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Want Ice Cream Sandwich & Android Beam on your Nexus S 4G?

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Posted by Seth Planck

January 03rd, 2012 at 11:36 AM Filed Under Latest News

Sticky, sticky Ice Cream Sandwich & Android Beam on your Nexus S 4G

Waiting for Google to send out that magic Ice Cream Sandwich update for your Nexus S 4G can be hard, especially when you want the added Android Beam NFC capabilities now. As you will probably know by now, Google has chosen to update the GSM Nexus S before its Google Wallet-touting brethren. So, at this time Nexus S 4G owners are left waiting and lamenting about the update that hasn’t come. That doesn’t mean that Nexus S 4G owners can’t get their hands on Ice Cream Sandwich though. Yes, devs have been hard at work porting the ICS OS over to the Nexus S 4G. For those who don’t mind rooting their phone, that sweet sticky Ice Cream Sandwich update has arrived. As ever there are considerations you should take into account before attempting the update though.

Source: Android Central

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GSM Nexus S gets Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, get your android beam on!

Posted by Seth Planck

December 19th, 2011 at 10:18 AM Filed Under Latest News

GSM Nexus S gets Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade get your android beam on!

On Friday, Google announced via its Android Twitter account that it is rolling out Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich to Nexus S owners. Well, GSM Nexus S owners anyway. There is no word yet on an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the Nexus S 4G that is running on Sprint. We have heard about the update already hitting AT&T Nexus S phones OTA, but we are yet to hear of any others.

Source: Twitter

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Google confirms Nexus S will get NFC lovin Ice Cream Sandwich

Posted by Seth Planck

October 19th, 2011 at 11:21 AM Filed Under Latest News

Google confirms Nexus S will get NFC lovin Ice Cream Sandwich

Google has confirmed that the Nexus S will soon get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade with the Android Beam NFC features. The team over at Engadget spoke to Gabe Cohen at Google who confirmed that most Gingerbread devices will get the update. So, great news – Ice Cream Sandwich will bring a whole new set of features to the Android faithful on a whole host of devices.

Matias Duarte said, “Currently in the process for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S. Theoretically should work for any 2.3 device.”

Source: Engadget

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