From DroidLife
No time frame other than ?summer? was given, but with Ice Cream Sandwich updates on the way to all of the devices listed, we wouldn?t be surprised if it was included with them. Plus, now that stores have been asked to print new display lists that reference these new global features, it can?t be long.
DroidLife loves to take "leaked" images, post them, blog on them, and inform the Android Community at large that the leak is... "reality" AND "100% true"!
First it was mid April with the Best Buy leak image reporting that ICS was beginning a soak test at MFN. "Oh.. no worries, we're alway right!" Well, it turned out to be GB 181 instead.... THEN, They reported a Verizon leak showing May 21 to be the ICS update. "Hey, its a carrier image this time. Its all about Verizon as we know. Sorry about last month. We got it right now".... Well.. ITS MAY 28TH... as the meme goes---"your argument is invalid"
I unsubscribed from DroidLife and canceled my account due to their piss-poor reporting methods. This is why DroidLife is not in the top tiers of Android Blog/forum websites. They suck! Just stick with the top tier sites like Android Central.
As a amateur, I have some advice for them... If you're going to blog on a "rumor & img leak", keep it a rumor. Keep it questionable. Dont take the rumor and blast it as reality. End the article with "We'll see if this is true folks." Not with an implication of "I cant wait!" or "mark your calendars".
Lastly, the "timeframe" given by Moto/Verizon was Q2... Thats April/May/June. The word "Summer" was never part of the timetable, until that is---DroidLife got involved. LMFAO. Moreover, timetables are TBA... All Timetables are... Moto/Verizon can say, "oh it'll be out in Q2"... but "s##t happens" that not even Moto/Verizon can expect, which then delays the OTA. Start complaining on 7-4-2012 if an OFFICIAL/non-rumored explanation isnt given as to why the Q2 timetable wasnt met.
Stop listening to DroidLife. Summer.. geesh... "Summer" has many definitions and meanings to a lot of people. To me, Summer means June/July/August/September. Thats late Q2 to late Q3... which tells me DroidLife just made their own timetable and told Moto/Verizon to take their "Officially posted" TBA timetable and "suck it DX style". Others believe that summer starts when school is out in late mid may/mid June (depending on which area of the USA/World your in).... So, to say "Summer" is the key and hoping ALL the readers have the SAME idea in mind AND bypassing the official TBA timetable... its absolute bloggin bulls##t... and shear utter ignorance!!!!
ICS will come when it comes. Fragmentation sucks, yes, I understand. We ALL want to see the newest thing... so see what Moto/Verizon did to ICS... to see what ICS on what OEM is better... to tinker with it... play with it... to system dump it and blast it all over the world (LOL).... I understand....
But People.. listen... you have the ability to Root and Custom ROM to a ICS based ROM of your choice. Several RAZR ICS ROMs exist. If you dont want to do that, you have the OHA policy stating any android update released prior to or within the device 18 month launch date WILL GET the android update. If your not patient, the dont get a RAZR, get a G-Nexus (or Nexus S) is you want on-the-spot Android updates. Get a HTC ONE X or S if you want ICS now now now now now or, like a teenage girl with zit issues 1 hour before the prom, your life will end. Or switch to a wireless carrier that updates their phones faster.
Or... pray Google acts more like Apple----Rule Android with an Iron Clad fist with "Free Market God Bless Capitalism" Policies where the consumer always ALWAYS gets beat up. Make it closed sourced. Give Each OEM and Wireless Carrier a set of Policies and a devil contract. Luckily, Google believes in COMMUNITY innovation, open to new ideas from anyone, and being inclusive... rather than believing in only themselves, aiming to make the USA/Global market stagnant with "1 phone to rule them all" mentality, and being exclusive. "1984" is not a world we want!
We ALL got this phone cause it was stated it will get ICS, the greatest Android Update since, well since Android 1.0 Alpha. LMAO.... Android is open source, folks. Google>OEM>Wireless Carrier>You... The 2 in the middle will do whatever they want to THEIR android system. Own your phone (#4)... or be patient on the middle 2 (#2 & #3)... or get rid of the Moto RAZR/RAZR MAXX/Verizon.... your choice folks.... its your phone and your wireless carrier... Just dont listen to DroidLife!!!