Samsung Clarifies Ice Cream Sandwich Update Plans For The Galaxy S & Galaxy Tab [Samsung Makes It Clear, Android 4.0 ICS Is Not Coming For The Galaxy S Smartphone Or Galaxy Tab Tablet]

Posted on TFTS by Robert Nelson on Friday, 23. December 2011 under: Computers & Computing, Mobile/Cell Phones, PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks & Tablets

Samsung offered up some details in terms of their Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade plans a short while back. At that time they offered some details as to which devices would be getting Android 4.0. And well, it looks like we have another update coming from Samsung, except this time they are detailing two devices that will not be getting Ice Cream Sandwich.

That being said, while this news may sting a little bit if you happen to have either, we are not sure it comes as much of a surprise considering these devices are a bit older. And we say that as an owner and regular user of one of them. Anyway, without any further adieu, the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab tablet and the Galaxy S smartphone will not see Android 4.0.

Or maybe more accurately, neither of these devices will get an official release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. We suspect that some, maybe the folks at Cyanogen will offer ROM’s for one or both. And yes, we realize that most regular users will never load custom and unofficial ROM’s — but like we said, these devices are a bit older at this point.

As to the reasoning behind the decision, Samsung noted that these devices do not have enough RAM and ROM to handle ICS. And taking that a step further, it seems they do not have enough RAM and ROM to properly handle ICS after Samsung loads their TouchWiz user interface and other “experience-enhancing” software.

All said and done, this is probably not the best news, especially for those who purchased either of these devices recently. Given that situation, the Galaxy S or Galaxy Tab could feel rather new to the user and this could be like a slap in the face. Of course, this is not the first time we have seen something along these lines in terms of upgrades. If you remember back to the summer months, you may remember when HTC could not update the Desire due to it not having enough memory to properly run Gingerbread along with their Sense user interface.

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