Sunday, March 18, 2012

Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung GALAXY Note Postponed for Q2 2012

Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung GALAXY Note Postponed for Q2 2012

Samsung has recently started to deploy the long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S II. The company also promised to offer the upgrade for other Galaxy devices, such as Galaxy Note, Galaxy SII LTE, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1.

However, Samsung only stated that the update for the devices above will follow suite without giving any further details or specific time frames.

The bad news is that at least one of these devices won’t receive the update earlier than the second quarter of 2012. According to Samsung Norway, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy Note will arrive in Q2 2012.

The folks over at SammyHub have just learned that the Norwegian branch of the South-Korean company confirmed the information on its official Facebook account here.

It’s unclear why Samsung decided to push the update for Galaxy Note of the next quarter, after it has initially confirmed the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will receive the update in the first quarter of the year.

Unfortunately, the company was only half true to its promise and deployed the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the Galaxy S II this week. Still, for the time being, the update is only available for unlocked units.

Rumor had it that the Galaxy Note might be the first to get the Android 4.0 update even ahead of the popular Galaxy S II, but for unknown reasons Samsung decided otherwise.

There’s no telling when exactly the update is pushed to Galaxy Note devices, but we’re just nearing the beginning of Q2, so users might have to wait for a while.

Hopefully, Samsung will come forward with a more specific Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich timetable for the rest of its Galaxy family devices. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.