Motorola releases Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade schedule

Motorola promises an upgrade ICS last few month and now they released the schedule, base on region.

US : XOOM Family Edition, ATRIX 2 and the ATRIX 4G MB860 will get update on Q3 of this year. Meanwhile, older phones like the DEFY, DROID original, DROID X, etc. will remain on Froyo forever.

Canada : RAZR will get the update in Q2 but the ATRIX 4G will remain on Gingerbread.

EMEA region : RAZR and XOOM Wi-Fi will be upgraded in Q2 and the XOOM 2 in Q3. ATRIX update is still being planned whereas the DEFY+ will remain on Gingerbread.

Asia Pacific : RAZR and the XOOM will receive the update in Q2 and the ATRIX 2 and XOOM 2 in Q3. The DEFY, DEFY+ and the older phones will not be upgraded.

Latin America and Mexico : RAZR and XOOM will be upgraded in Q2, ATRIX 2 and XOOM 2 in Q3 and the the update for ATRIX and MILESTONE 3 is still being planned. Again, no update for the DEFY.

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Motorola might show an Intel-powered droid at the MWC

Motorola said will show the Intel-powered (Medfield mobile x86 chipset) phones at CES and now rumor has it that we’ll see the first of those showcased at the next major tech event, the Mobile World Congress.

Not much specification leaked but this phone will be running Android 4.0 with Motorola customization.

This phone rumors will have :

• Instant-on feature (something along the lines of HTC's Fast Boot).
• Camera will be capable of 15fps burst capture.
• 16:9 aspect ratio screen, most likely 720p resolution.
• Chipset will most likely be the single-core Intel Atom Z2460.

WMC is coming soon! So Stay tune for the update and of course, we are exciting to see how Intel chipset performs in Android device.

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Nokia N9 gets an Ice Cream Sandwich port

Dreaming to have Nokia N9 as android? You asked for it, you got it! The image shown Nokia N9 get Android ICS port. However no tutorial or any information about the release, we assume it is still an alpha phase.

Nokia will stop supporting Meego soon, however it seem it able to find a nice path to continue it life. Let's see what fate will bring to Nokia N9 soon.

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All HTC Sensation will get ICS on late March

As the news earlier, HTC will update the whole Sensation line into ICS. Well, the company revealed that it will happen on late March starting off with HTC Sensation and Sensation XE while the XL update will follow shortly after.

There is more good news - HTC EVO 3D, Incredible S, Desire S and Desire HD updates are also in the works and will be released later this year.

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Acer showcases the new Iconia Tab A700

So, finally Acer bring up the Iconia Tab A700 at CES.

Acer Iconia A700 Key Features :

• 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200 resolution full HD display.
• 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3.
• 1GB of RAM.
• 16GB or 32GB of storage space.
• 9.8mm thickness.
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

More details will come once Acer officially announces it. Meanwhile, y not a video? ;)



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Sony Ericsson showcases Android 4.0.1 ICS alpha ROM on video

It is coming! Android ICS for Sony Ericsson Alpha ROM is out for developer. Unfortunately at the moment it only support on Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. The preview ROM isn't suited for a day-to-day use - major features like telephony, Wi-Fi and Google apps aren't functional just yet.

The list of updated are :

• New “Roboto” font
• New “Holo” theme is supported (you are able to test apps written to make use of the Holo theme)
• Music player control from lock screen
• Updated UI in the Settings menu
• Updated UI in the web browser
• Updated UI and interaction with the new messaging action bar
• Updated UI for improved multitasking
• Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks and browser tabs in the Notification menu

I was hoping they quickly change the home screen design and icon as well ;)

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ASUS Transformer Prime demo Ice Cream Sandwich

ASUS promises to upgrade the latest tablet that come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future.

But i guess the time is coming very soon! Nvidia has released an official demo of the tablet running on the latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

ASUS Transformer Prime look pretty promising!

HTC Zeta leak

HTC next phone, codename Zeta apparantly is on leaked!

This phone is supposed to have a 2.5GHz quad-core APQ8064 CPU and 1GB of RAM. Other interesting items on the spec sheet are a 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 display and Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed along with Sense UI.

The handset supposedly measures 109.8 x 60.9 x 9.8mm and weighs 146g. Inside you'll find 32GB of storage space, 8 megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and 1080p video recording, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, Bluetooth 4.0, Beats Audio and an 1,830mAh battery.

Not sure is the image is real or fake, but we'll follow up and find out more for soon!

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Sony Ericsson Xperia line will get ICS update

Sony Ericsson do keep their promise and soon will bring ICS update to their Xperia devices. Here are the list :

• Xperia arc
• Xperia arc S
• Xperia PLAY
• Xperia neo
• Xperia neo V
• Xperia mini
• Xperia mini pro
• Xperia pro
• Xperia active
• Xperia ray
• Live with Walkman

Unfortunately, the exact date for the update roll-out start still not available, but hopefully they the Sony Ericsson R&D won't take much longer than the CyanogenMod Team to finish it.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. What new?

Beside unveiling the latest Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google officially announced Android Ice-Cream Sandwich as well. Compare to previous update, ICS brought alot new function into the phone.

Ice Cream Sandwich combines the tablet optimized Honeycomb and Gingerbread into a cohesive whole. The unification of the UI and APIs means that developers will no longer have to worry about multiple devices and hardware configurations and just have to develop their apps for one OS and it will automatically work perfectly across all devices. This is what Google promised us at their I/O event when they first announced Ice Cream Sandwich and that is what they delivered today.

Android Ice-Cream Sandwich key features :

• Optimized for smartphone and tablet use
• New user interface, with updated animations, transition effects, multi-touch gestures and live wallpapers
• Improved multitasking
• New homescreen folders and favorites tray
• Improved lock screen with facial unlock
• Improved notification menu
• Resizable widgets, viewable through the application menu
• Built-in screenshot utility
• Improved text input and spell-checking
• Improved voice input
• Ability to monitor and control data usage
• Improved accessibility for disabled users
• New Peoples app
• Improved Gmail and Calendar app
• Improved web browser with ability to save web pages and incognito mode
• Visual voicemail
• Improved camera app with face detection and panorama mode
• Improved video recorder with continuous auto-focus, zooming while recording, snapshot while recording and time lapse mode
• Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor
• Android Beam for transferring data using NFC
• Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP support

Enjoy some screen shot of Android Ice-Cream Sandwich

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus is finally official, comes in November

FInally, the long awaiting Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Previously know as Nexus Prime) is official. Lets take a look on the spec.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Key Features :

• 4.65 inches HD super AMOLED (720x1280).
• 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm.
• 135g.
• 1.2GHz dual-core Cortex A9, powered by the TI OMAP 4460.
• 1GB of RAM.
• 16/32GB memory and expandable via a microSD card slot.
• 5MP camera at the back and 1.3MP front camera.
• 1080p Video HD Recording.
• LTE and NFC support.
• 1750mAh.
• Android OS 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich.

The first Android ever that running Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich! If you guys dunno, Samsung Galaxy Nexus doesn't have any physical button and replace by the virtual button located at bottom on the screen, just like Honeycomb tablets.

With Ice Cream Sandwich, the camera can take and automatically stitch shots to make a panorama, shoot a time-lapse video and zoom while recording. The hardware of the Galaxy Nexus is quite unique. On the bottom of the device has a hidden notification area, which glows with a green dot when you get a new email, message or miss a call. The back cover is also covered with a specially designed material called "Hyper Skin" to protect it from slipping.

Here is some hands on video of Samsung Galaxy Nexus with some preview of Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots leaked

The Google Nexus Prime is delayed, but we have some good screenshot here for the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It look very nice much and feel like Honeycomb.

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Android Ice-Cream Sandwich Will Be Available For All Screen Size

Different from Honeycomb which is tablet only Android OS, news from Android Developer's Blog reveal that the new Android OS, Ice-cream Sandwich will be running on all screen size. Honeycomb app's developer that has design their apps to run on large screen have to do some changes to the apps since Android apps are forward compatible. At this moment, the before mention developers has only 2 choices which is to prevent installation for smaller screen or to support smaller screen with the same APK.Official Android Developer's Blogger state that they prefer the later options.

Author's note: It is common sense that Honeycomb developers will have to take the effort to upgrade their apps so that it would be compatible on all new device running on Ice-cream Sandwich, else there are limiting their apps to the vast users.This might not be a very good news for developers(if you are an Android apps developer, this news probably wouldn't be your 1st source) but this is definitely something exciting for the users. Hope that when the Honeycomb apps are compatible with smaller screen, they will make it compatible with older Android OS too?

Source: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/