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 James Richardson
Jul 02, 2012
It seems an age ago that HTC announced the Incredible S. It was. February 2011 to be precise at Mobile World Congress.
The phone may not have generated as much interest as the other devices that we...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 01, 2012
Back in May we saw the roll out of the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Lenovo Thinkpad begin to roll out in Europe, and for a while it has laid still. The update has picked up again and is now hit...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 30, 2012
Who needs push when you've got pull? The Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX has been trickling out for a week or so now. But today it's available to anyone w...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 29, 2012
As you'll know if you've been following our Google I/O coverage, Google Currents will ship on the Nexus 7 tablet when it launches next month. But now it's been revealed that Google's...
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by James Richardson
Jun 29, 2012
This post will be short and sweet and more than likely overshadowed by this weeks Google I/O news, however Sony Xperia S users on the Three network will be happy.
Three kindly dropped me an email t...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 28, 2012
It isn't all about Google I/O this week -- OK, maybe it is. Back in the real world, the excellent, entry level, HTC One V is now available on Virgin Mobile in the U.S.
Packing Ice Cream S...
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by Sean Brunett
Jun 28, 2012
Motorola Europe announced this morning on their Facebook page that the Ice Cream Sandwich update has begun rolling out to XOOM tablets in certain regions. XOOM owners in Europe have been patiently a...
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by James Richardson
Jun 27, 2012
Ematic have today announced their latest budget tablet, the eGlide Pro X. Running Android 4.0, the 4:3 9.7 inch tablet is retailing for a remarkably low price of only $219.99.
With the budget table...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 26, 2012
Verizon's finally pushing out the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX, bringing Moto's U.S. flagship. This moves the RAZRs up to what ...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Jun 26, 2012
The day has finally arrived, as the CyanogenMod team announced that 37 devices are receiving RC1 of CM9 today. This is a milestone, to be sure, as these builds should be more stable than any n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 26, 2012
If you're rocking an EVO 3D outside the United States, know this: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is heading your way right ... about ... now!
But what about Sprint? While the phones are mostly ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 24, 2012
A quick heads up that the fine folks in our AT&T Galaxy S II forums are reporting that the phone's Ice Cream Sandwich update is available again from the Samsung Kies software. The update bri...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2012
Toshiba may have been aiming for a spring release of ICS for the original Thrive line of tablets, but apparently they missed the bullseye and have set things back until the fall. Users across the In...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2012
So the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the AT&T Galaxy S II kinda went live. Then it kinda didn't. And we've seen that happen wtih so many Samsung updates that we've kinda gr...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 22, 2012
If you use Google Reader and an Android tablet, chances are you'll want to pick up the latest update for Google's RSS app, which contains some tablet-specific usability fixes. And that's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2012
Last night was just the teaser. Today's the day, folks. After so many rumored dates have come and gone, Verizon has made it official that the Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX -- twins in every ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2012
Motorola has updated the Droid RAZR page, and it's now full of information and details about the forthcoming Ice Cream Sandwich update. Nothing is ever official until it's official, but...
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by Jared DiPane
Jun 21, 2012
If you happen to be holding an AT&T branded Samsung Galaxy S II in your hands, you will want to locate the nearest USB cable, plug your device in and fire up Kies as quickly as you can. The long...
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by James Richardson
Jun 20, 2012
There be rumors out there I tell ye. The word on the street (well according to sammobile.com) is that the Samsung Galaxy Tab collection is to get an update to Ice Cream Sandwich starting next month ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 20, 2012
Update: and just like that HTC has pulled the listing for the 3.14.605 update to Ice Cream Sandwich from the support page. Back to waiting.
HTC has posted the official news that ICS is available fo...
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