HTC comments on its plans for Ice Cream Sandwich
Phone manufacturer and long-time supporter of Android, HTC, has spoken out about Google’s latest iteration of the Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich. While it’s expected that the Nexus One will get ICS, HTC has its own Sense UI overlay on its other Android devices. So what’s going to happen with Sense and Android 4.0?
HTC recently had problems upgrading Desire users to Gingerbread, aka Android 2.3, because of Sense UI. The company originally said that it couldn’t give Desire owners Gingerbread because, with the Sense UI already on there, there wasn’t enough room for the newest version of Android. The company eventually managed to work around the problem by stripping out some apps, however, last night’s statement hints towards similar problems with ICS. HTC is promising to make performance and usability a priority but the company also said it’s determined to update as many of its recent devices as possible. Check the full statement below:
We are excited about the latest update for Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, and are currently reviewing its features and functionality to determine our upgrade plans. Our goal for Android updates is to give every customer an improved user experience, which means balancing each phone’s unique hardware, HTC Sense experience and the Android kernel. While our goal is to upgrade as many of our recent devices as possible, we are committed to maintaining every phone’s performance and usability first. Please stay tuned for more updates on specific device upgrade plans.
SOURCE via Engadget
