Originally Posted by
eddie31770 Is it that big a deal? I mean what is the real difference? Why is everyone soooo eager??
Updates are most Android forum goer's crack. They don't quite know why but they need it and they would do nasty things to get them.
To answer your real question. ICS changes the GUI, provides enhanced CPU utilization, power consumption ehancements, allows the ability to manually lock/disable unwanted apps(probably why Verizon is dragging their feet), and finally has a standard themeing framework for applications. Most of which mean nothing to normal users.