Posts tagged ice-cream-sandwich


There’s been a lot of commotion lately over the much hyped ASUS Tranformer Prime. Over the past week there have been complaints about GPS issues, Android 4.0 delays, and the biggest noise maker — the locked bootloader. Today, ASUS has decided to address all these issues in an attempt to put everyone worries at bay. Although I would have preferred an official press release, their Facebook statement will have to do. Here’s what they had to say:


One of the more gimmicky features in Android 4.0 is that of face unlock. While it’s cool and makes for a great party trick, it’s really not the most secure (can be unlocked with a photo). When Nexus S owners were treated to Android 4.0, Face Unlock was omitted due to insufficient hardware but that didn’t stop the Android community from getting it anyways. Apparently the “insufficient hardware” was nothing more than the VGA quality of the front facing camera on the Nexus S. It is fully capable of performing Face Unlock but perhaps Google was worried about its accuracy with the low res camera. Either way, it’s now available thanks to a custom ROM that can be flashed by any rooted soul.


Samsung’s decision to leave the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S out of the Ice Cream Sandwich update pool alienated a large number of Samsung customers — and they were not happy. Not only were they upset over Samsung’s unwillingness to update their device, but they were also unhappy with Samsung’s excuse. According to Samsung, they were not going to be updating the Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy S due to their limited memory (which TouchWiz needs). With the Galaxy S and the Nexus S having similar specs, and the Nexus S set to receive Android 4.0, it appeared the only thing keeping the Galaxy S from getting ICS was Touchwiz. While the majority of Galxy S users are all for being updated to the latest version of Android at the expense of TouchWiz, Samsung was not. That was until today.


We continue to hear from manufactures regarding their plans for updating their recent devices to Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich). This time it’s LG’s turn, giving us an updated timeline regarding their ICS updates. According to a post on Facebook, LG plans to start updating their 2011 line of phones starting Q2 of 2012.


A couple of days ago, the Dropbox team gave the Android community a sneak peek at their redesigned Dropbox app for Android. Version 2.0 looked great and was quick to flaunt its Ice Cream Sandwich optimizations. While there was no word as to when the update was going to make it to market, we knew it would be soon. Well guess what? Today’s that day, and we’re happy to announce that Dropbox 2.0 for Android is now available for download in the Android Market.

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