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Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich with the Galaxy Nexus officially launched on October 19, 2011. Version 4.0 of Google’s mobile operating system will include a new interface with it, and puts more emphasis on multitasking and notifications. Google also introduces some new features such as Face Lock, Android Beam (for sharing files via Near Field Communication) and keep track of your data usage. There is also a new People app in which data from various social networking sites are shown.

Latest news on Android 4.0

• Android 4.0 and 4.1 on 28 percent of Android devices (2-11)
• Android 4.0 installed on 10 percent of all Android smartphones (3-7)
• Android 4.0 for HTC Incredible S available (2-7)
• Pocket TV makes your HD TV a smart TV with Android (2-7)
• Roll Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung Galaxy Note has begun (10-5)

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• 2: a cheap tablet with Android 4.0 (8-5)
• Philips, multiple 7-inch tablet with Android 4.0 make (22-4)
• Disable HTC Sense 4.0 apps makes phone unusable (10-4)
• Samsung Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update for SK Telecom is expected tomorrow (12-3)
• Android 5.0 Jelly Bean coming summer 2012 ‘ (16-2)

interface, notifications and multitasking

The first thing you notice about Ice Cream Sandwich is that the menus are a lot more elegant. The launch bar at the bottom of the screen now consists of three icons that can be customized by the user. Itself So you can now also create a shortcut to the contact list and place it on your home screen for example. These shortcuts are also placing. The new lockscreen This open you immediately move. Icon to the circle on the homescreen You can now unlock your phone through facial recognition with FaceLock.

Notifications in Ice Cream Sandwich may contain more information than before. In addition, you can now delete individual notifications by swiping it. Aside If the phone is locked, you can quickly check your notifications by pulling. Notification bar down So you do not have to unlock to check.

your messages quickly your phone

switch between the various applications that are open now more like Honeycomb. So you get to see apps that are open at that point where you can easily switch by clicking on it. Previews Opening the list of open apps comes with the right-button at the bottom of the Start bar.

Camera and gallery

The camera application is severely taken to task with a new interface as well as new functionality. So you can now also create panoramic images by dragging. Your phone from left to right Also, faces and backgrounds to adjust before taking a picture. In addition, the camera opens up a lot faster than before. It is also possible to zoom in videos and take. Timelaps videos

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The gallery now offers the possibility to existing to pass. images to For example, this may be, for example, cut out, effects can be added, and it is possible to remove red-eye. In addition, the gallery app now offers more options to sort

Images

Apps in Android 4.0

familiar Google apps like Gmail and Google Calendar are adapted to the new design of Ice Cream Sandwich. As is now standard in Gmail preview an email and you can also search the inbox now offline. There is also a new app has been added: the People app. In this application the updates from various social networks like Twitter and Google+ are displayed.

phone app now also supports visual voicemail. This voicemail messages can be delivered separately. The opportunity will also be available to all developers so that other applications can make phone here too. Use Users can now set their phone a text message automatically if they refuse a conversation with the text why they do this.

keyboard in Ice Cream Sandwich should first respond better. Also, the built-in spell checker improved and can now paste text easily and copy. The subsequent improvement of text is also simplified.

The browser has become again a lot faster compared to the previous versions Android. You can now easily determine whether you view the mobile version of a web site or the full version white. The tab control is improved. Now you can get up to sixteen tabs open in the Android browser, and you can close tabs by weighing this path. Switching between tabs is similar to switching between open apps. Again, you can see previews of websites that are now open. Pages are also saving for offline use. In addition, also added the ability to synchronize.

favorites (bookmarks) in Google Chrome with Android

Data usage, Android Beam and more

The data usage of your apps will now be tracked by default in Ice Cream Sandwich. So you get to see how much data using the individual apps that make it easier to keep your data. Consumption within the limits of colorful charts

A distinction is made between data network (2G/3G) and Wi-Fi. Also, you can receive notifications if you threaten to reach.

your data limit

Android 4.0 also adds Android Beam far. With this you can if your phone supports NFC, share content with other users. To do this, launch the app and you keep the two NFC phones against each other.

addition to sending files, you can also share web links with each other or apps. In the latter method can be another directly to the Android Market send. Users can also directly connect to each other over Wi-Fi.

Creating screenshots has finally become the standard in Android. Pressing the on-off button and the down volume button at the same time you can make the screenshot. Here you will get here is a brief picture of the screenshot to see the message that it is stored.

in the gallery

The entire user experience of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich looks a lot smoother and that is partly due to the addition of GPU support. This is the processor that relieves and menu animations and transitions faster.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was launched along with the Galaxy Nexus, and many smartphones later be updated to Android 4.0. To this day, Ice Cream Sandwich is one of the most important changes in Android, particularly design-technical. For the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich was really attractive.

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