Samsung updates ChatON with Olympic buddy feature, tells the latest on London 2012 games

Who needs real life friends when you have all your virtual buddies online and available to chat with 24/7, right? If you’re rather partial to Samsung’s ChatON instant messaging app, the phone maker has just updated the app with more features and bug fixes.
The first thing you probably notice when you load the app is the new ChatON logo, but the other changes do go beyond skin deep. Being one of the major sponsors of the 2012 Summer Olympics, it’s only natural for the company to try and bring the excitement over to customers. Hence, you can now befriend an Olympic buddy on ChatON to get the latest on the epic competition.
From checking for daily schedules, and seeing which country is on top on the medal tables, to getting breaking news when Michael Phelps breaks yet another world record – leave it all to your Olympic buddy to bring them to you.
If you’re running ChatON on a phone, here’s what else you can expect to see on the new version:
Walkie-talkieSkin/Bubble downloadTyping statusEdit buddy’s nameImage zoom-in/out
And here’s the rest of the change log for tablet owners:
Animation EmoticonsBuddy SuggestionSend documentsApp Lock
Samsung’s ChatON doesn’t discriminate when it comes to people’s choice of mobile platforms. The app works on iOS and BlackBerry devices as well, so feel free to share the Olympic excitement with all your Android and non-Android buddies. Get the app now from Google Play Store.

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HTC Talks Jelly Bean Updates, Still Leaves Us With Questions

News broke yesterday that Australian carrier Telstra is expecting HTC to prepare Jelly Bean updates for its One S and One XL models. Obviously, we’re going to start seeing Android 4.1 updates coming out for plenty of recently-released handsets, but outside of Google devices, there hasn’t been much news along those lines to date. Now that the subject of these JB updates for HTC’s phones had been raised, the company decided to release a short statement, verifying the news and mentioning that JB is on the way for another of its models, as well.
It’s hardly a shocker, but along with the One XL and One S, Jelly Bean is in the works for the quad-core international One X. What’s more interesting than HTC confirming the updates for those phones, though, is the group it chose not to address.
HTC has yet to make any mention of Jelly Bean for its other recent Androids, including the One V from its One series, as well as its latest CDMA models, the Droid Incredible 4G LTE and EVO 4G LTE. Now, for those last two at least, we can understand not wanting to publicly announce plans without clearing things with the respective carriers, first.
The One V is a more interesting case. Even with some lower-end hardware than the rest of these guys, we’ve generally been of the impression that phones running ICS should handle JB without issue, and the One V comes straight form HTC with ICS already installed. It’s also new enough that there’s no reason for HTC to drop support anytime soon, making us very curious why the manufacturer didn’t include the model in the statement it released.

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Google updates Nexus 7 shipping timeframes for US, UK, Canada, and Australia

Here at Android Authority, we’ve talked a lot about the Google Nexus 7 tablet since its official unveiling at Google I/O in late June (in fact, we also talked about it before its unveiling as well).
We’ve pitched it against the Amazon Kindle Fire, its main competitor at the present, as well as against what rumors paint to be its future competitors (namely the Amazon Kindle Fire 2 and the Apple iPad Mini). But although we’ve deemed the Nexus 7 to be the best Android device you can purchase for $200, it looks like those interested to purchase have had numerous problems with actually getting the device in their (geeky) hands. Fortunately, Google has stepped up and clarified all availability questions in a post on the official Play website.
As a quick sum up before going into specifics for each country where the Nexus 7 is available for purchase, Google seems to have solved its availability issues. From the looks of it, all orders made next month should start shipping right away, or at least we can hope they will. In addition, Google mentions that when your order ships, you’ll receive a Google Play notification along with a tracking number for you shipment.

Nexus 7 US shipping timeframes

All US orders for a standalone 8GB Nexus 7 (meaning orders for the tablet without any accessories) have been shipped. In fact, the 8GB model now being listed as being “in stock” and future orders should be shipped immediately.
Those who have ordered a standalone 16GB Nexus 7 before July 11 should receive their shipment by the end of July 19. If you ordered starting with July 12, you should get your tablet by the end of next week.
Google also mentions that if you ordered a tablet with an accessory, the tablet will arrive first, with “the rest of your order on its way soon”.

 

Nexus 7 UK shipping timeframes

 
If you ordered a 8GB Nexus 7 from the UK, you’ll be glad to know that all Nexus 7 8GB orders should ship by July 20.


If you ordered a 16GB Nexus 7 before June 30, the device will also ship by July 20, with the remaining 16GB Nexus 7 orders poised to ship next week.

 

Nexus 7 Canada shipping timeframes

All Canadian-bound orders for the 8GB Nexus 7 have been shipped.
Orders for the 16GB model of the Google Nexus 7 should ship in 1-2 weeks.

 

Australia Nexus 7 shipping timeframes

Orders for both the 8GB and the 16GB variants of the Nexus 7 will be processed by the end of July 19 and should arrive in 3-5 days.

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