Be it tablets or
smartphones, Android 4.0 a.k.a Ice Cream Sandwich has become the talk of the
town these days. The latest Android OS may have a penetration rate of as low as
1 per cent but that does not stop the consumer electronics manufacturers from
quickly updating their devices with it. The Android Ice Cream Sandwich update
has been released after three years since the Android 1.0 was launched in 2008.
Here's an exhaustive breakdown of the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and
the once-market leader Android 2.3 Gingerbread that is still available on
numerous smartphones today.
Interface: Several news reports had already
suggested that Google was going for big design changes in the Ice Cream
Sandwich (ICS). With just one look at the sleek search bar, users can
differentiate ICS from other versions. The ICS makes it rather convenient for
users to find those common buttons and actions. Keeping the 720p HD displays in
mind, the typeface and animations have been tweaked accordingly. In ICS, Google
has introduced the new font Roboto that gives the OS a rich-modern feel. Along
with the exceptionally brilliant font Roboto, numerous intuitive gestures truly
make working on this OS as smooth as feather-touch.
Data Manager For
Networks: With the telecom operators
sharply eyeing the consumers' pockets beneath expensive 3G plans, there is very
little users can do to monitor their data usage over the Internet. Specially if
it happens to be the case that the user's Android handset security is breached,
then the hacker can make unlimited data usage through the phone. But, according
to an Android Authority report, the ICS' new Data Usage Manager allows for
constant monitoring of your total data usage by network type and applications.
Setting data limits for resource hungry apps is also an easy job on the ICS.
Adding to this feature, a comprehensive graph has also been added.
Unlock Phone Through
Your Face: We don't
really like our phone being explored by good old friends who take the message
inbox route to those hot gossips. At the same time, setting a password stops
you from getting into your phone fast. Here, Android ICS has come to the rescue
with a revolutionary new feature called Face Unlock. You have got it right, the
feature actually does what it reads. It lets you unlock your phone with your
face.
Folders, Multitasking
and Widgets: Two of
Android's unique and notable features are Widgets and Multitasking. The ICS has
brought some enhancements to these features. Allowing for a more customisable
interface, the ICS enables users to re-size their widgets. Also, the Recent
Apps button lets users to instantly jump from one task to another using the
list on the System Bar. It will also brief you about what is happening inside
of that app for easy app switching. Apart from this, Android ICS also comprises
a new drag and drop folder creation method that has been inspired from Apple's
iOS.
Enhanced Speed: Relatively older Android Gingerbread was a
major update that carried huge speed improvements with comparison to its earlier
versions. In the V8 Benchmark Suite, Android 4.0 ICS outpaced Android 2.3
Gingerbread by a steep margin of 220 per cent. On the other hand, in the
SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript Benchmark Suite, Android 4.0 showed an improvement of
more than 35 per cent. Accessing a website on the Android 4.0 browser gave a
whooping 550 per cent faster results as compared to Android 2.3, according to
the V8 Benchmark. Also, ICS makes the e-mail job a lot more better by including
improved auto-completion, an integrated menu, quick responses and nested mail
subfolders.
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