The latest android os 4.0 is around the corner code named ice cream sandwich . Google has continued the use of similar words e.g froyo , gingerbread etc to name a few . The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first phone that will feature the latest android os. Other smart phones will follow after some time . The Ice cream sandwich boasts several new features to compete the recently launched Ios from apple which proved a success . Millions of ios device owners have already downloaded it , and even the apple servers went down during the first few days due to overwhelming demand. If you want to check out the new features of Ios and Iphone 4s check it out here.
First check out this video featuring Android Ice cream Sandwich and Samsung Galaxy Nexus .
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich features
Android 4.0 offers much improvements over its predecessors bringing the best of both Gingerbread and Honeycomb while providing number of new features
The company says 4.0 is a complete rethink of Android’s image and is part of a push to make the OS “Enchant me, Simplify My Life, and Make Me Awesome.”
Mostly adroid 4.0 boasts ”Easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity — and adds powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.Minor improvements include better copy and paste, data logging and warnings and, at last, the opportunity to easily grab screenshots by holding down the power and the volume buttons.
The keyboard and dictionaries have also been improved a lot, . “Error correction and word suggestion are improved through a new set of default dictionaries and more accurate heuristics for handling cases such as double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion is also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three words at a time.”
There are a host of virtual buttons that appear at the bottom of the screen in some apps and allow users access to areas of the device like phone and contacts.
These are located in the System Bar – present in all apps – and enables you to navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. Virtual buttons are present across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing.
You can also access the contextual options for each app in the Action Bar at the top of the screen.
The voice control has been improved a lot , with a new voice engine.
Facial Recognition
Previous version of android introduced a new way of unlocking the lock screen instead of entering a pass code as usual one has to draw a specific pattern on the screen . In android 4.0 further new feature has been added namely facial recognition that does what it says.
Folders
Also you can now create folders and put apps in them as in ios ,you can do this just by dragging icons on top of one another.From the All Apps launcher, you can now drag an app to get information about it or uninstall it should you wish.
Notifications, favorite tray, widgets have been improved.
Android 4.0 includes new graphical displays so you can see how much data you’re using and how much you’ve used over Wi-Fi or cellular. You can also see the amount of data used by each running application.
Warning levels can also be specified, as well as determining how much background data apps can use. Its a very useful feature and can save you a lot of money when on tight budget.
At last the camera app has been improved a lot with panorama photo capture feature included.
