Top 10 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Features That Makes It Tastier Than Ever Before
Android is one of the best, intuitive and easiest operating system used in for mobile devices such as tablet computers and Smartphone. After rolling out Honeycomb 3.0 update specially for tablet PC not long before, Google has again stunned the world with its latest update called Android Icecream Sandwhich 4.0 which will be universal and will work on Mobile phones and tablets both. After much anticipation Google has announced the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Android tablets and Smartphone. However this amazing update would be first available in Hongkong and China only but it is expected to be there in other parts of the world soon. The first Smartphone to run Android 4.0 with IceCream Sandwich update is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus made by Samsung phones, which will be obtainable by next month.
Let’s have a look at some of the most important and latest features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich which makes it even more delectable.
- Advanced User Interface – ICS has made android more simplified with highly advanced user interface. Easier navigation, multitasking and more intuitive gestures make the update even more superior. The virtual buttons makes the navigation simpler and the users now can switch back and forth, to recent application and home simply. The action bar is placed on the top of the screen which makes the applications easily accessible.
- Multitasking – The new list in the system bar is one of the most loved feature of ICS. Users now can jump from one task to the other one in a breeze. The recently closed or used applications appear as a thumbnail in the system bar.
- Roboto, the new system font – The new system font Roboto of android 4.0 ICS is extremely appealing with a new typography and is designed especially for the high resolution screen like that of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
- Resizable widgets and Homescreen folders – You can now resize or modify all of the widgets in the Home screen of your Smartphone or tablet computer. With the new ICS update you can now do a lot more than just adding the shortcuts. Checking mails, playing music, flipping through calendar and lots more is now added in Android 4.0.
- Smile password – Just a smile can now unlock your phone and you donít need to remember the typical and complex passwords in the android 4.0 Ice-cream sandwich devices.
- Ultimate voice control – With the new ICS update you can now dictate your text on your phone with the ultimate voice control. The ICS will underline the wrong words and you may get the suggestion list just by tapping on the underlined words.
- Android Beam – This is again one of the most admired features of the android 4.0 ice cream sandwich update. The users can now share music, docs, videos, and photos just in a single tap. No need to pair the devices before exchanging the data, the new ICS had made it absolutely trouble-free.
- Photo editor with redesigned gallery app – You can now, edit, rotate, crop and add special effects to your photo with the new photo editor coming with the ICS run devices. The photo editor comes with a redesigned gallery application which helps in sharing, sorting, and showing the pictures and videos.
- Wi-Fi Direct – With this ultimate feature the users can now connect with directly with the compatible devices and share the media files instantly. No need to get the troublesome wired internet connection any more.
- Ice Cream Sandwich camera – This new update of Android 4.0 also brings some most required improvements in the Samsung Nexus’s Camera. As stated in the official launch of ICS, the camera in the ICS devices will have zero shutter tag, panorama mode clicking, 1080p video and Instagram-esque filters.
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