Advancement and technology have been a prototype of Google Android OS. The android tablets and android phones have kept on amazing us with their UI, android apps, new OS updates and many other features. More than the developers, the users are excited about the 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android. The GalaxyNexus has come up with what we have been waiting for: The Android 4.0 OS.
Ice Cream Sandwich is the most relevant update of android since its birth and it portrays substantial changes in the mobile platform. 4.0 is made for a better user experience and ease. Don’t confuse it with a regular update that we used to have as it will require some amount of R&D to get acquainted.
Look and Feel
When we talk about android, we can’t restrict ourselves from talking about the look. Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade comes with a fresh new look and probably the best amongst all the versions. Due to the use of the high resolution font, Roboto, it becomes easier to read the texts. Roboto is a font which is chiefly developed for high definition reading. The OS avoids any usage of hardware button combinations to achieve navigation from home and back to some other page. It has all these markups in the OS and all the buttons are placed in the OS itself. Hence the Galaxy Nexus doesn’t sport any buttons and has a complete button less panel. An issue which can trigger rage in some users is the existence of unnamed applications. If public demand prevails, it can be restructured in the next 4.0 versions.
Feature Specs
The Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade has lots of additional features apart from its looks to feast upon:
Recent Apps: The Recent Apps button helps you to maneuver over the last 15 applications used. Click on it to go through the 15 application pop up window.
Resizing widgets option: This is one nicer feature which helps users to resize the screen appearance of a widget by holding and dragging the corners of widgets to resize them.
Redesigning the major Applications: Gmail has a new look which is similar to the pc version. It is easier to upload photos and file attachments. The Calendar has a better look and it is possible to view the shared calendars too. GTALK has better UI and can help you sign in with multiple ids. The photo editing options have been increased. The new people application has number of extra features which can help you keep track of your friends through social networking clients.
Face Recognition: I have talked about this feature before too. But anyways, let me brief here. It helps your phone to automatically unlock after recognizing your face through the frontal camera.
Android Beam: Again a topic previously talked about. Android beam helps android phones to share multimedia and applications just by tapping each other.
Android 4.0 is still under the development phase with small glitches but these will not spoil your experience with it. Take my words; it will be the best android you have ever used.
GG’s OS Rating: **** stars.
