HTC Announces Initial Ice Cream Sandwich Rollout Plans

by Brian Klug on 2/9/2012 4:17:00 PM
Posted in smartphones , HTC , Ice Cream Sandwich , Android 4.0

A while back, HTC announced the first suite of devices that it would be rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates to. The devce lineup included the entire HTC Sensation line (XE, XL, and 4G), followed by the Rezound, Amaze 4G, and new EVOs (Design 4G and 3D). Today, HTC has announced (also on its Facebook page) some further timing on just when devices will get those updates, and a few more devices making the cut.

First to the fray will be the HTC Sensation series (XE, XL, 4G, and sans moniker), which will get their ICS update before the end of March. Other devices getting an ICS update will see their update by a slightly more ambiguous and underwhelming "later this year." It's nice to see HTC committing to a date here, even though it's only for the Sensation line of devices. Hopefully as updates for the rest of the lineup draw closer those respective phones will see update timelines as well.

HTC also added a few more devices to its official list, which brings the tally to the following:

HTC Sensation (XE, XL, 4G, and sans moniker)HTC RezoundHTC VividHTC Amaze 4GHTC EVO 3DHTC EVO Design 4GHTC Incredible SHTC Desire SHTC Desire HD

Source: HTC (Facebook)

Print This Article 27 Comments View All Comments Post a Comment Still too slow imo... by Impulses on Thursday, February 09, 2012 Could be slower though (i.e. Samsung)... Let's see how Sense evolves on ICS, I've always been a fan but I'm ready to move to stock right now unless the next version adds something really worthwhile (a-la-lockscreen shortcuts)... Hopefully CM9 is not too far off for Qualcomm devices. Impulses Reply RE: Still too slow imo... by mwarner1 on Friday, February 10, 2012 I am not sure what you mean by Samsung being slow with ICS - I am currently running ICS on my Galaxy S II via Samsung's latest Beta firmware (it is actually very good - I have not had a single issue so far with the LPD firmware).

It seems that a lot of American customers seem to have been put off Samsung by their carrier's lack of support for firmware updates. In Europe especially (but also the rest of the world), Samsung's firmware release schedule is second to none. mwarner1 Reply cool by webmastir on Thursday, February 09, 2012 Can't wait to see how HTC ruins ICS! webmastir Reply RE: cool by Zoomer on Saturday, February 11, 2012 I've been using ICS for a while, and I'm missing sense. Will probably go back to sense once I get sick of not having sense. Zoomer Reply RE: cool by sprockkets on Saturday, February 11, 2012 It works very well, even better than AOSP, dumbass troll. sprockkets Reply Considering Google by vectorm12 on Thursday, February 09, 2012 Considering Google not even finishing updating the Nexus S I'd consider this pretty quick.

The fact that I bought the Nexus believing I would be first in line to get 4.0.x I'm feeling rather foolish at the moment. vectorm12 Reply Wow by dagamer34 on Thursday, February 09, 2012 This is a perfect example of how HTC has way too many smartphones in their lineup. If you didn't know any better, you'd have no idea which one was the flagship... dagamer34 Reply RE: Wow by bhassel on Thursday, February 09, 2012 No kidding, I liked sensible model numbers schemes. What happened to that idea? bhassel Reply RE: Wow by theprodigalrebel on Thursday, February 09, 2012 I work for a large company in a different industry (pay television). Recently, in an enterprise-wide address, our CEO expressed that he wanted our products to have the same brand/name recognition as devices like the original Razr, iPhone or Droid.

in the past, all our receivers had numerical numbers (typically three-digit numbers, each number would denote a significant feature; minor revisions to models would typically result in an alphanumeric suffix at the end - similar to Intel's 2500 vs 2500S vs 2500K) but we are now moving away from that. I am guessing this line of thinking (unique product name > model numbers that represent available features) is fairly common. theprodigalrebel Reply RE: Wow by Zoomer on Saturday, February 11, 2012 The numerical scheme could still be kept. For example, HTC Desires had A8181-A8183. Zoomer Reply Subject Comment Post Comment Please login or register to post a comment.
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