HTC to release first Ice Cream Sandwich updates 'early 2012'
First wave of handset upgrades announced
HTC will be bringing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to four of its handsets early next year in what it described today as "the first wave of HTC phones that will receive upgrades".
Up for ICS updates are the Sensation, the Sensation XL, the Sensation XE and the Evo 3D.
Three other phones are getting Android 4.0 too - the Rezound, the Evo Design 4G and the Amaze 4G, but those are currently only available in the US.
The ICS updates will be posted "early 2012", HTC said. Presumably, that's for unlocked handsets - those tethered to specific network operators will take longer to patch.
HTC said it was assessing ICS' suitability for its other handsets. ®
COMMENTS
If you love the iPhone 3S so much why don't you go live there?
<quote>A heavily caveated, feature and function stripped down "dev only" version, yes, with the acknowledged chance that you would loose all your data, apps and contacts. who needs that sh!t?</quote>
Well, short of recalling all the Desires to upgrade their internal memory what the fuck else do you expect HTC to do? The Desire simply does not have the capacity to hold 2.3 with Sense UI on top.
"HTC released the 2.3 update for the Desire in August!"
A heavily caveated, feature and function stripped down "dev only" version, yes, with the acknowledged chance that you would loose all your data, apps and contacts. who needs that sh!t?
You can chuck on 2.3 on the basic desire but with the reduced space left you'll not be able to get up to much so doesnt seem much point..
Just think how great phones will be when you finally finish your contract
Er...
HTC released the 2.3 update for the Desire in August!
