Androidifying

So, according to numerous sources across the web, today is the day that Android 4.4 and the Nexus 5 officially grace the Internet with their presence. After months of leaks and teases, we should certainly think so, too! Even if the 31st is Google’s day, that hasn’t stopped the leaks from hitting the web. Reddit user, with the brilliant username of “throwawaynexus5guy” has a Nexus 5 in his possession and now, he’s been so kind as to  share with us some screenshots of Android 4.4 in action . As you might expect, the shots are similar to that of previous leaks and seem to be showing off an updated Holo look which was refined throughout the Jelly Bean releases and seems a little bit more colorful than previous releases. One particularly interesting shot is off the search bar that asks users to just say “OK Google” which suggests that always listening is coming to the Nexus 5 and it always goes hand in hand with the “OK Glass” tagline of Project Glass. Throughout the Jelly Bean releases, we

Nexus season is in full swing, and has been for some time now and, as usual that brings with it a whole lot of leaks and rumors concerning the next version of Android. The choclatey KitKat that is Android 4.4 has already been leaked a couple of times before and thanks to log files that just keep on giving, we already have quite a bit of info on the subject. This time around,  Gadget Helpline   has managed to get their hands on what looks like an early build of Android 4.4 running on what seems to be a Nexus 4. It’s clear to us that these shots represent an earlier build of Android 4.4, as the Key Lime Pie references are still here. Regardless of the build’s age however, details such as built-in Printing and Payments supports are revealed in these new screenshots. While nothing is really known about these two features it would stand to reason that Payments is simply tighter integration with Google Wallet and Printing will be Google’s Cloud Print brought down to mobile. The device in que

The folks over at  9to5Google  have just posted a couple of screenshots of what they believe to be pictures of a redesigned phone and messaging app, probably coming in Android 4.4. We’ve seen in the past that Google has been moving towards a lighter theme. A good example of that is the Google Play Store and Google Now. We know Android 4.4 is due to be announced in October, and we’ve already seen what we thought was a leak about new icons. Not really new, but instead of blue, they are now gray. Which you can’t really tell in the images in this post, but they do appear to be gray. It also looks like Google took a hint from Paranoid Android. As in the Messaging app, you’ll notice the status bar is green, like the messaging icon, and blue in the Phone app, like the header and bottom of the app. Also in the Messaging app, you’ll notice that Mr Jingles is there. He’s from the Google+ notification tray. I wonder if you tap him, if he’ll jingle like he does on Google+? As 9to5Google states, yo