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T-Mobile customers rocking a Samsung Galaxy S III will be happy to know Jelly Bean is on its way. The update is rolling out OTA (over-the-air) now as well as via the Samsung Kies software.

HTC managed to give virtually no information in their update on the progress of Jelly Bean as it pertains to previously released devices. Every mobile scapegoat word known in the industry was used: internal testing, carrier expectations, performance, connectivity and platform stability, carrier partners, actively reviewing, optimal user experience, localization, partner approvals, etc…

What’s this? A Motorola device on Verizon being updated to the latest version of Android in a semi-reasonable time frame? I think the universe my implode. Looks like Dennis Woodside was serious when he said this was the “New Motorola” and that they’d be focusing on getting out updates much quicker.

After being bombarded with requests, Pinterest is finally going to allow users to create private boards. Pinterest is calling them “Secret Boards” and rolling them out in hopes that users will use them to create their holiday shopping lists. I’d call that wishful thinking, since we all know what those “Secret Boards” are really going to be used for.

Sprint has begun rolling out its first software update for the recently released Samsung Galaxy Note II. Update L900VPALJC brings with it a few bug fixes as well as the much anticipated Multi View feature which allows users to run two apps at the same time with convenient access to both via a multi window view. It’s an amazing feature that pushes true mobile multitasking to its limits.

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