The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime was supposed to launch tomorrow, 9 November. But reports are emerging from Taiwan that the PC giant has decided to delay the device until December. But it’s got a decent explanation. See, Asus wants to release the lightning-fast super slate with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, rather than a build of the old-school Android Honeycomb.
Android Ice Cream Sandwich is currently only officially available on the imminent Samsung Galaxy Prime. But crafty developers have already found a way to get the new version of Google’s best-selling OS onto last year’s Google Nexus S. Read on to find out just how you can load your handset up with the newest version of Android.
Sick of your network loading up your phone with apps and content you can’t get rid of? Well, it seems Android Ice Cream Sandwich has the answer. The new version of the Big G’s mobile OS lets you purge your phone of add-ons that come with the handset, but that you don’t want. It seems Google has at last forced networks into realising that tawdry games and naff add-ons are no way to win over potential customers.
It’s only been official for a few hours, but there’s already been a fair bit of sniping about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Largely, it centres around the phone’s hefty price compared to the Galaxy S2 and the rather paltry 5 megapixel camera.
But such early criticism misses the point: Google’s latest announcement is as much about the new version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, as it is about the Galaxy Nexus itself. In fact, ICS is a landmark, proof that in the software design stakes, Google is finally ready to go toe-to-toe with Apple and iOS.
After all the hype and hoopla, not to mention a week-long delay in its official unveiling, the world’s first Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset has been given the nod by Samsung and Google. Dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Prime, it packs in some stellar new features on top of its Android 4.0 OS. And best of all, we’ve confirmed it’ll be landing in Blighty soon too. Read on for all the details.
The successor to the Nexus S is reportedly on track for an October release according the Korean publication Electronic Times. The news outlet also believes the Nexus 3, or Nexus Prime, will be the world’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone. Adding fuel to the fire, the site has released preliminary specs for the handset which corroborate previous claims by BGR.
On tap for the third generation Google-endorsed Nexus handset is a 720p Super AMOLED HD display and a 1.5 GHz processor. While the site does not go into specifics on the processor’s model number, BGR believes it will “employ an OMAP4460 chipset”. The display is rumored to be a 4.5-inch pane with PenTile layout.
Since Google announced that Android Ice Cream Sandwich is in the works back at the Google I/O conference in May, it’s kept pretty quiet about the update. We know it’ll be the first version of the Android OS to offer a unified interface for tablets and smartphones and have it on good authority that the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich device will be the Nexus Prime.
But now two Android sites have got hold of Android Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots ahead of its official release in Q4 2011. RootzWiki and the Android Police have both published heavily-censored snaps of Android Ice Cream Sandwich running on a Google Nexus S. Read on for a look at the features they’ve uncovered…
Hold onto your hats, Microsoft is doing the unthinkable. Rather than allowing Android Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 5 to steal the thunder, the company has sped up the release of its Windows Phone Mango update — now on track for a September 1st release. The launch would coincide with IFA 2011 in Berlin, Europe’s biggest electronics expo.