VietNamNet Bridge – Android 4.0 has the code name “Ice Cream Sandwich.” Google once announced that the official version of the product would appear in early 2012. However, to date, except some product lines which have the right to install the official version, most of the Android 4.0 products available on the market are just the alpha and beta versions.

A source from Sony Ericsson Vietnam has affirmed that the official version of Android 4.0 would hit the market by early April 2012. In general, the official version would have many new functions, but there would be no big changes in comparison with the beta version.

The operation system for a mass

The previous versions of the Android operation system showed differences on different product lines. The previous versions of Android, from the 2.3 GingerBread version and earlier, were mostly used for mobile phones. Meanwhile, Android 3.0 Honeycomb is the operation system only used for the group of tablets running on Android operation system made from 2011 onwards.

However, according to Google, Android 4.0 would be the operation system used on both mobile phones and tablets. In order to run Android 4.0, according to Engineer Nguyen Thanh Binh from Halo Company in district 1 of HCM City, in theory, the processors with the minimum speed of 1GHz, 1GB RAM could be powerful enough to run the operation system. However, Binh said, in many cases, it takes a lot of time and effort to install the operation system into the phones.

“They still can run, but troubles occur sometimes,“ Binh said.

Samsung Galaxi Nexux is the first mobile phone in the world that the manufacturer forces to run on Android 4.0. The Motorola RAZR manufactured after January 2012 would be installed with Android 4.0 directly. Meanwhile, the previous versions of products would run on 2.3.5 GingerBread.

Sony Ericsson Vietnam has aid that in early April 2012, when the official Android 4.0 comes out, it would install the operation system to the compatible products, mostly the products belonging to Xperia group.

HTC has also announced that it will support the installation of Android 4.0 to the product lines that can satisfy the requirements on configuration. Optimus 2X, Optimus 3D and Optimus Black of LG would also be upgraded into 4.0.

Faster, more sensitive, but…

A lot of clients using Samsung Galaxy S2 in Vietnam have upgraded the operation system GingerBread into 4.0. Do Tuan Anh, Director of Appota Company, has affirmed that the operation system of Samsung Galaxy S2 and Kindle Fire to the 4.0 version.

“With the same configuration, but if running on the old operation system, users would feel uncomfortable, because a lot of apps run very slowly. Meanwhile, with the new operation system, the apps have become more attractive,” Tuan Anh said.

Bui Anh Kiet, a 12th grader of AIS School in HCM City, also said that after he successfully upgraded the operation system of Motorola Xoom – Honeycomb – to the 4.0 version, the tablet has become more friendly.

“The interface has become more friendly and battery saving to users, at least by 30 percent,” Kiet said.

Quynh Anh in district 1 of HCM City said: “In my opinion, the capacity of the Android 4.0 web browser is faster than other versions."

However, despite a lot of advantages in comparison with the previous versions, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich still has a big shortcoming: it needs a certain configuration power. This means that the people using the mobile devices with less powerful configuration would not be able to enjoy the wonderful features of the operation system.

Source: SGTT