Google’s latest phones are shipping with Android 9 Pie, and third-party phone makers are starting to get on the Pie bandwagon… but few enough people are using the latest version of Android that Google hasn’t even added it to its Android Platform Distribution chart. But you know what is on that chart? Android 4.0 Ice […]
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Google stops updating Chrome for older versions of Android
When Google first brought its Chrome web browser to Android in 2012, Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was state of the art. Now Google has announced that it will stop developing Chrome for that aging version of Android. You can still download and run Chrome 42 on Android 4.0. But future versions of the operating system […]
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Dell Streak 7 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM now available for download
It’s not an official release, but a freshly-baked Android 4.0 ROM has been made available for the Dell Streak 7 tablet. TabletROMs forum users Giveen and DJ_Steve have uploaded the fruits of their labor, and if you’re one of the Dell faithful who picked up a Streak 7 before it was retired from their website […]
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Early, buggy build of Android 4.0 for Kindle Fire now available
The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a custom version of Google Android which is designed to work with Amazon’s music, movie, book, and app stores. But people have been replacing the official Kindle Fire software with custom versions of Android almost as long as the tablet has been available — and now the tools are […]
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Samsung: No Ice Cream for the Galaxy Tab 7″ or Galaxy S smartphone
Samsung has announced that it will not be releasing an official Android 4.0 update for the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab or the Samsung Galaxy S, one of the most popular Android smartphones on the market. The reason? They simply don’t have the hardware to support a decent user experience. And by decent experience, I […]
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Ainol Novo7 Paladin tablet with Android 4.0 up for pre-order for $120
Remember that $100 tablet with a MIPS processor and Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich? It looks like the retail price is going to be closer to $120 in the US, but that still makes this Android 4.0 tablet cheaper than most devices running Android 2.3 and earlier. PandaWill and Merimobiles are both taking pre-orders […]
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Android 4.0 coming the HP TouchPad… eventually
Update: And…. it’s available. We have detailed instructions for installing Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad using CyanogenMod 9 Alpha. It’s still an unsupported work in progress, so proceed with caution. One of the developers responsible for porting Google Android 2.3 to run on the HP TouchPad tablet is working to bring Android 4.0 to the […]
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MIPS unveils a $100 tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is the first version of Google’s mobile operating system that’s designed to support phones and tablets — and that means that companies making dirt cheap tablets can finally use the latest Android software. Chip designer MIPS has announced that one of the first is a $100 tablet with a […]
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Google Android 4.0 adds support for stylus input
Over the past few months we’ve seen a couple of companies try to distinguish their Android tablets from the crowd by offering a stylus for writing and drawing. The HTC Flyer, Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, and upcoming Asus Eee Pad MeMo (if it ever actually comes to market) all feature a stylus. But the manufacturers have […]
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer to get Ice Cream Sandwich update
Sure, Asus has started promoting its upcoming Eee Pad Transformer Prime, but that doesn’t mean the company is forgetting about the first-generation Transformer tablet. Asus posted a message on Twitter confirming that the original Transformer will eventually get a software update bringing Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the tablet. Ice Cream Sandwich is […]