The CEO of Notion Ink, Rohan Shravan, is at it again with news about the Ice Cream Sandwich source code release, saying it will be released November 17. While it's tempting to just toss this aside as another rumor in the ICS/Galaxy Nexus craze of late, Mr. Shravan has a track record that shows he's usually right. Last year, he did the same thing with the Gingerbread release, accurately predicting more than could be a good guess, and just last month he told everyone about the OMAP chipset and Ice Cream Sandwich using them as a reference platform. When he talks, it's always worth listening, and the Nov. 17 date has already been thrown out there as the European release. If we see source code on the 17th, the 18th is going to be a very fun day for a lot of us.
Source: http://m.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-source-code-coming-nov-17-says-notion-ink-ceo
whats so good about ICS
I am so pumped. Thanks to loyal, kick-ass developers, we get new firmware on an outdated device. ICS is gonna be sick.
ICS to GB is like BG to Eclair
Whoo. cant wait to see what comes out of it.
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Ah don’t you just love the way the Google guys keep on with the sweet names for their Android operating system, sooner or later they will run out of ideas, but not for the next version of their OS which will apparently be called Ice Cream.
According to an article over on the Boy Genius Report by Andrew Munchbach, a report by Pocket-lint says according to “multiple sourse familiar with the matter,” the Android 2.4 Ice Cream operating system is to be released by Google sometime in either June or July of this year.
Furthermore apparently Google is expected to announce this during Google I/O 2011 in San Francisco in May. Android Ice Cream will be the next in a long line for desert-style naming from Google with the Android platform receiving Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and then Android Honeycomb for Android tables, and now Ice Cream, one wonders where it will all end.
That’s all that’s known about the new operating system no word on just what to expect improvement wise or feature wise when Ice Cream finally makes it into the Android space. Any of our readers care to hazzard a guess at what Android 2.4 Ice Cream will deliver?
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http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2011/01/11/android-2-4-ice-cream-releasing-summertime/
http://www.fonehome.co.uk/2011/01/17/android-2-4-ice-cream-sandwich-features-we-want/
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37819/google-ice-cream-android-2-4
Nice info, thanks for sharing!
I thought the name would be Ice Cream Sandwich as mentioned in the second link.. still nice
But the versionnumber 2.4 is hard to believe when we are already at 2.3 even before Honeycomb. Even if (which I seriously doubt) Google would seperate their software in 2 different "branches" the newest branch will unlikely have a lower version number.
Just my 2 cents
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do you think the sgs will get any ice cream because i dont
considering how "fast" samsung moves at pushing out upgrades... i think you'll get 2.4 by year 2020
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considering how "fast" samsung moves at pushing out upgrades... i think you'll get 2.4 by year 2020
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LOL
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So now that we have a pretty stable sense 3.0/android 2.3.3 rom thanks to virus. Whats next for the evo world? Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP*possibly* will run on evo(ill explain why in paragraph 2).Sense 3.1(or whatever will be next sense)less probable to run(if it does it will have EGL issues up the A**, of course).
At Google IO 2011, google had some pretty cool sh*t([email protected]=dope). But with ice cream sandwich coming, will google up their hardware requirements(possibly,50/50).Especially with those cool google apps coming(google music beta, awesome)
Another topic covered by googleis that a number of vendors:Verizon, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, Sony Ericsson, LG, Tmobile, Vodafone, Motorola, and AT&T have comitted to providing the latest updates for their devices for 18 months. Now, the HTC Evo 4G launched on June 4, 2010(Duh),now adding 18 months to that makes it December 4, 2011. Now, Ice Cream Sandwich is *Rumored* to be released in late November or early December. So their is hope evo will get ice cream if its hardware still supports it, but htc may get lazy and still give us sense 1.0.
Remember, that this is all based on my own *opinions*, and is to be taken as possible outcome.
Its a SANDWICH, not a SUNDAY
But I think the Evo could get it, if it meets the specs, and I believe it should.
And with every new release, its always the beginning of the end, but not to let the end be the beginning.
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Its a SANDWICH, not a SUNDAY
But I think the Evo could get it, if it meets the specs, and I believe it should.
And with every new release, its always the beginning of the end, but not to let the end be the beginning.
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oops, my mistake.
Based off off all information gathered at google io and google.com, i beleive it will get it, but will be stuck at sense 1.0, but our devs will fix that.
The promised 18 months of updates is only for hardware released from Google I/O forward. So we will be lucky if we get it.
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GAYTC said "that the Evo 4g doesn't have the required hardware for 2.3 with sense" Which is another excuse to make you buy the new Evo 3D just so they can get more money off you, With that said it's most likely that the Evo 4g won't be getting ice cream and be left behind because of "the required hardware for it".
Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code release "when it's available on devices" -- Nov 10?
Looks like google is getting ready to release the ICS source code pretty soon!
This is from the google android googlegroup:
We plan to release the source for the recently-announced Ice Cream Sandwich soon, once it’s available on devices.
And this leaked roadmap from Verizon that says that the Nexus will be available on November 10th.
So we might have a source code release any day after November 10th! *crosses fingers*
can't wait for ICS on our tab
That would be great of course, but i think they will release the source when it's available on other devices than the galaxy nexus. So december...
But we'll see
Want want want.... Sandwich.
i hope this addresses many issues. i paid $600US for this tablet and my ipad 1st gen feels a lot more polished than this os
jaewon223 said:
i hope this addresses many issues. i paid $600US for this tablet and my ipad 1st gen feels a lot more polished than this os
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Really?? I completely have the opposite feeling
I want my ICS
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Really?? I completely have the opposite feeling
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IMHO, the iPad does feel more polished than the Galaxy tab.
There are limitations on what you can do an iPad, but for most part whatever it is capable of doing, it does it quite well. I occasionally still use my iPad 2 when my Galaxy tab is charging and it's indeed a pleasure to use.
I don't know if ICS will change this for the Galaxy tab, but I sure hope it does. BTW, does anyone have a good link to list of improvements in ICS (apart from the new features they demo-ed last week)?
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The CEO of Notion Ink, Rohan Shravan, is at it again with news about the Ice Cream Sandwich source code release, saying it will be released November 17. While it's tempting to just toss this aside as another rumor in the ICS/Galaxy Nexus craze of late, Mr. Shravan has a track record that shows he's usually right. Last year, he did the same thing with the Gingerbread release, accurately predicting more than could be a good guess, and just last month he told everyone about the OMAP chipset and Ice Cream Sandwich using them as a reference platform. When he talks, it's always worth listening, and the Nov. 17 date has already been thrown out there as the European release. If we see source code on the 17th, the 18th is going to be a very fun day for a lot of us.
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http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-source-code-coming-nov-17-says-notion-ink-ceo
If it really does come out, I know what I'm going to be thankful for this year.
Wrong. Turns out today was the day
lemme know when service pack 1 is out.
Is it released already?
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Is it released already?
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source, yes
t3vil said:
Is it released already?
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Where have you been? IT was released Monday.
http://androidandme.com/2011/11/news/ice-cream-sandwich-source-code-hits-aosp-custom-roms-are-a-go/
Is no one developing ICS for the shift?
Shifted from my EVO.
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Is no one developing ICS for the shift?
Shifted from my EVO.
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Cyanogenmod is. Steve (forgot his last name) just tweeted it recently and said to give it a couple months. I would guess when that is released then other modders will release roms based on it. I am not sure about sense versions though since i have no clue how the source code for that works and i would guess the shift isn't on sprints update list but hopefully I'm wrong. Also miui is sure to release a version most likely which will probably be ported. It will be a couple months until we have stable releases though so if you just can't wait your best option is to buy a nexus.
Ice Cream Sandwich's source code has just been unleashed, which means it's time for the folks over at CyanogenMod to saddle up the horses, and get to work. In a Twitter post published on Tuesday, the Mod squad confirmed that it has already begun working on CM9, though it won't be released for another two months. CM8, in case you were wondering, was likely pegged for Android 3.0, but with Google holding tight to its Honeycomb source code, CyanogenMod may just leapfrog it altogether and jump straight to Cloud Nine. We'll all know more, come January.
Source:http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/ice-cream-sandwich-based-cyanogenmod-9-in-the-works-slated-for/