Android 4.0: Tracking Ice Cream Sandwich's Availability on Smartphones

Stefan Mileschin · 31st May 2012, 07:38

Last week HTC published a list of phones that will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, along with approximate launch dates and a projected completion date of late August 2012. This is not a very encouraging prospect considering Google officially introduced ICS last October. Also because Android's next major revision codenamed "Jelly Bean" will be close to release already (slated for Q3/12).

But this is not an issue with HTC phones exclusively. In fact, Ice Cream Sandwich is more the exception rather than the rule on Android devices across the board. There's a total of four smartphones shipping with the OS preloaded, just over a dozen with upgrades available, and more than 30 on the "coming soon" list.

http://www.techspot.com/guides/534-a...-availability/

31st May 2012, 07:38	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Android 4.0: Tracking Ice Cream Sandwich's Availability on Smartphones Last week HTC published a list of phones that will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, along with approximate launch dates and a projected completion date of late August 2012. This is not a very encouraging prospect considering Google officially introduced ICS last October. Also because Android's next major revision codenamed "Jelly Bean" will be close to release already (slated for Q3/12). But this is not an issue with HTC phones exclusively. In fact, Ice Cream Sandwich is more the exception rather than the rule on Android devices across the board. There's a total of four smartphones shipping with the OS preloaded, just over a dozen with upgrades available, and more than 30 on the "coming soon" list. http://www.techspot.com/guides/534-a...-availability/

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