After Enaget and other tens of websites enthusiastically announced that starting March 10th the Samsung Galaxy S II users will be able to officially upgrade their smartphones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (according to Samsung Philippines), the South Korean-based company dismissed the news via Twitter, ruining the day for the owners of the “smartphone of the year 2011.”
As you probably know Samsung Galaxy S II comes pre-loaded with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and since the new Android 4.0 ICS have been announced in October 2011 at Unwrapping Ice Cream Sandwich even in Hong Kong all the Android enthusiasts want it installed on their smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy S2 is an Android-powered smartphone introduced by the South Korea-based company in February 2011 at Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Samsung’s flagship smartphone sports a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 Exynos chipset, 1GB or RAM, 16GB or 32GB of internal storage (up to 32GB microSD supported), 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with Gorilla Glass coating, 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and 1080p full HD video recording capabilities and front-facing 2 megapixel camera for video calls. In terms of connectivity, Samsung Galaxy S2 comes with HSPA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and microUSB 2.0.
As about the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware update for Samsung Galaxy S II it comes with the new TouchWiz UI. Personally I’m not very fond of this user interface, but that’s just an biased opinion. It seems that the Android 4.0 update will first arrive on the unlocked terminals, thus the owners of the carrier-locked Samsung Galaxy S II handsets will have to wait a little bit more.
Anyway don’t get too enthusiastic about the matter, because Samsung announced via Twitter that the Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung Galaxy S2 release date announced by Samsung Philippines is not accurate. This story reminds me about the “official” announcements saying that Galaxy S will receive the Android 4.0 ICS update which were later dismissed by Samsung.
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Ice Cream Sandwich now on 1.6% of Android devices, Gingerbread at 62%
The Android Platform Distribution Chart could be called the Fragmentation Chart because it merely outlines how ridiculously divided we are between theory and reality in the Android world. Though Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was announced last October, and the first retail product to ship with it, the Galaxy Nexus, was released in December, we are still sitting at 1.6% of total devices. And there are a lot of devices.
But at this year’s Mobile World Congress, a showcase for the biggest device launches of the coming year, the vast majority of Androids were shown off running Gingerbread, an OS that was launched in December 2010. Sure, we’ve heard all the stories: OEMs only get the code when we see it, and it takes them ages to optimize it for their specific hardware. But we’re entering March with no clear view in sight of when devices will launch en masse with Ice Cream Sandwich.
But that’s a rant for another day. Google has released the latest version numbers for Android distribution, and Gingerbread is sitting pretty with 62% of the tally, with Froyo a distant second at 25.3%. Honeycomb seems stationary, sitting at a stable 3.3%, and should only shrink from now as most tablets are launching (thankfully) with ICS.
The newest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, has 1.6% of total market share, but the vast majority of those users are running Android 4.0.3. This is significant because only software built from the Android Open Source Project — namely custom ROMs such as CyanogenMOD and MIUI — are natively running that version. The GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus is running Android 4.0.1 or 4.0.2, while the Verizon version has been upgraded to 4.0.4. The build that was briefly distributed for the Nexus S ran 4.0.3, but the rollout was stopped after a few days and hasn’t resumed. *Update: While the good point was made that tablets such as the Asus Transformer Prime were updated to version 4.0.3, if Honeycomb version totals are anything to go by, the number of tablets running ICS is statistically insignificant compared to the potential number of phones not running ICS.
Compared to last month, Gingerbread is up by 3.4%, Froyo is down by 2.5% and Ice Cream Sandwich is up by 0.6%. Not a bad month, all told.
Though we can’t know for sure how many devices Google is tracking (they measure devices who launch the Android Market between given times), it’s interesting to speculate how many of those are running custom ROMs — certainly over a million — but it’s no longer just a small subset of users, that’s for sure.
Source: Android Developers Blog
But at this year’s Mobile World Congress, a showcase for the biggest device launches of the coming year, the vast majority of Androids were shown off running Gingerbread, an OS that was launched in December 2010. Sure, we’ve heard all the stories: OEMs only get the code when we see it, and it takes them ages to optimize it for their specific hardware. But we’re entering March with no clear view in sight of when devices will launch en masse with Ice Cream Sandwich.
But that’s a rant for another day. Google has released the latest version numbers for Android distribution, and Gingerbread is sitting pretty with 62% of the tally, with Froyo a distant second at 25.3%. Honeycomb seems stationary, sitting at a stable 3.3%, and should only shrink from now as most tablets are launching (thankfully) with ICS.
The newest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, has 1.6% of total market share, but the vast majority of those users are running Android 4.0.3. This is significant because only software built from the Android Open Source Project — namely custom ROMs such as CyanogenMOD and MIUI — are natively running that version. The GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus is running Android 4.0.1 or 4.0.2, while the Verizon version has been upgraded to 4.0.4. The build that was briefly distributed for the Nexus S ran 4.0.3, but the rollout was stopped after a few days and hasn’t resumed. *Update: While the good point was made that tablets such as the Asus Transformer Prime were updated to version 4.0.3, if Honeycomb version totals are anything to go by, the number of tablets running ICS is statistically insignificant compared to the potential number of phones not running ICS.
Compared to last month, Gingerbread is up by 3.4%, Froyo is down by 2.5% and Ice Cream Sandwich is up by 0.6%. Not a bad month, all told.
Though we can’t know for sure how many devices Google is tracking (they measure devices who launch the Android Market between given times), it’s interesting to speculate how many of those are running custom ROMs — certainly over a million — but it’s no longer just a small subset of users, that’s for sure.
Source: Android Developers Blog
Sprint Nexus S 4G Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update arriving later today
The update, which is the standard over-the air, includes a great deal of improvements with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. These include enhancements to the UI, an updated version of Android system apps, and a much more advanced camera app, amongst other things. The update will also include much improved battery life.
Per usual, there will be manual update option available if you don't feel like waiting for the OTA, and you can find the download link and instructions here as soon as it's discovered.
If you're not one for manual updates, Google and Sprint usually roll these out in phases, so you shouldn't have to way too long.
I would imagine most would get the Android 4.0.4 by the end of the next week.
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ទូរស័ព្ទឆ្លាតប្រើជីប S4 (ឈ្មោះកូដ Krait) របស់ Qualcomm គឺមានសមត្ថភាពអាចបង្កើនល្បឿនទូរស័ព្ទទ្វេរដង បើប្រៀបនឹង Samsung Galaxy S II, Motorola Droid 4 ឬ Apple iPhone 4S ។ល។
ជាមួយគ្នានេះដែរ MSM8960 ក៏ត្រូវបានដាក់បញ្ចូលឲ្យប្រើនៅក្នុងទូរស័ព្ទស៊េរីនេះផងដែរ ដើម្បីជួយជំរុញឲ្យល្បឿនលឿន។ ក្រៅពីនេះ ខាងក្នុង MSM8960 នៅមានជីបបណ្ដាញ GSM, CDMA និង LTE បូកបញ្ចូលថែមទៀតផង។
ក្រោយពេលពិនិត្យសាកល្បងទូរស័ព្ទស៊េរីថ្មីនេះ វិបសាយ Anandtech បានអះអាងថា MSM8960 គឺជាមីក្រូជីបមានកម្លាំងខ្លាំងបំផុតនាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន សម្រាប់ដំណើរការកម្មវិធីរុករក និងដំណើរការក្នុងលឿនលើសពី ២០% ទៅ ២៦០% បើប្រៀបនឹងទូរស័ព្ទឆ្លាតថ្នាក់ខ្ពស់នៅលើទីផ្សារ៕
ជាមួយគ្នានេះដែរ MSM8960 ក៏ត្រូវបានដាក់បញ្ចូលឲ្យប្រើនៅក្នុងទូរស័ព្ទស៊េរីនេះផងដែរ ដើម្បីជួយជំរុញឲ្យល្បឿនលឿន។ ក្រៅពីនេះ ខាងក្នុង MSM8960 នៅមានជីបបណ្ដាញ GSM, CDMA និង LTE បូកបញ្ចូលថែមទៀតផង។
ក្រោយពេលពិនិត្យសាកល្បងទូរស័ព្ទស៊េរីថ្មីនេះ វិបសាយ Anandtech បានអះអាងថា MSM8960 គឺជាមីក្រូជីបមានកម្លាំងខ្លាំងបំផុតនាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន សម្រាប់ដំណើរការកម្មវិធីរុករក និងដំណើរការក្នុងលឿនលើសពី ២០% ទៅ ២៦០% បើប្រៀបនឹងទូរស័ព្ទឆ្លាតថ្នាក់ខ្ពស់នៅលើទីផ្សារ៕
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