No Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus One

By Tyler Lee on 10/26/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

No Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus One Several days ago we reported that a port for Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 had made its way onto the first ever Google Nexus device, the Nexus One. Unfortunately it appeared that the port looked a bit laggy on the Nexus One, but still looked passable, giving those still on the Nexus One device hope that perhaps Google will be releasing an official Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 update for their device. The bad news is that that won’t be happening.

According to Google’s product management director for Android, Hugo Barra, the Google Nexus One will not be receiving the update after all. According Barra, the hardware for the Nexus One is apparently too old to run the latest copy of Android. Based on the slight lag we noticed in our earlier report, perhaps that statement isn’t too far fetched after all. That’s as far as official updates go, but we’re guessing if a port for the Nexus One was achieved, we foresee more workable ports and ROMs for the Nexus One in the future when Ice Cream Sandwich has officially been released.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

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HTC: High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets. The company started as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) that was building devices for others, but went on making HTC-branded smartphones based mostly on Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) for mobile. In 2009, it began to shift its core focus away from Windows mobile devices to Android-based ones. In 2010 the company went back to the Windows Phone eco-system.

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