Samsung Galaxy tab 8.9 is unofficially next to taste ice cream sandwich

The hacking community is on a roll. In the last few days and weeks we saw about a dozen ice cream sandwich ROMs for difference smartphones surface and we even play with one of them.

Samsung Galaxy tab 8.9 now enters the list of devices to get unofficial Android 4.0 support. Samsung promised that ICS update this an official, but thanks of the exalted devs on the XDA-developers you do not have to wait to try it out long.

Now is the port still in the alpha stage of its development, so that it is not ready for daily use, but judging by the rate of progress of the other such ports, a stable release should be long.

Here is the video proof that Android 4.0.3 ice cream sandwich already on the Galaxy tab 8.9 boots.

Support for Wi-Fi and camera are the two most important points on the developer's to-do list, but that sounds not how much, when you consider that developing only a few days ago. ROM ready for use are public in a few days, so if you are interested in, to keep an eye on the XDA forums thread , the progress.

Samsung Galaxy nexus GSM brings more ice cream of sandwiches to our Office, we party on video [VIDEO]

It's finally here folks-you all have for droid has finally arrived on our doorstep. We are naturally very well this year since how Santa sent us the most beautiful Christmas present given the Samsung Galaxy nexus (in fact, that he sent us two of these).

We have already rolled our sleeves and investigate the Android ice cream sandwich flagship and hopefully, again with the answers to all your questions are sometimes next week.

And as it has the tradition, we have prepared a short unboxing video for you and it garnished with to make our first impressions of the Smartphone that wait more bearable.

The Samsung Galaxy nexus outer had hardly any secrets, like us, a preview of the ice cream sandwich pioneer have been a while. The round shape with a nice pattern on the back, which beautifully sleek profile and incredibly large Windows make the heart itself respects everyone to melt tech-freak.

Samsung Galaxy nexus live shots

Fashionistas may be a few things on the forehead frown, but this phone not aimed at them anyway.

It will be really interesting if you explore the Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich. It is a fairly new experience and it certainly takes some time getting used to, but you learn your way through, how amazing find works the Android version. Add you the smoothness provided by the Galaxy get a nexus 1.2 GHz dual core CPU and you experience value write home about.

We are wasting our time now, and down to test. Feel free to post questions may be answered you in the final review in the comments section.

No ice cream sandwich for the Samsung Galaxy S phones

The bad news 20 million for Samsung Galaxy S owners out there: Samsung just announced that it will not provide Google updates Android 4.0 (ice cream sandwich) for one of these phones, which include with the Galaxy, Galaxy with 4 G, Captivate and Vibrant, among other things.

Samsung's official line is the Galaxy S – which is actually less than 18 months — does not have sufficient memory RAM or ROM to run new operating system, together with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface overlay The Verge , messages. Samsung also said that the Galaxy card will receive the update ice cream sandwich.

Note that the Galaxy with the Cortex A8 processor 1 GHz, and the accompanying RAM would be good for ice cream sandwich, whereas several of the newer phones with similar hardware as Samsung Nexus with shall be entitled to upgrade and LG has recently announced that provides Internet connection sharing for the 600 MHz Optimus line in future updates.

While the original Galaxy would qualify for Samsung's Android Alliance Update to Google this year in may, underline the importance of that commitment was – which makes it discouraging that the company danced around the question of our on innovation ice cream sandwich in a few recent Samsung models, and if not, what's with the deadline was only seven months ago would reconcile.

The next day, Samsung has confirmed its report with the Galaxy II, receives an ice cream sandwich.

For more information, see in the PCMag full review Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich and presentation below.

Samsung Ace gets an Alpha Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich port, Alpha being the keyword here

Now that Google has officially released the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich we are going to see it on a lot more devices. A couple of days ago we saw it running on the original Xoom and now the developers on xda-developers have managed to get it working on the Samsung Ace too.

I use the term ‘working’ loosely here because the ROM is far from being stable or even usable. Which explains why even before you start reading about it you can see the words “Only for developers!” and “IT CAN KILL YOUR PHONE!” being written on top of the post.

You can tell from the post on the forum that the build is currently in its tenth version and a lot has been fixed already but it is still very much in Alpha stage. As such it wouldn’t be wise to try it out on your everyday phone. But if you’re a developer who knows what he’s doing and wouldn’t mind if it takes your phone out of commission for a while (if at all it does) then you can consider giving it a try. You will find what you want in the source link below.

Google Ships 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Partner Update, Adds Social Stream

Google formally announced Android 4.0.3 on Friday, the base version of its "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system that will be provided to partners.

Although Google described the new version as a mix of optimizations and bug fixes, the real significance is that the new OS will be the baseline version that will be rolled out to partners interested in developing phones and tablets around the new OS. It also appears to possibly include Facebook Ticker-like functionality.

"Going forward, we'll be focusing our partners on Android 4.0.3 as the base version of Ice Cream Sandwich," Xavier Ducrohet, the Android SDK Tech Lead, said in announcing the new version. "The new platform will be rolling out to production phones and tablets in the weeks ahead, so we strongly encourage you to test your applications on Android 4.0.3 as soon as possible."

In addition to incremental improvements in graphics, databases, spell-checking, Bluetooth, and other features, the new OS includes a new social stream API.

"Applications that use social stream data such as status updates and check-ins can now sync that data with each of the user's contacts, providing items in a stream along with photos for each," Ducrohet wrote. "This new API lets apps show users what the people they know are doing or saying, in addition to their photos and contact information."

Apps can now add colors to calendar events, Ducrohet added, and improvements were made to screen readers.

Smartphone cameras also received a key improvement: the OS now supports video stabilization, a feature of many point-and-shoot cameras. QVGA resolution profiles were also added.

Which phones will be receiving Ice Cream Sandwich? Hit the link to find out. And then check out the related explanations from Sony Ericsson and Motorola on why it will take so long for those updates to arrive.

Adobe Releases Flash Player 11.1 With Ice Cream Sandwich Support

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Adobe on Friday released Flash Player 11.1 for Android devices. The update includes support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but is the last major version of Adobe's mobile browser plugin.

An Adobe AIR 3.1 update will ship next week.

In late November, Adobe announced that it would no longer develop Flash Player for the mobile Web after its next release. "Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores," the company said at the time.

In a Friday blog post, Adobe reiterated that stance, arguing that apps are the wave of the future.

"The most stunning, innovative content and games for mobile devices are delivered and consumed through apps," Adobe's Tom Nguyen wrote. "The most impactful, engaging experiences on the desktop are delivered through the browser. With Flash Player for desktop and AIR apps for mobile, Flash allows you to craft and deliver beautiful experiences for both."

"AIR 3.1 brings immersive, beautiful apps powered by Flash to iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, BlackBerry PlayBook, Barnes and Noble Nook tablets, and the Amazon Kindle Fire (whew!)," Nguyen continued. "As a developer, you can use Flash to create brilliant interactive experiences, games, and video and seamlessly deliver them to over 1 billion people: in the browser on 99 percent of PCs and via app stores to over 350 million iOS, Android and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets."

The Flash Player 11.1 update will be available on the Android Market and will work on the newly released Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone in the U.S. to support Ice Cream Sandwich.

Late this afternoon, Google announced that it will roll out Ice Cream Sandwich to the GSM/UMTS versions of the Nexus S over the next month, starting today. Other Android handset makers and carriers have not nailed down exact ICS upgrade dates.

Earlier today, Google also formally announced Android 4.0.3, the base version of ICS that will be provided to partners.

For more, see Adobe Flash Meets Its End and No Flash Forwarding to HTML5.

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Adobe outs Flash Player 11.1 for Android, finally works on Ice Cream Sandwich albeit a bit buggy

It came as a bit of a surprise when it turned out that the Android Flash Player doesn’t work on the Ice Cream Sandwich-running Galaxy Nexus a few weeks back. But Adobe have been hard at work to fix that and they’ve released what could be one of the very last updates for the Android player.

Let’s hope it’s not the last update, because while the Flash Player may be working correctly for the most part, some bugs are present in this release (several of which show up only on ICS).

Here’s the full list of bugs to be aware of:

• Seeking while video is paused will not update the frame on ICS device


• StageVideo using On2 and Sorenson does not work on ICS devices


• PHDS content plays with audio pops


• OS does not prioritize incoming call – audio remains playing before and after call is received


• Enter key does not work on the multi-line text input field

Nevertheless, the player works, and that’s what is important at the end of the day, right? Head over to the Android Market and download the updated version. Let’s hope Adobe will fix the updates soon enough in a follow-up update.

Google employees taste Ice Cream Sandwich on their Nexus S, mere mortals not far from getting it on theirs

Ever since Google announced the Galaxy Nexus and along with it Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, those of us with a Nexus S have been salivating at the chance of getting it on our own devices. Unfortunately, Google did not give any official date as to when the update will be made available for download.

It seems now, however, that it won’t be too long now. A Google employee posted on Google+ that he got the Ice Cream Sandwich on his Nexus S and that ‘it’s looking great’. The update was later on deleted from the site but you can see a screenshot below.

Usually when a product is near completion it is given to some of the company employees for testing, a process known as dogfooding and by the looks of it this is exactly what is happening with the ICS update for Nexus S. I guess it won’t be long now and if I have to make a guess we should see the update come out in this month itself.

Of course the impatient ones have had the option to install the custom ROM for quite some time now but there’s nothing like getting the goods directly from the factory.