Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to Sony Tablets
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Sony has announced that its tablets, the Tablet S and Tablet P, will receive upgrades to Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
The tech giant, however, isn’t yet saying when Ice Cream Sandwich will hit its tablets, of which only the Tablet S is on sale.
The Tablet S, which features a tapered shape resembling a rolled-back magazine and a 9.4-inch touch screen, went on sale in September at a price of $500.
Meanwhile, the Tablet P -- a clamshell device with two 5.5-inch touchscreens and a hinge running through the middle of the displays that allows it to close on itself, screen to screen -- was announced in April but has yet to hit stores or even get a solid release date.
Both devices currently run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, but that will soon change, Sony said in a forum posting on its website, as first reported by PCMag.com.
‘We’re happy to confirm that an update to Android 4.0 will be available for Sony Tablet,’ Sony said in a statement posted to its company forums. ‘Details including timing will be announced in due course, so please stay tuned.’
Sony also said in the forum posting that it recently released a software development kit for the dual-screen Tablet P to help aid developers looking to create apps specifically for that device.
The company has previously stated that Ice Cream Sandwich, the first version of Android designed for use on both phones and tablets, will be heading to 11 Sony Ericsson smartphones next year as well.
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-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
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