Asus Transformer Pad TF300 blessed with Jelly Bean update now

Since the launch of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean we’ve been trying to keep readers up-to-date on which devices may receive the update and when. The Google Nexus 7 tablet manufactured by Asus was launched running Jelly Bean and since then the Jelly Bean update has also begun rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S plus the Motorola Xoom tablet. Now Asus has fulfilled its promise to get Jelly Bean to its Asus Transformer Pad TF300 as we hear news that the rollout has started today.

Only yesterday we gave readers a roundup of Jelly Bean update news for various manufacturers and noted that Asus had pledged the update will come soon to the Transformer Pad, Transformer Pad Prime and Transformer Pad Infinity. Now, for one of those at least, Jelly Bean has arrived, with reports that some people have started to receive 4.1.1 Jelly Bean earlier today. It seems though that this is only an over-the-air update at present but of course that could change so you may want to keep checking.

New iOS 6 FaceTime over cellular, AT&T won’t charge separately

If you’re an AT&T iOS device user and looking forward to iOS 6 then you may already heard of previous reports about a new feature coming to the next Apple mobile operating system, FaceTime over Cellular. This was unearthed in a beta version of iOS 6 but there were concerns that AT&T was planning to charge for the service. However news today is that AT&T will not be charging separately although there is one condition to this.


A few weeks ago when the FaceTime over Cellular feature was first spotted in iOS 6 beta 3, a screenshot showing evidence of it was revealed. This screenshot displayed a dialog box that appeared asking users to get in touch with AT&T if they wished to use FaceTime over Cellular and so seemed to indicate that AT&T may be planning to charge for it, especially as it was similar to the prompt that users receive when opting to enable the iPhone Personal Hotspot. As AT&T already charges for data under a separate plan this caused some consternation among consumers and we told how we felt there could be a big backlash against AT&T if the giant carrier went ahead with any plans to charge separately for FaceTime over Cellular.