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.
More Ice Cream Sandwich stories
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 01, 2012
Kids love to play with our tablets. They're colorful, active, and entertaining -- exactly what a kid likes (no matter what age). But many of us don't feel comfortable letting our kids handle...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 28, 2012
The stock Ice Cream Sandwich camera application is pretty nice. Clean and simple interface, really easy to use, and of course that built in panorama mode is awesome. A developer by the name ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 28, 2012
We're live at the Eric Schmidt keynote at Mobile World Congress, and Hugo Barra, Director of Product Management, for Android, has announced that Chrome for Android Beta is now availabl...
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by Brent Zaniewski
Feb 28, 2012
Dimensions: 4.61 x 2.30 x 0.45
Weight: 4.41oz
3.7-inch capacitive display (480 x800)
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
1GHz single-core Qualcomm 7227A processo...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 27, 2012
Huawei have definitely hit the ground hard at Mobile World Congress. Following on the quad-core theme is their latest tablet offering, the Mediapad 10 FHD.
The aluminium unibodied Mediapad 10...
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by Brent Zaniewski
Feb 27, 2012
10.1-inch display
1920 x 1200 pixels
Capacitive touchscreen
Weight: 649g
9.9mm thin
1GB DDR2 RAM
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Quad-core Nvidia Te...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 27, 2012
ZTE noted ahead of Mobile World Congress that they would be unveiling a small bevy of devices for folks to enjoy in the coming months. The ZTE Era is one highlight from that lot and brings some well...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2012
We dropped in to visit the folks at Acer and have a look at the Iconia A700, and it's impressive. The first thing you notice is how thin and light it is (9.9mm and 600grams, respectively), and t...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 25, 2012
We're almost there -- at MWC in Barcelona that is. But, as ever before we get to a big show the leaks continue to trickle out ahead of time. We're already expecting to see the Acer CloudMobi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2012
We said it was coming today (OK, ASUS said it was coming today), and sure enough the ASUS EeePad Transformer is in the midst of getting its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. In addition to the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 24, 2012
Acer has announced it'll bring the Liquid Glow Android 4.0 smartphone to Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, Spain. The Liquid Glow sports a 3.7-inch display and will be availa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2012
Nova Launcher has made it's way out of the beta stage and into the Android Market. This Ice Cream Sandwich launcher is chock full of features you won't find in the stock launcher, and comes ...
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by Jared DiPane
Feb 23, 2012
If you are looking for a way to repurpose that HP Touchpad that you got nice and cheap on the fire sale, you have probably been following the progress of the CM9 project pretty closely. The latest u...
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by Jared DiPane
Feb 23, 2012
If you are the proud owner of the ASUS EeePad Transformer, you will be thrilled to know that at some point over the course of the next week the offical update will be available to get your tablet on...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 23, 2012
Sony Ericsson has released an updated beta ROM for a selection of its 2011 Xperia phones, based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This latest (and unsupported) release builds on the alpha version r...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Feb 23, 2012
Asus today announced that it is beginning to push its official Ice Cream Sandwich update to the original EeePad Transformer, just it had promised early last month. The OTA rollout of firmware 9...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 22, 2012
A fine bit of news for those of you out there who happen to have a Toshiba Thrive 10-Inch. When questioned on Twitter when a release of Ice Cream Sandwich would be available, Toshiba USA surprisingl...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Feb 22, 2012
Good news for those of you patiently waiting for Acer's April release of Ice Cream Sandwich for its A100 and A500 tablets: the good people over at XDA seem to have found stable leaks of the...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 21, 2012
Mobile World Congress, one of the biggest mobile tech shows in the world, begins in just a few short days in Barcelona, Spain. We’ll be there to bring you all the Android-related developments ...
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