While not as tricky of a question to answer as the phones were, the situation is still unclear for many Android tablet owners out there. Only a handful of tablets have been confirmed to be getting the bump up to Android 4.0 while the others remain in the dark.
So that means that we’re going to have to make some educated guesses.
Here goes.
Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon has essentially made Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread unrecognizable with the amount of tweaking it has done. As many of you with Android phones might know, UI’s, especially extensive ones, do not play nice with major Android updates.
It’s too soon to rule out an upgrade completely but we’d be fairly shocked to see Amazon take the Kindle Fire up to Android 4.0.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer
Just because Asus has another Eee Pad Transformer on the way doesn’t mean that the original hybrid tablet won’t see Android 4.0. In fact, Asus has confirmed that its Eee Pad Transformer will be one of, if not the first, Honeycomb tablet that will see the upgrade.
They haven’t offered up any sort of time frame for when owners should expect to see the update but if we had to guess, we’d think that it would roll out at some point in the weeks ahead.
At least you can rest easy knowing its coming, Transformer owners.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 aka Transformer Prime will almost assuredly have Android 4.0 on board when it launches sometime later this year. Asus has already put up a landing page for the device but an official announcement won’t come until November 9th.
We’ll be sure once that event rolls around.
Barnes and Noble Nook Color
Until B&N says that it officially won’t get an upgrade, feel free to hold out hope. But the chances that the company rolls out the update are slim especially when it’s rumored to have a new tablet on the way to compete with the Kindle Fire.
HTC Flyer
The fact that it doesn’t have Android 3.0 yet doesn’t bode well for an upgrade so we’re going to say that this only has a miniscule chance of seeing the Android 4.0 update.
HTC has said that it will try and get as many devices as it possibly can up to Ice Cream Sandwich so the door isn’t closed just yet.
HTC Jetstream
In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Jetstream as one of the first Android tablets to see Android 4.0.
Acer Iconia Tab A500 and A100
And like Toshiba, Acer doesn’t have a bunch of phones to worry about either so it can focus on getting out a speedy and quality upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich.
No time table as of yet though.
LG G-Slate
We wouldn’t count out Android 4.0 yet though but we also aren’t very confident that we’ll end up seeing it.
Motorola Xoom
There have been rumors that peg the Xoom as the first Honeycomb tablet that will see Ice Cream Sandwich but given Motorola’s track record, we get the feeling that Asus will beat it to the punch.
All Xoom tablets will likely see the update including the Wi-Fi, Verizon and Family Edition with the Verizon version seeing the new software come after the other two do.
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Not when the company has several other more prominent devices out on the market.
So, if you’re the proud owners of the original 7-inch slate, it’s probably best that you assume the worst. We get the feeling that there will likely be some sort of hack that arrives though so if you own one, hope isn’t just just yet.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
No word from Samsung on when we might see it though.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
The Wi-Fi model will see the update first and the 4G LTE model on Verizon will see it afterward per the usual way of doing things.
But like the Galaxy Tab 8.9, we’re still in the dark about when the tablet might see the software.
Toshiba Thrive
And while there is a very good chance that we’ll see an upgrade, Toshiba hasn’t announced anything specific in regards to a release date.
Source is
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/10/24/ultimate-android-4-0-update-list-which-tablets-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich/
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