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HTC Preparing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 3.5
Dec 20 2011 02:00 PM |
PaulOBrien
in Android
Have you been wondering what HTC plan to do with Ice Cream Sandwich on their devices?
Well, wonder no more as one of our internal sources at HTC has managed to lay his hands on their very first internally distributed test build of Google's latest and greatest. Built on Android 4.0.1 (the build is a month old, and it will become 4.0.3 by the time it hits public release), the first test releases are intended for the HTC Sensation / Sensation XE and sport the 3.0x version tag. The usual HTC customisations are present including HTC Sense 3.5, so don't expect any massive visual changes for Ice Cream Sandwich. As you would expect, ICS has been slightly sliced and dice to give the HTC experience - Facelock is present but the new keyboard is replaced by an updated HTC IME etc.
We hope to have some ICS on Sensation screenshots very soon... watch this space!
Well, wonder no more as one of our internal sources at HTC has managed to lay his hands on their very first internally distributed test build of Google's latest and greatest. Built on Android 4.0.1 (the build is a month old, and it will become 4.0.3 by the time it hits public release), the first test releases are intended for the HTC Sensation / Sensation XE and sport the 3.0x version tag. The usual HTC customisations are present including HTC Sense 3.5, so don't expect any massive visual changes for Ice Cream Sandwich. As you would expect, ICS has been slightly sliced and dice to give the HTC experience - Facelock is present but the new keyboard is replaced by an updated HTC IME etc.
We hope to have some ICS on Sensation screenshots very soon... watch this space!
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11 Comments
Electronic Punk
Dec 20 2011 03:18 PM
vahe123s
Dec 20 2011 04:07 PM
flibblesan
Dec 20 2011 04:42 PM
If you ever read user feedback regarding the HTC Gingerbread updates for various devices and most of the complaints from users are regarding the system looking nothing like Gingerbread. Users are going to complain again about the ICS updates looking nothing like ICS.
My personal opinion is that it's an absolute shame that Google spends so much time and effort producing a gorgeous looking update such as Android 4.0 ICS for HTC etc to undo all that work and plaster their own dated looking skin all over the place. Sense looked OK 3 years ago but it's horribly dated by todays standards.
tsutton
Dec 20 2011 05:05 PM
I think HTC is still "stuck" on the thought of Android v1.0 where the interface was fugly, they need to break out of it!
fejker
Dec 20 2011 05:18 PM
vorBeth
Dec 20 2011 05:20 PM
cenwesi
Dec 20 2011 06:44 PM
BiziBB
Dec 21 2011 06:27 AM
I hope that proper, native drivers will help the creators of third-party kernels and ROMs, allowing them to base their work on native ICS / Android 4 code. Is that a possibility? It could really help HTC to have the Sensation as an early ICS phone with decent hardare and a decent-size user base.
Atomix86
Dec 21 2011 12:41 PM
dialmformostyn
Dec 22 2011 11:20 AM
It's the HTC experience after all - if we're talking of heading down the stock ICS route, that seems to lead to iPhone territory - one homescreen to rule them all? I'd hate to see that.
The more adventurous of us have an abundance of alternative launchers; from Go and ADW to Big and Full Screen, to plaster over Sense or our AOSP ROMs.
dadan007
Dec 25 2011 09:24 PM
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