The Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android was officially announced May 10 at the Google IO developer conference. It's not expected to be released until the fourth quarter of 2011, and Google didn't offer up too many details, though it did say it'll bring features of Android 3.0/3.1 Honeycomb to smartphones. That confirms what former CEO Eric Schmidt said at Mobile World Congress in February 2011.
That's not to say you'll be getting the Honeycomb experience on a phone -- Android 3.0 was designed for tablets with their larger screens. But we should see some elements, such as the Action Bar and System Bar. Ice Cream Sandwich will unify the OS version across devices, and will allow for better application development on smartphones, tablets, and Google TV.
Nobody know much more about Ice Cream Sandwich at this point, but you can follow the news as it happens below.
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 18, 2012
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 18, 2012
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by Anndrew Vacca
Oct 18, 2012
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by James Richardson
Oct 18, 2012
This isn't our first time we have spent with the HTC Desire X, however we do now have in our possession a review unit that HTC kindly sent me today.
Although in comparison to some of the more r...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 14, 2012
LG has just released some information showing which devices will be getting updates -- and when those updates can be expected. Of course, a global press release like this doesn't do a whole...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 12, 2012
ZTE continues to try and make moves into the western smartphone market with the mid-range, Tegra powered Grand X.
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 11, 2012
Some folks have sent emails into Droid-Life indicating that they've been contacted by Motorola to participate in a "soak test" for an Ice Cream Sandwich update on their Droid Bion...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 11, 2012
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by Simon Sage
Oct 08, 2012
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by Simon Sage
Oct 08, 2012
Following a few scattered releases in Europe, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is landing in the U.S. by way of Verizon. All of the stuff you'd expect is there, incl...
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by Scott Young
Oct 04, 2012
Hey SlingBox users, good news! Your SlingPlayer app was recently updated. While the changes aren't breathtaking, they are very welcome, as are most updates.
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by Simon Sage
Oct 03, 2012
Happy ICS day, Pantech Burst and Pantech Element, owners! The update to Android 4.0 for Pantech's smartphone and tablet are currently available through home page, or you can dig around in your o...
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by James Richardson
Oct 02, 2012
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 01, 2012
As it tends to do, Google has released a breakdown of what versions of Android devices out in the wild are currently running as of today, October 1. We're now over the milestone of having one in...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 01, 2012
T-Mobile has just put up a support page indicating that the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G (seriously, these names are getting to be a bit much) is going to be receiving an update to Android 4.0 Ice Crea...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 29, 2012
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 28, 2012
Well this is tough news. Motorola Mobility has been maintaining an update chart and evaluating its current device lineup as to which devices should go forward with Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2012
It's been about a month since we saw Motorola rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Wifi only version of the XYBOARD, and now we see that Verizon has posted the changes and instructi...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 28, 2012
The Xperia Tablet S may be the new kid on the block, but Sony hasn't forgotten about the original Tablet S. U.S. owners of the original 'folded magazine' style Tablet S should be startin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 26, 2012
Earlier today we talked about the Motorola Atrix 2 soak test, with the assurance from some insiders that it would indeed be the Ice Cream Sandwich update everyone has been waiting for. One of our he...
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