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

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

 

http://www.techspot.com/guides/534-android-40-ics-availability/

 

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. ThereÂ’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.

 

Thank you.

 

Julio J. Franco

Executive Editor

TechSpot.com

 

 

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