On Tuesday sundown, Google broadcasted Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich ( ICS ), a foremost revamp that will bond smartphone and tablet Android OS for the first time. As with preceding updates, Google will unveil the fresh OS on its own Galaxy Nexus smartphone, anticipated to knock Verizon in November.
So where does these leave former Android devices, maximum of which are powered on software that's beyond a year old? Stay Tuned: it's coming in early 2012, according to Motorola.
The Motorola Droid RAZR, tossed Tuesday morning, will collect ICS in early 2012, Alain Mutricy, senior vice president of portfolio and product management at Motorola, whispered at Wednesday’s press conference in Europe, as conveyed by Pocket Lint UK. The $299 phone is fixed to knock Verizon in November with Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread. Mutricy whispered that even though the Motorola RAZR (Motorola plummeted the "Droid" name overseas) was premeditated for Gingerbread, the company has a plot in place to apprise the phone to ICS at the "start of 2012" and that all the revolutions in the RAZR would be elevated for ICS. PCMag lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan entitled it "the most gorgeous Android phone yet."
What about former Motorola devices? Late Wednesday, Motorola twittered to a shopper inquiring about the Droid X, "We'll release devices to catch the ICS upgrade 6 weeks later Google's public push. Hope this helps!" In extra words, early 2012.
The Droid RAZR is being hyped as the world's thinnest phone at 0.28 inches thick. It claims a dual-core 1.2-GHz processor and 4G LTE support, along with a 4.3-inch super AMOLED plus touch-screen display with 960-by-540 resolution.
The Galaxy Nexus, in the interim, sports a 4.65-inch HD super AMOLED touch-screen display with 1280-by-720 resolution. It's 8.94 millimeters thin with a 4.29-millimeter bezel and runs a 1.2-Ghz, dual-core application processor.
Also on Wednesday, Sony Ericsson announced it will elevate 2011 Xperia smartphones like the Xperia Play 4G to ICS as well, without remarking on timing. "Sony Ericsson is at present rolling out the advancement to Gingerbread 2.3.4 through its entire 2011 Xperia smartphone collection," Sony Ericsson whispered in a statement selected by Pocket Droid. "This software advancement will be accessible through a phased roll out in handpicked markets. Afar Gingerbread 2.3.4, we plot to elevate our 2011 Xperia smartphone collection to the subsequent Android platform made presented to us."
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