Samsung said in November 2011 that Android 4.0 - aka Ice Cream Sandwich - will be coming to its Galaxy S II [1] smartphone some time in 2012. It has yet to narrow that window, but industry leak merchant Eldar Murtazin has now said ICS will hit the S II in March.

Unsurprisingly, operator-tied handsets may have to wait a little longer for the upgrade, but Samsung's Kies software will begin flashing up the availability of the new OS on 1 March [2], Murtazin claimed in a Tweet today.

March seems to be the month for ICS updates: HTC will begin updating its smartphones [3] that month. Sony Ericsson has always said it wouldn't update its phones to ICS before then [4].

Google released its ICS code to phone and tablet makers in November 2011. ®

Links

1. http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/17/samsung_uk_confirms_ice_cream_sandwich_for_galaxy_s_ii/
2. https://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/167906842540908545
3. http://www.reghardware.com/2012/02/10/htc_pushes_back_android_4_ice_cream_sandwich_smartphone_software_updates/
4. http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/28/sony_ericsson_says_android_4_ice_cream_sandwich_xperia_updates_by_march_2012/

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