Showing posts with label Sandwich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sandwich. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2011

4 Motorola devices get dibs on Ice Cream Sandwich

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Summary: Will your Motorola device be front-of-line for some Android Ice Cream Sandwich?

Got a Motorola Droid Razr, Razr, Droid Bionic or a Xoom tablet? You’re at the front of the line for some Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) whenever it is released next year, according to Motorola’s website.

The device maker is promising to announce a timeline for your ICS upgrade (for the above four devices only) within six weeks of the operating system’s final release. In other words, the earliest these Motorola gadgets will be getting the new OS will be at least six weeks after ICS is already in the wild. That seems quick at least compared to other manufacturers who have yet to announce any timelines for the upgrade.

That said, Motorola’s reps have been very careful not to drill down to which quarter ICS will become available on tech sites. For example, the Razr won’t be getting its taste of Android 4.0 until the first half of 2012, rather than the first quarter as TechCrunch reported initially.

Of course, Motorola has many more other devices in its lineup than just the Xoom, Razr, Droid Razr and Droid Bionic but I wonder how many will be getting an official OS upgrade. Your may have better luck looking to the developer community to come up with a ROM for your device first.

We will keep you posted on ICS upgrades as they become available.

[Source: Motorola's Official Blog, TechCrunch]

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Gloria Sin is a freelance journalist based in New York City.


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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Google won't upgrade Nexus One to Ice Cream Sandwich

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Summary: The latest update on Ice Cream Sandwich is good news for Nexus S owners, but bad news for those still holding onto a Nexus One.

When Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus launches later this month, it will herald the arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. That’s exciting news, but for owners of Google’s now-ancient Nexus One there may not be so much to be excited about.

According to Google’s Product Management Director of Android Hugo Barra, the Nexus One is just too old to get the upgrade to the next version of Android. HTC released the phone in January 2010, making the phone just under two years old by this point. It was previously thought that Google would make an attempt to upgrade the Nexus One to Android 4.0, but apparently that’s not the case.

But good news for Nexus S owners: Google is confirming yet again that the device will see the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. This time, Barra went further to specify a more concrete timeframe of “within weeks.” That would date it right around the the release of the Galaxy Nexus, which is scheduled for mid-November.

[Telegraph]

Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox. His work has appeared in The Japan Times, The New York Observer, and The International Business Times, among other publications.


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