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Anyone know if we will get Ice Cream sandwich for the Arc?

will it get here before 2.3.4 (or dare I ask 2.3.5/6)?

WinterStars

SE should skip 2.3.5/6/7 ... Not that important. Just bring the Ice Cream Sandwich already. Android codebase should be available in few days.

slimshaddy

but we have the official statement thats it..

i hope we get it soon

slimshaddy

you said that you think it will be launched in the coming mwc..it helds in the month of january or february right..?? so 2-3 months

if se has plans for 2.3.5 and have already developed it..they should launch it

i mean we'll get a new update till ics is launched..

WinterStars

I think most of the Android 2.3.5/6/7 are related to Nexus S. Nothing interesting.

However USB OTG is not part of Android 2.3, its part of Honeycomb. SE did something there. Very nice. These days it cost a lot of effort to put out an update. Earlier the SW used to be the same across all countries, barely a few changes.No monkey models also.Testing also is faster because only small screen, 1.3 MP camera, java, IR, no wifi, 2 G no apps, no weird touch inputs, no camera effects, just click button, no mp3 also!! e.g. T310i etc . These days they need to build differently for different countries and test all variants separately and then they have to make sure the hundreds of subfunctionalities work fine with the update. Lots and lots of manhours involved. Gone are the days when updates can be rolled out twice a month. Anyway phone prices also tripled so I guess it balances out. However if SE is trying to fix something useful like camera and speed which I feel degraded wit 2.3.4, then they should go ahead although I am sure they are going straight for ICS, 4.0.1/2/3 directly.