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Android has come a long way from its humble start in 2008 , the platform , which was backed by Google was a instant hit among manufacturers and consumers alike , the opensource nature and the ability to transfer media without syncing made it the only choice in a world of closed source smartphones of the era ,the envy and fear of Android's dominance shook most rival manufacturers to their core , and as a result , almost all major Non Android OEM's had a go at firing their canons at Android -which only proved to be futile on the long run as Android has now passed the 81% marketshare mark , this rapid success can be attributed to Google's efforts to push the Android platform even further , but that doesn't mean that all Android's are Google - a significant amount -37% of the Android pie consists of "Forked"  or modified versions of Android , this can be either Color OS , Amazon's Fire Os or even Microsoft/Nokia's own Nokia X platform , these AOSP ba...

After much betrayal , OnePlus has finally decided to skip out on cyanogenmod alltogether with the introduction of its own AOSP based ROM called - Oxygen OS . Cyanogenmod - a popular 3rd party Android ROM was basically the cement of the small startup company and it was even declared as one of the phone's main features,but like most small companies that taste big money ,Cyanogen decided to spray sand on the eyes of OnePlus and eventually made deals with Micromax giving them official rights to use the operating system on their devices leaving OnePlus with their pants down  . As time went on OnePlus started to erase everything Cyanogenmod , newer units no longer contain Cyanogen logo but the operating system was still Cyanogenmod , to change things in this sour break up , OnePlus is set to unveil their own -Oxygen Os - a rom developed on android 5.0 which is said to bring purity just like the element its named after , details about Oxygen OS is still not given , but we expect the...

Big news: Android-powered Lumia incoming, from Nokia by Microsoft - http://t.co/KKLstDDVVO — @evleaks (@evleaks) July 7, 2014 Nokia has been gaining some ground with their Lumia lineup of smartphones over the past few years , their initial attempts at launching Windows Phone devices fell down to the floor as they failed to anticipate the popularity of Android .Now after Microsoft's acquisition , The company is fully committed to Microsoft , but that does not mean that Nokia is attached  to Windows Phone only , a recent rumor  tells us that Nokia , with Microsoft's blessing , is working on a "Lumia" Branded AOSP Android device , which , unlike the Budget oriented  AOSP Nokia X platform is said to feature high'er end specs . This news comes from a somewhat reliable source called evleaks , as you already know , the Nokia X platform is a Microsoft edited version of Android ,the skinning process replaces Google services with that of Microsoft  , and the only way ...

For many , the OnePlus  One was vaporware , and after the recent delay , many  potential buyers gave up on the idea of buying the phone because of the long waiting list and disappointment over its actual existence , but now , Oneplus has officially stated that they will start delivery of the units for the first batch of sent invites after a software fix from Cyanogenmod was issued yesterday . The recent software update patched up a new OpenSSL bug that was discovered on the 5th of June .The Oneplus one runs on a AOSP(Android Opensource platform) version of Android 4.4 which offer a ton of customizations which are not available on Stock Android devices .,The phone which is powered by a Snapdragon 801 processor competes with rival smartphone brands by offering it at a cut price of $299 for the 16GB version and $349 for the 64GB version , that being said , the phone is extremely difficult to buy mainly because of the invite system which requires you to either beg for a inv...

For once , we all thought that the Android powered Nokia X platform was going to be scrapped in the future , but as it turns out , Nokia's new owners have decided to keep the platform running by introducing the X2 range in another 6 months time. As you may know , the Nokia X2 codename has been used by Nokia previously on a featurephone called the X2-00, so don't get confused . The Android powered Nokia X2 's specs were leaked in Antutu benchmark which clearly shows some new additions to the budget device including a faster Snapdragon 200 dual core processor , 1GB of RAM and a VGA front facing camera and a 5mp rear camera which were absent in the Nokia X . The display resolution remains the same .The Nokia X 2's software is said to be based on Android 4.3 jellybean which is outdated , but unlike Android 4.4 , the update still allows Apps to be installed to the SD card which is a huge bonus considering that this device will require apps to be installed from 3rd party...