HTC officially announced the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades

HTC has announced via its official Facebook and Google + page that the first round of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for its smartphones will arrive by the end of March.The good news is that updates are confirmed for all the terminals that we had anticipated:

"HTC has been working hard to get its Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades ready, and we’re excited to announce that our first round of ICS upgrades will roll out by the end of March for the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Sensation XE, followed soon there after by the HTC Sensation XL.

In addition, we can confirm Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades will be coming later this year to the HTC Rezound, HTC Vivid, HTC Amaze 4G, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G, HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD. Stay tuned for more updates on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks."

Source Facebook, Google + 

Optimus One: Here is Beta1 of the CyanogenMod 9 based on Android 4.0.3

Development works continues for LG Optimus One Android 4.0.3 . After the latest alpha of recent days, here comes the first Beta.lupohirp ,author of the port of CyanogenMod 9 Optimus One , continues to improve software stability and eliminate the bugs that were encountered by users in the previous Alpha. At the moment the problems of note relate to the camera and other minor details.

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What works:

• Full HWAcceleration\
• Bluetooth
• 3D 
• Sensors (accelerometer tried)
• Electron Beam OFF
• Audio
• GPS 
• GSM
• JIT
• Offline charging
• Another thing that i forgot now
• (USB mass storage flash does not work switch to superuser resolve it next release i will try to resolve it natively)
• TOUCHSCREEN!! Big thanks to arjien Pointed Me To That That patch
• Screenshots
• Had the time to patch systems to work with all Recoveries (asserts no more problem)
• Fixed date
• Fixed wifi
• Fixed hardware lights
• Fixed brightness settings
• Fixed google sync (with gmail but you can not see emails reason for the examination for the browser
• Fixed market
• Overclockabkle
• Browser
• Gmail
• Can work with Internet browser
• Fixed native USB (UMS still does not work anyway)

What Does not work:

• Room
• and other things

As we can see is pretty much a fully working rom and we believe that owners of Optimus One will be very happy with the work of Italian development.

• THE DOWNLOAD LINK HERE:  http://ics4p500.blogspot.com/
• Sources: http://github.com/lupohirp
• Post XDA:  http://forum.xda-developers.com

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Google Music CyanogenMod: Here all the details and the new version for download

We have seen in recent days a small preview of the new application developed by Google Music Team Cyanogen . Now get all the details, information and pictures of the new program has been developed since last October and is now officially comes to life for device Android 4.0 or higher.

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As we said in our previous article, the new Google Music Cyanogen application supports a number of simple gestures and intuitive UI offers a slightly revised and supports any alternative themes that can be developed separately.

The customization possibilities are vast and not just on an aesthetic level. You can share the fact that we are listening to music with a simple button in the sharing program, you can set the song as a ringtone or sound system, ability to delete the song or search directly from the music

Change notifications, dran and drop functionality, and appearance of the screen lock screen.

With themes, you can customize any aspect of the UI, very interesting features for chefs or designers of ROM.

There are also natively Flip feature . In practice, you can pause, skip track, and manage your music by simply moving the phone with a shake or upside down. Actions can also be customized to adapt the movements to your own use.

Many widgets also available that can be selected from the context menu of Android 4.0.Here are the downloads:

• Music app -  http://goo.gl/CckWp
• Google Music Theme -  http://goo.gl/DQC5u
• Music Theme Template -  http://goo.gl/eYx7F

Galaxy Nexus White on sale in February! 32GB model later this year

Many of the best smartphones on the market today have received white version a few months after its debut, to complement the classic black or gray. Now is the time of the Nexus Galaxy and from February 6th the Nexus White will be on sale in this new color. 

The news comes directly from two British stores Clove and MobileFun who entered the Galaxy Nexus White (16 GB) in their list at a price of 602 and 629 euros respectively (498 and 520 pounds) providing availability from February 6th .Note: The 32GB version will come later!

There is no difference in system hardware and real images will soon be far more satisfying than just make available. You choose from, the classic black or white version?

New music player coming with Android 4.0 for Xperia range?

Sony Ericsson is currently the only manufacturer that has officially announced that the entire range of products released in 2011 Android will be updated from March to Android 4.0. 

A major update that will bring several new software and review of IU for most models. They arrive hours the first images of what could be the new Xperia range music player for Android 4.0.

Although there is no certainty that this is precisely the version that comes with the new distribution, the reader seems well made, with an important equalizer and a clear and simple aesthetic.

The colors take up the theme of Ice Cream Sandwich even if the UI is a bit 'too close to the Metro Ui present on Windows Phone 7 released to date. A mix that is still enjoyable. We will see the next update.

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Prada Phone by LG 3.0 launching in South Korea tomorrow

LG is going to launch Prada Phone 3.0 in South Korea tomorrow, making it the first country worldwide to get the device. 

It is will be initially available from SK Telecom and KT, whereas LG U+ will release it later. It will be priced at 899,800 won ( $778.41) without contract.

Prada Phone by LG 3.0 comes with Gingerbread on-board, but company has already promised the ICS update for the phone. 

Other features of the smartphone include 1GHz dual core TI OMAP 4430 processor, 4.3 inch IPS display, 16GB internal memory and 8MP camera.

LG is also expected to launch Prada phone in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore soon.