Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich / Galaxy Nexus Launch Wrap-up [Videos]
We’re now a few days out from the first big impact of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as it’s launched formally with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong, China, and here we’ve got a complete wrap-up of the events and the waves that’ve come after. First we’ll get down to brass tacks on what it feels like to handle Ice Cream Sandwich and the phone Google has chosen as it’s hero device to run the system without any sort of modification from the manufacturer on top of it. Then there’s a few comparisons that need to be made – both to the top device at Apple, the iPhone 4S, and the alternate hero device from Samsung, the Galaxy S II. Devour it all here! First before we get into looking at the new mobile OS and the device that’ll carry it first, check out the info on where you’ll [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich allows you to hide apps – but so does the Motorola RAZR
There’s a new feature in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that has quite a few people having a heard attack with glee – the ability to “hide” applications that you’d otherwise not be able to get rid of. These apps are generally calls bloatware because they’re added to the basic build of the device and cannot be deleted by the user (unless of course they hack the device.) What this new function will bring is the ability to shut these apps out of your device ALMOST entirely – save for the amount of space they take up in a very rudimentary sense. What you might not know is that both the Motorola DROID RAZR and the DROID BIONIC both have this ability already – no Ice Cream Sandwich required! Before we continue, I must disclose that I’ve not had an extended time with the DROID BIONIC – if you’ll take [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich Android Gallery app and Camera app updated
You’ll now be able to see your photos in Android in several different new ways, organized by tags, by date, by whatever you like essentially. You’ll also be able to edit photos inside the gallery using a collection of “hipster” filters, resize, chop, and rotate. Ice Cream Sandwich offers panoramic photos, is able to work with 1080p, and will be able to take photos while taking video. The camera app has been updated to make your camera experience the best on the mobile market. Continuous focus and zero shutter lag exposure are likely going to be the most-touted new features, a decreased amount of time between shots and straight from the off-position being factors in everybody’s need-to-photograph life. There’s also stabilized image zoom so your photos wont go heavily blurry when you’re zoomed all the way in, and the capability of taking snapshots as the device is recording HD video [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich reveal party, Hong Kong, Tuesday night, we’ll be there!
This post is just a big reminder for you that we will indeed be hitting up China for some tasty treats this Tuesday at the Samsung / Google event in Hong Kong. It’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich we’re expecting, and we’re gonna get it! Not only that, we expect a lovely new device by the name of Samsung Galaxy Nexus – we’ve also hear Nexus Prime as a possible name, but if this poll has anything to say about it, Galaxy Nexus is the real deal. In Hong Kong the event is on the 19th of October at 10AM – conveniently that is also the time of day, 12 hours earlier, that it will be taking place New York time — October 18th at 10PM. Per the invite we’ve received this past week, this event will both be taking place live in China and will be available to the whole [...]
Android ‘Jelly Bean’ use share grows inside October, however, ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ grows faster
Data gathered about Android equipment accessing the Google Play application shop shows which the newest Android four.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ platform has finally broken the 2 % barrier. However Android four.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ has watched even greater gains. The information, accumulated throughout the 14-day period ending about November 1, 2012, shows which ‘Jelly Bean’ use share has improved by 0.9 percentage points compared to the same period last month, about 2.7 %. While the gains enjoyed inside ‘Jelly Bean’ may definitely please Google, the 2.1 percentage points grow enjoyed by ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ might please the look giant more, with all the platform hitting an all-time significant use share of 25.8 %, plus has been the fastest-growing Android adaptation. The cause why ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ is gaining marketplace share quicker than ‘Jelly Bean’ is easy — ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ is installed onto more new equipment than the new ‘Jelly Bean’. New [...]
Motorola RAZR in China now receiving Ice Cream Sandwich update
Motorola has been gradually rolling its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for the Motorola RAZR line over the world. Next up for the update are the people inside China, because their OTA update has started now plus ought to be accessible for download at the moment. If you occurred to miss our hands about with all the ICS update you’ll certainly like to check which out whilst we wait for the download to complete. Any issues or concerns could certainly be handled by the fine people of the Android Central RAZR forums, thus make sure to hop inside there plus share certain opinions plus ask issues. Source: Motorola Android Central – Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help plus Android Wallpapers
Ice Cream Sandwich hits double digits and is now on 10.9 percent of Android devices
Google has introduced the newest platform adaptation numbers tonight, plus factors are because expected — nonetheless gradually trending up. Before you go any further, you need to note which Jelly Bean (Android four.1) is not about any retail equipment yet plus is not included inside these numbers. However, it’s good to find ICS finally hit double digits about its slow race to adoption. Every variation lower than four.0 saw losses since last month, plus four.0 to four.0.4 saw an uptick of 3.8 % because phones plus pills got their long-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades plus phones like the HTC One series were introduced with all the newest (at the time) variation. So what does this mean? A couple points — OEM’s nevertheless take forever to update their software, folks continue to be utilizing historic hardware with cupcake about it, as well as the Galaxy Nexus doesn’t appear to be marketing [...]
Lenovo Thinkpad Ice Cream Sandwich lands for US customers
Back inside May you saw the roll from the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Lenovo Thinkpad start to roll out inside Europe, as well as for a whilst it has laid nevertheless. The update has picked up again plus is today hitting US equipment, thus for those of we that have been waiting patiently, you should check a equipment for updates. While the update comes a some weeks later than you had initially thought, it is actually finally here, thus you’ll undoubtedly like to hop into the settings plus manually check for the update in the event you haven’t absolutely received the OTA notice. Be sure to sing out inside the comments plus the forums plus allow you understand how the update functions out for we! Source: The Verge; via: Android Central Forums Android Central – Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help plus Android Wallpapers
Ice Cream Sandwich now available for everyone with a Droid RAZR/RAZR MAXX
Who demands drive whenever you’ve got pull? The Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola Droid RAZR plus RAZR MAXX has been trickling out for a week or thus now. However now it’s accessible to anybody with those equipment. Simply hit the menu switch, select Settings>About plus receive a ICS about. And when you’re at it, make sure to check out the preview of what you’ll be getting inside the update. More: Droid RAZR forums; RAZR MAXX forums Android Central – Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help plus Android Wallpapers
Android 4.0: Tracking Ice Cream Sandwich’s Availability
Last week HTC published a list of phones which usually obtain an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, together with approximate release dates along with a projected completion date of late August 2012. This really is not a rather encouraging prospect considering Google officially introduced ICS last October. Additionally considering Android’s upcoming main revision codenamed ‘Jelly Bean’ is close to launch by then (slated for Q3/12). But this might be not an matter with HTC phones only. In truth, Ice Cream Sandwich is much more the exception instead of the tip about Android equipment over the board. There’s a total of 4 smartphones shipping with all the OS preloaded, only over a dozen with updates accessible, plus over 20 found on the ‘coming soon’ list (also: see a list of Android 4.0 ICS highlights). Phones shipping with ICS Your options here are limited to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, that [...]
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