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[BenMcr]

Wildfire S possibly could as it was released after the Desire.

Original Wildfire is the sticking point

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Wildfire S possibly could as it was released after the Desire.

Original Wildfire is the sticking point

It may have been released after the Desire but its a cheap entry level android phone, it will not be powerful enough to handle Gingerbread.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Stephen

It may have been released after the Desire but its a cheap entry level android phone, it will not be powerful enough to handle Gingerbread.

Actually I correct myself

Wildfire S can as it's already got it

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire_s-3777.php

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 600MHz Sncorpion CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Wildfire_S

It is powered by a 600 MHz Qualcomm processor and runs the Android operating system, version 2.3.3

[techguyone]

Chris must have the older one then, I didn't know that one was still onsale though.

[Welshchris]

wildfire S has it

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Welshchris

wildfire S has it

So its the Wildfire S you have then? As that apparently has Gingerbread on it already (2.3.x)

[Hom3r]

Ice Cream Sandwich was launched to day (Ice Cream Sandwich - also known as Android 4.0)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15365354

http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16092370

Ice Cream Sandwich will be gradually rolled out across smartphones and tablets running Google Android software, the first of which being Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

[Dynamoo]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Ice Cream Sandwich was launched to day (Ice Cream Sandwich - also known as Android 4.0)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15365354

http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16092370

And it launches on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Star Trek: Generations anyone?) which should be good for several updates yet, like the Nexus One.

I've been playing with Cyanogenmod on a second-hand Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade). It's pretty sweet, especially the ability to turn it into a wireless hotspot when your VM connection has screwed up!

[Matt D]

I think they should have kept the original name of "Nexus Prime", instead of "Galaxy Nexus".

[SnoopZ]

I also think Nexus Prime is a better name.

I hope my HTC Sensation gets this update, if HTC don't then it is screw HTC time and i will root it now it has the bootloader unlocked and never buy another HTC.

[Hom3r]

I have the HTC Desire S from T-Mobile, is that like to get ICS?

[Dynamoo]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I have the HTC Desire S from T-Mobile, is that like to get ICS?

I haven't seen any announcements from any manufacturers yet, it's probably too early still. I don't know if it's even possible due to hardware requirements.. but the proof is if they can get it running on the Nexus One which is basically the same as the original HTC Desire.

There *are* indications that Cyanogenmod will port Android 4.0 across to supported handsets, that should include the Desire S. Of course, that sort of thing voids your warranty..

Added: I would be careful if poking around the Cyanogenmod site as there's a persistent Javascript-based malware infection on the site. If you use Firefox + NoScript you should be safe enough.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

I have the HTC Desire S from T-Mobile, is that like to get ICS?

Originally Posted by Dynamoo

I haven't seen any announcements from any manufacturers yet, it's probably too early still. I don't know if it's even possible due to hardware requirements.. but the proof is if they can get it running on the Nexus One which is basically the same as the original HTC Desire.

HTC have issued this (quoted on TechRadar http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...update-1034902)

"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," said a spokesperson.

"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."

Have a feeling they are bit miffed that a few bits of what was unique to Sense is in ICS

[techguyone]

I'm sure I read somewhere (I forget where, I look at a LOT of tech stuff) that if your phone is able to run Gingerbread then it should be able to run ICS. So if your phone has a 1 Ghz processor, 512 MB or RAM you may be ok. You may even be alright with lower spec hardware, although of course the experience may not be quite the same...

Speaking from a non XDA Devs point of view as I'm sure you'll see a lot of Android variants done there coming out in due course.

Most manufacturers these days, try to do at least one OS upgrade during the life of your phone, so if it originally shipped with Gingerbread, there's a good chance it may get updated to ICS at some point, it's not always as simple as you might think though as manufacturers tend to put their own proprietary stuff on top of the OS . I.E. Touchwiz, Motoblur, Sense etc.

I'm quite excited about ICS because its the first real step in a unified OS for both the phone & tablet platform, no more forked branches, and greater focus on the whole as a result, plus Matias Duarte the guy who did a lot of WebOs is firmly embedded in the team now, and that's showing in little touches that 'demystify' Android, which is good, as its the OS that's not as intuitive as Windows or IOS. Although at this point, all the OS makers are aiming at Evolution over Revolution.

[haydnwalker]

I'm hoping once the Galaxy Nexus is released that Google won't be too much longer releasing ICS for the Nexus S as apparently it's been confirmed that it definitely will be coming to that phone (which happens to be my current device )