Ice Cream Sandwich

[salem]

When used in reference to a cell phone, what does the term "ice cream sandwich" imply? We just acquired our first "Smart Phones" and are trying to learn the terminology.

[camperforlife]

96Bounder30E wrote:
My droid bionic came with Gingerbread...... Worked fabulous........ Updated to Ice Cream sandwich..... Now it is laggy as get out...... I wish I could reverse the update.....

You really don't think that was accidental do you???? The Bionic has been out long enough it is about time for an upgrade, they just wanted to help you with the decision process:B

[camperforlife]

And for those that could never figure out what "Froyo" was, it is an acronym for "Frozen Yogurt".

[96Bounder30E]

My droid bionic came with Gingerbread...... Worked fabulous........ Updated to Ice Cream sandwich..... Now it is laggy as get out...... I wish I could reverse the update.....

[lap527]

Bill.Winegard wrote:
New releases are NOT available on all Android phones. If the phone manufacturer chooses not to update their phone you are stuck with whatever version you had. Not that this is a bad thing, but my wife and I have Android phones which are less than 6 months different in age. My Galaxy says updated but her phone still have the software from the day it was purchased.

Yep, exactly how it works!

[Bill_Satellite]

New releases are NOT available on all Android phones. If the phone manufacturer chooses not to update their phone you are stuck with whatever version you had. Not that this is a bad thing, but my wife and I have Android phones which are less than 6 months different in age. My Galaxy says updated but her phone still have the software from the day it was purchased.

[pulsar]

AprilWhine wrote:
Don't worry about it, you'll be on Jellybean soon enough. 😉

And how do you know this?

The OP didn't say what Android version his phone was running and, hopefully, his new phone already runs Jelly Bean. On the other hand, although Jelly Bean was released in July, 2012, only 28.4% of Android users are using Jelly Bean, and only 2.3% are using the major release (from 4.1.x to 4.2.x), which was made available in February of this year.

It is the bane of the Android ecosystem; even if the manufacture or carrier promises you that the phone will be upgraded to the the next OS (or even the current one), there is no assurance that the promise will be kept, and there is many instances of no upgrades made available, even when previously promised.

BTW, Key Lime Pie, the next version of Android is due out in this quarter.

Tom

[2oldman]

The world is your oyster with google... and this place.

[mlts22]

Quick guide to Android releases here.

[strollin]

DutchmenSport wrote:
How about this?

Click here.

I think I'm getting hungry!

That's funny. Ice Cream Sandwich (Android) cases for the iPhone (iOS).

[salem]

I've gained 2 lbs. from just reading this post.

[DutchmenSport]

How about this?

Click here.

I think I'm getting hungry!

[strollin]

Yup, desserts. All of the Android releases are named using that convention. The first letter is the next letter of the alphabet and then some dessert with that name.

Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice Cream Sandwich
Jellybean - Most current release

The next release will start with the letter K, Key Lime Pie.

[dons2346]

lap527 wrote:
All of the android OS are named after a dessert. I guess someone wanted to make the updates mean something that we could relate to.

After looking at my phone, I see nothing that relates to Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, or anything else related to food. All I see are a bunch of numbers ans letters so how does that relate to food?

[lap527]

All of the android OS are named after a dessert. I guess someone wanted to make the updates mean something that we could relate to.