Ice Cream Sandwich Articles

Leaked Document Reveals HTC Ville, Huawei Prism Headed to T-Mobile

TmoNews on Wednesday acquired what looks to be a document revealing a host of upcoming handsets headed to T-Mobile. Among them is the HTC Ville, Galaxy S Blaze 4G and Huawei Prism. The Galaxy S Blaze 4G, an Android 2.3 device, was actually only just announced this morning with an estimated release of March, while

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Even With Refined Chrome and YouTube, Google TV Needs More Content

Last November I reviewed Google TV 2.0, a software update pushed out to owners of Logitech and Sony GTV devices. The folks at Sony lent me a 46-inch SIT for testing purposes, and while I found the update to be a marked improvement over the GTV 1.0 software it replaced, I didn’t think it would do

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10-inch Huawei Tablet Gets Spotted, Coming With Android 4.0

Why wait until Mobile World Congress to see all the coolest new gadgets when the Internet is unceremoniously leaking everything early? A supposed new 10-inch tablet from China-based Huawei has been photographed, revealing what looks to be a pretty sleek device. The post from Russian site hi-tech@mail alleges the device will sport an 8-megapixel rear

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ZTE Announces Two New Ice Cream Sandwich Smartphones for MWC

I’m not sure what it is with smartphones makers, but it seems some of them just can’t hold on to their Mobile World Congress announcements. LG has already jumped the gun to unveil its Optimus Vu and Optimus LTE Tag, and now ZTE has announced two new smartphones of its own, both of which will

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LG Announces Optimus LTE Tag With Impressive NFC Capabilities

Following the unveiling of its 5-inch Optimus Vu yesterday, LG has announced another new smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress. The LG Optimus LTE Tag is a 4.3-inch Android-powered handset that focuses on LTE connectivity and near-field communication. It’s the first handset to boast LG’s Tag+ technology (hence the “Tag” moniker) which allows you to change

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Sky Go Finally Arrives On Selected Android Devices

After waiting months for its arrival, Sky subscribers in the U.K. will finally get access to Sky Go on selected Android devices today. Users can enjoy the same channel selection that has been available to iOS users for some months, and it will be completely free to existing Sky TV customers — depending on your

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HTC Adds Droid Incredible 2, Thunderbolt to Android 4.0 Update List

This will certainly be welcome news for all you HTC fans. The handset maker on Friday announced via its Facebook page more devices are being added to its already robust Ice Cream Sandwich roster, including the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt and Droid Incredible 2. We have more good news related to Android 4.0, Ice Cream

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Acer Iconia Tab A200 Gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich Update

Acer has begun rolling out the long-awaited Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Iconia Tab A200 tablet to users in the U.S. today. The new software will come as an over-the-air update and is expected to arrive on all devices by the end of next week. In true Acer fashion, the Ice Cream Sandwich

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HTC Endeavor Renamed HTC One As New Details Emerge

HTC’s next flagship handset has been given its third name today, as more details emerge about the Taiwanese company’s first quad-core smartphone. Initially called the HTC Edge, the device was renamed the HTC Endeavor earlier this month, but it’s now being branded the HTC One. Thanks to a leaked ROM that surfaced this week, we

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Swype Comes to Ice Cream Sandwich With Dragon Go! Integration

Android users who are participating in the Swype beta program can now enjoy a new update from Nuance that adds a number of “hotly requested features,” including support for the latest Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and Dragon Go! integration. The company announced the update in a post on its Nuance Mobile Life website, and

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Google Rumored to be Speeding Up Development of Android Jelly Bean

Rumors have begun circulating that Google may be speeding up the development of Android 5.0, believed to be codenamed “Jelly Bean.” Digi Times is reporting that Google is pushing to get Jelly Bean out in the second quarter of this year, which actually lines up with the Google I/O conference which takes place April 24

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Asus: Original Transformer Android 4.0 Update Now Coming in March

It looks like Asus may have over promised when it said Ice Cream Sandwich would be hitting the original Transformer in early February. In fact, owners may have to wait as long as March, as Asus made a statement on its Singapore Facebook page saying the Android update is being pushed back, although no reasons

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LG X3 Shows Off its Quad-Core Chops, Gets Benchmarked

It looks like HTC’s upcoming Tegra 3 equipped smartphone will have competition at this year’s Mobile World Congress. According to MoDaCo‘s “secret source ,” LG is aiming to give HTC a run for its money by unveiling a quad-core device of it’s own, known as the LG X3, something that was hinted at back in

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Motorola Releases Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade Schedule

Motorola has now announced when device owners can expect their next Android updates, and it’s pretty clear that some folks are going to be rather displeased. Earlier today Motorola updated the list of devices that can expect to see updates to Ice Cream Sandwich, what they didn’t mention, however, was when we could expect to

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Motorola Expands the List of Devices Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich

If you own a Motorola device, and you’ve been wondering if it will receive an update to Ice Cream Sandwich, you’ll be happy to know the company expanded the list of those lucky devices a bit more today. While we already knew some of the devices Motorola planned to update with Ice Cream Sandwich, the

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ZTE Light II Tablet Brings “Key Capabilities At Reasonable Prices” to U.K.

ZTE has unveiled the new ZTE Light II tablet today, the Chinese company’s first own-branded tablet for the U.K., which promises to deliver “key capabilities at reasonable prices.” The 7-inch device features relatively low-range specifications, but it does have some nice features, such as a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, a built-in FM radio, and a battery

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Sprint Leak Suggests ICS update for Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Coming Soon

Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch owners may soon be treated with an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. A leaked .RDF file on Sprint’s own website, spotted by a member of XDA-Developers, suggests that Sprint has been working on fb10 of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0.3. It’s unclear when the update will be

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Local Seller Begins Samsung Galaxy S III Pre-Orders

While there’s been plenty of speculation surrounding the date of its unveiling, there’s not a great deal that we know about the Samsung Galaxy S III at this point. But one local seller on Multiply is already advertising its specifications and allowing customers to pre-order the handset. Kimstore published a poster offering pre-orders on Samsung’s

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Image of Motorola’s First Intel-powered Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Phone Leaked

During the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Intel announced that it was partnering with Motorola Mobility to launch the first Intel-powered smartphones. Now, a leaked image from Pocketnow suggests that Motorola Mobility not only has an Intel-powered smartphone in the works, but also one powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The device will no doubt

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HTC Endeavor (HTC Edge) Specs Appear In Leaked ROM

The HTC Edge first leaked back in November, and was rumored to be the Taiwanese company’s first Tegra 3 quad-core smartphone. Just a couple of days ago, we discovered that its name was changed to the HTC Endeavor internally, and now we have the device’s internal specifications, thanks to a leaked ROM. As expected, the

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Samsung Unveils 7-Inch Galaxy Tab 2 Powered By Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung has unveiled a new 7-inch tablet this morning called the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. The device packs a 1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. But its most exciting attribute is its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The new device measures just 10.5mm thick and it’s Samsung’s first tablet to run the latest Android

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HTC Set to Unveil Quad-Core Device As Early As Mobile World Congress

HTC had the Internet all in a tizzy late last year when a leak revealed the beastly HTC Edge. Why the hubbub? The handset will reportedly come equipped with Nvidia’s insane Tegra 3 processor. Yes, monstrous quad-core goodness in a smartphone package. A new report from MoDaCo claims the device is set to be unveiled

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New HTC Smartphone Running Ice Cream Sandwich Leaks

A new HTC smartphone running Google’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich operating system has been leaked to phoneArena. The handset features a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, LTE connectivity, and what is thought to be an AMOLED display. It’s unclear exactly what the device will be called, but thanks to that bizarre rear panel — which is

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Ice Cream Sandwich to Hit Galaxy S II on March 1?

A controversial blogger who is infamous for his inside knowledge has revealed that Google’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich operating system will be released for the Samsung Galaxy S II on March 1. Samsung already confirmed back in December that its most popular Android smartphone would be graced with the latest Android update, but what it

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Motorola Exec: Hardware to Blame for Slow Android Updates

Your new Android device doesn’t have Ice Cream Sandwich because the OS’s code is proving difficult to support on different hardware. That’s the word from senior vice president and general manager of Motorola’s Enterprise Business Unit, Christy Wyatt. Fingers are typically pointed toward manufacturers’ software customizations, but that just simply doesn’t tell the whole story.

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