Video tour of ICS, behold the glory!

**sushiglobster** · 09-28-2011, 04:50 PM

Take a look at this!

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Reading the article...how does something like this happen? Someone buys a phone on Ebay only to have it loaded with a supposed build of ICS? Really? Unless this is some very viral cryptic like marketing that Google/Samsung does. Hey, it's possible right?

**ManBearPig618** · 09-28-2011, 04:50 PM

Just about to post this - seems to be a lot of speculation regarding if this is the real deal or if it's a custom ROM/launcher.

**sushiglobster** · 09-28-2011, 04:52 PM

Yea...it's really hard to tell these days.

Here's hoping that it's the real deal or at least a build of the real deal.

**ManBearPig618** · 09-28-2011, 04:53 PM

People in the comments said it apparently looks like a Go Launcher theme? Not sure how a launcher would allow that multitasking action though. Hopefully we'll find out soon enough.

**Scottatron** · 09-28-2011, 05:00 PM

Video not working for me

Gah, working now.

**rew001** · 09-28-2011, 05:01 PM

Looks pretty much like Honeycomb for phones. Not that this is a bad thing. Just sayin.....

**edoublediz** · 09-28-2011, 05:03 PM

thats the worst video showing off an OS i have ever seen!! i say fake just because of that. why would he not show the about screen? this has stink written all over it!!

**ManBearPig618** · 09-28-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by edizzle

thats the worst video showing off an OS i have ever seen!! i say fake just because of that. why would he not show the about screen? this has stink written all over it!!

There's a pic of the about screen...under "Android Version" it says "IceCreamSandwich"...something just doesn't smell right to me....thoughts?

**Bobrowe78** · 09-28-2011, 05:09 PM

Looks great to me, love the honeycomb look. Can't wait for it to come out

**EggoEspada** · 09-28-2011, 05:10 PM

Im positive this is real and certainly wasn't bought off ebay. It's just someone making a story to cover up their leak. If this person really bought the device unknowingly that it was running ICS, we'd probably be seeing the system dump of the device and more videos. Doubt that will happen which means its his device.

Sent from my ADR6400L

**sushiglobster** · 09-28-2011, 05:17 PM

yup. I'm thinking the same thing. There's no reflection of his face...no voice...only a bed...and some ebay story. Also, it's on a Nexus S.....

This might very well be an internal leak for sure.

**nybmx** · 09-28-2011, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by EggoEspada

Im positive this is real and certainly wasn't bought off ebay. It's just someone making a story to cover up their leak. If this person really bought the device unknowingly that it was running ICS, we'd probably be seeing the system dump of the device and more videos. Doubt that will happen which means its his device.

Sent from my ADR6400L

Yeah this is what I was thinking. "Leaking" this type of video/story builds up more hype for the upcoming event. This is an especially good thing considering that apple is going to be holding an event soon and has been making headlines with that alone.

**yankdez** · 09-28-2011, 05:18 PM

where are the software buttons? or is ics set up so that only software buttons show up if your phone doesnt have physical buttons?

**sushiglobster** · 09-28-2011, 05:25 PM

Possibly. We just won't know until we have it ourselves. I'd imagine that ICS is backwards compatible with other devices, obviously if this video is legit, it IS indeed working on a Nexus S.

ICS probably has the capability to not use buttons, but in this case, since buttons are there....you can use them.

**ManBearPig618** · 09-28-2011, 05:43 PM

I would assume it would have to be backwards compatible...if not then the Bionic and other newer devices wouldn't be able to receive the update...it would basically draw a line in the sand and permanently stop the updating of tons of phones.

**yankdez** · 09-28-2011, 05:45 PM

im trying to corroborate this video with the 4chan report a while back. some things are similar, other things are way off. dont know what to believe....

**turb0wned** · 09-28-2011, 05:46 PM

Come Verizon make the nexus happen!

**yankdez** · 09-28-2011, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by ManBearPig618

I would assume it would have to be backwards compatible...if not then the Bionic and other newer devices wouldn't be able to receive the update...it would basically draw a line in the sand and permanently stop the updating of tons of phones.

we've also seen physical buttons on the droid razr/spyder and vigor, so i guess its up to the manufacturers what they wanna do as far as buttons go

**elvisgp** · 09-28-2011, 06:00 PM

I think it looks great. Anyone else?

Sent from my amazing galaxy tab 10.1 which also eats ipads

**rightontime** · 09-28-2011, 06:05 PM

Bring back the gingerbread green!!!! Everything else looks good, even in that color of blue

**yankdez** · 09-28-2011, 06:09 PM

looks good, but i was expecting more.

**rightontime** · 09-28-2011, 06:14 PM

I also think this is a controlled leak and not some guy just randomly getting it on ebay

**nashdroid** · 09-28-2011, 06:19 PM

First time post. I've been lurking in the shadows for what feels like a year, but is actually more like six months. ICS looks beautiful, to me. I've had HTC Sense on my phones in the past, but this new version of Android seems to be a mix of pure and has a little more flair now (launcher, glowing effects, etc.) which would make for a much more graphically appealing experience for the user. Coming from Sense, and obviously lurking in the shadows now for the Galaxy Nexus, the look and operation of Ice Cream Sandwich will be a welcomed transition from a skinned OS to stock. Very excited for the next month or two! Also, thank you all for keeping me entertained while out working in the oilfield in South Texas for the past six months or so. Even when I had one bar of 1x on my Droid Incredible, I would wait and wait just to refresh the pages in this forum to get my Android fix. Even extremely slow entertainment is entertainment nonetheless. So...thank you.

**nashdroid** · 09-28-2011, 06:26 PM

Since I'm actually posting now instead of simply watching from the sidelines, just to discuss...what does everyone think that the software buttons might look like? To my knowledge, we haven't had a leak of what they will look like since we haven't had a leak of a full-screen (no physical buttons or soft buttons) device with ICS yet. Some renders, which are merely renders and nothing more, want to picture them as the same software style buttons of Honeycomb. I, however, am wondering if they might actually just look like the Android buttons we've come to know and love, but will just appear to the bottom of the screen under the launcher and maybe actually auto-hide like Windows' taskbar can do when you set it to auto-hide. Maybe it can be set to do both. Anyways, just curious if anyone has a informed clue or even an opinion. Fuel for discussion.