A leaked document has given us the first clue as to when Bell Mobility expects to update some of its smartphones to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). A leaked document obtained by MobileSyrup offers the following timeline: HTC Sensation: February 2012 HTC Raider: March 2012 Samsung Galaxy S II: April 2012 LG Optimus LTE: TBD It’s good to see dates […]
Ice Cream Sandwich
CyanogenMod 9 “starting to come together”
The The CyanogenMOD team yesterday posted an update on the progress being made on CyanogenMod 9 which will use Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as its base. It is already running on some devices including the Nexus S. Other early candidates include devices using OMAP4, MSM8660/7X30, and Exynos processors as well as some Tegra 2 tablets such as the […]
Nexus S Android 4.0 upgrade being pushed to Google employees
If now deleted Google Plus posts are any indication, Google has pushed out an update to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) to its employees using Google Nexus S smartphones. At least one employee, Adel Saoud, reported getting the OTA update after the news was broken by Adnan Hodzic. If true, Google is likely testing the deployment with its employees before […]
Quad-core tablets coming from Acer and Lenovo in Q1 2012
It should come as no surprise that the quad-core ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime is going to get some competition soon. HTC is already rumoured to unveil its quad-core tablet, the HTC Quattro, at MWC. Digitimes is now reporting that both Acer and Lenovo will also announce quad-core tablets in Q1 2012. Both will feature NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor and […]
TELUS confirms Android 4.0 update for Samsung Galaxy S II X
While Samsung already confirmed that it will offer an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) to its Galaxy S II lineup, it is good to see TELUS had its own confirmation when it comes to the Samsung Galaxy S II X. The TELUS product page now shows that Android 4.0 will be “available in 2012.” The Samsung Galaxy S II X […]
NVIDIA shows off Android 4.0 running on ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime
The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime will not ship with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) but NVIDIA already has it up and running on one. It used it for an “early demo” showing off 1080p video playback and a game called Riptide GP which uses all four of the Tegra 3’s cores. NVIDIA taped the demo a short two days […]
Flash coming to Android 4.0 before end of year
It has come to light that the Galaxy Nexus does not come with Flash preinstalled. If you are looking to install it, you will not be able to do so as it is not available for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) at this time. Adobe, which recently announced plans to stop development of Flash for mobile, has confirmed though that […]
Android 4.0 CyanogenMod 9.0 out in two months
With the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) source code now available, Cyanogen wasted no time confirming that work has begun on a new version of its CyanogenMod tool to support the latest version of Android. The group said via Twitter that it expects to have CyanogenMod 9.0 out in about two months: ..and we’re off. check back in 2 months […]