It's the first phone with a major new release of the best-selling mobile operating system.
While the phone itself won't sell as many copies as the 4S, Ice Cream Sandwich will have a larger install base than iOS5. There's a lot of people interested in what's in it.
Ice Cream Sandwich will have a larger install base than iOS5
Maybe but when? Honeycomb only has about 2% of the total Android market share 85% are still on Froyo or Gingerbread. What makes you think Ice Cream Sandwich is going to get better penetration?
Ice Cream Sandwich isn't going to have a larger install base then iOS5 anytime soon.
HC's low adoption means nothing in this context as it's only targeted at tablets. However, it's important to point out that 45% of the market is still on Froyo. Google's taking a more heavy-handed stance on updates for new devices, so things should not be as dire on ICS as they have been with past releases. If I had to guess, I'd say 90% of current Honeycomb tablets (thanks to Google's iron-fist control of the source) and maybe 75% of current Gingerbread devices will get the bump to ICS within 6 months.
Honeycomb is a tablet-only OS, so that market share isn't really relevant when talking about Ice Cream Sandwich. The Gingerbread market share would be a better indicator.
Android version numbers are not search-engine friendly because minor releases are pretty major, and searching for "Android 4" will actually yield results for "Android 2.3.4".
I like full code names for releases as it eliminates confusion.
Google's SERP for Android 4 returns hits about Ice Cream Sandwich as expected... Also, it just launched today, a general lack of cotent may be what you're running up against.
They're all in alphabetical order. Donut, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich. I assume there were internal releases named Apple and Brownie or something similar.
Why haven't these codenames been revealed earlier? I have searched high and low for Android's A and B codenames, but never found a reliable source. Thanks for solving the mystery! :)
While the phone itself won't sell as many copies as the 4S, Ice Cream Sandwich will have a larger install base than iOS5. There's a lot of people interested in what's in it.