Devices getting the Android Ice Cream Sandwich next year: From Samsung to Motorola.
Few months after the release of the Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus this month, a set of new Android devices are expected to get the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
Before we discuss the Android 4.0-ready smartphones, let’s talk about the much-anticipated operating system first — the Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Sporting the number “4,” the Android Ice Cream Sandwich is obviously the best Android version yet, and also the most beautiful. Starting from its lock screen down to its app drawer, the new iteration of Android clearly shows the future of the operating system, a future that will focus on simplicity and beauty — which is one of the best features of Apple’s popular iOS and the Microsoft’s not so popular Windows Phone operating system.
Yes, Android is powerful and arguably the most powerful operating system available in the smartphone market, but its previous versions lack “beauty,” and the unexplainable, but very much-needed “emotion,” and the absence of aesthetics has resulted to custom skins that ruined/improved the user interface.
Ice Cream Sandwich’s new contacts application, or the new “People app” according to Google, shows the new beauty of the new Android ecosystem (read this, Apple), large HD photos, beautiful icons, blue lines, and the Roboto font, the design philosophy used by the Android dev team for the new build.
Android’s new 4.0 upgrade promises new and exciting features. Listed below are the top 5, in my opinion:
1. Face Unlock: Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone owners can use his/her FACE (eyes, nose, ears, cheeks and lips) to unlock the device — an exciting feature especially if you’re always a victim of “can I borrow your phone.”
2. Browser enhancement: Android 4.0′s browser enhancements like beautiful multiple tabs, desktop site request, and offline reading are very exciting because smartphone’s synonym is “internet.”
3. Data Management: Verizon Wireless and AT&T owners will love this app.
4. Multitasking à la Honeycomb: Scan through all running applications and dismiss the app just by flick-to-dismiss.
5. Tablet and Smartphone in one: Android 4.0 supports the tablet (with larger screen), the smartphone (smaller screen), and the confused (Galaxy Note, Dell Streak and other in-the-middle devices).
According to Android’s dev team, the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system “builds on the things people love most about Android,” and it looks like Nokia is in trouble for not choosing Android because a more unified Android ecosystem is just an “update away.”
Now, let’s talk about the new Android devices that will get the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
From Motorola, the new Motorola Droid Razr will get the new OS, but not until the first half of next year, 2012. Rumors say the new OS will hit the device by February or March, but take it with a grain of salt.
For Samsung, the Korean company reportedly confirmed the 4.0 upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy S II (global), the Samsung Galaxy Note (global) on Q2 of 2012.
LG has dismissed all the rumors surrounding the word “lazy,” and has confirmed its PLAN to update the Optimus 2X and other high-end devices to 4.0 next year. Please read this again: PLAN.
HTC has announced that its current high-end devices, most likely the dual-core smartphones and several recent devices. HTC’s new smartphone, the HTC Rezound, will get the Android 4.0 “early next year,” according to the company. The HTC Rezound is the first and currently the only HTC device with confirmed ICS schedule.
Google also occupies a spot with the Nexus S, the 2010 Nexus device. According to the search engine giant, the Google Nexus S is scheduled to get the Android 4.0 update after the ICS update becomes open-sourced.
The Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is gorgeous, more intuitive, and better than a skinned Gingerbread or Honeycomb device. Let’s hope that HTC (especially), Samsung, Motorola and other Android manufacturers are not going to skin the new OS.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Droid Razr, Galaxy S II, Nexus S, HTC Rezound: Android 4.0 phones, under Gadgets and Mobile Category.
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Few months after the release of the Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus this month, a set of new Android devices are expected to get the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
Before we discuss the Android 4.0-ready smartphones, let’s talk about the much-anticipated operating system first — the Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Sporting the number “4,” the Android Ice Cream Sandwich is obviously the best Android version yet, and also the most beautiful. Starting from its lock screen down to its app drawer, the new iteration of Android clearly shows the future of the operating system, a future that will focus on simplicity and beauty — which is one of the best features of Apple’s popular iOS and the Microsoft’s not so popular Windows Phone operating system.
Yes, Android is powerful and arguably the most powerful operating system available in the smartphone market, but its previous versions lack “beauty,” and the unexplainable, but very much-needed “emotion,” and the absence of aesthetics has resulted to custom skins that ruined/improved the user interface.
Ice Cream Sandwich’s new contacts application, or the new “People app” according to Google, shows the new beauty of the new Android ecosystem (read this, Apple), large HD photos, beautiful icons, blue lines, and the Roboto font, the design philosophy used by the Android dev team for the new build.
Android’s new 4.0 upgrade promises new and exciting features. Listed below are the top 5, in my opinion:
1. Face Unlock: Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone owners can use his/her FACE (eyes, nose, ears, cheeks and lips) to unlock the device — an exciting feature especially if you’re always a victim of “can I borrow your phone.”
2. Browser enhancement: Android 4.0′s browser enhancements like beautiful multiple tabs, desktop site request, and offline reading are very exciting because smartphone’s synonym is “internet.”
3. Data Management: Verizon Wireless and AT&T owners will love this app.
4. Multitasking à la Honeycomb: Scan through all running applications and dismiss the app just by flick-to-dismiss.
5. Tablet and Smartphone in one: Android 4.0 supports the tablet (with larger screen), the smartphone (smaller screen), and the confused (Galaxy Note, Dell Streak and other in-the-middle devices).
According to Android’s dev team, the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system “builds on the things people love most about Android,” and it looks like Nokia is in trouble for not choosing Android because a more unified Android ecosystem is just an “update away.”
Now, let’s talk about the new Android devices that will get the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
From Motorola, the new Motorola Droid Razr will get the new OS, but not until the first half of next year, 2012. Rumors say the new OS will hit the device by February or March, but take it with a grain of salt.
For Samsung, the Korean company reportedly confirmed the 4.0 upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy S II (global), the Samsung Galaxy Note (global) on Q2 of 2012.
LG has dismissed all the rumors surrounding the word “lazy,” and has confirmed its PLAN to update the Optimus 2X and other high-end devices to 4.0 next year. Please read this again: PLAN.
HTC has announced that its current high-end devices, most likely the dual-core smartphones and several recent devices. HTC’s new smartphone, the HTC Rezound, will get the Android 4.0 “early next year,” according to the company. The HTC Rezound is the first and currently the only HTC device with confirmed ICS schedule.
Google also occupies a spot with the Nexus S, the 2010 Nexus device. According to the search engine giant, the Google Nexus S is scheduled to get the Android 4.0 update after the ICS update becomes open-sourced.
The Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is gorgeous, more intuitive, and better than a skinned Gingerbread or Honeycomb device. Let’s hope that HTC (especially), Samsung, Motorola and other Android manufacturers are not going to skin the new OS.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Droid Razr, Galaxy S II, Nexus S, HTC Rezound: Android 4.0 phones, under Gadgets and Mobile Category.
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