After a long wait and just few days after Apple updated its iOS to version 5, Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich(ICS) was released yesterday. This is a major update in which, both the phone version and tablet version of Android have been combined into one.
Major new features and improvements in this version include a more robust multitasking capability, completely new graphic UI, Resizable widgets, Improved text input and spell-checking, Control over network data, Unified calendar, visual voicemail, Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor, Android Beam for NFC-based sharing and Face Unlock.
Mobile device manufacturers Sony Ericsson, Motorola and HTC have released a press statement that they would release update for their devices soon (2012 ,First Quarter).