interesting deals on Sprint for this next Sunday, November 25.

Both devices are offered with 2-year contracts attached. So if you like buying on-contract smartphone, then this offering will surely be such a good choice for you if you’re looking for a new device in the near future. Unfortunately, you’re also required to pay $50 for “mail-in-rebate” further cost. There is no word regarding details of these deals for both smartphones. So you better check them out by yourself on Sprint website for further information.

Samsung GALAXY Victory 4G

Anyway, Samsung GALAXY Nexus is already a famous device in Android community, so I don’t think I need to explain much further about this phone.

Meanwhile, if this is your first meeting with Samsung GALAXY Victory 4G, this is also an Android smartphone by the way, equipping itself with a 4-inch 480x800 pixel density, 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 Lite processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage with microSD card slot, 5MP rear-facing camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 2.100mAh battery, LTE and many more.

So definitely, Samsung GALAXY Nexus and Samsung Victory 4G are worth buying smartphones in the market right now. If you’re interested of getting one of these awesome devices, then be sure to head on to Sprint’s website for more information.

via PhoneArena