ICS, Android has a good chance of overtaking iOS in terms of UI, feature set, fluidity and Google's focus on speed. I love the camera features (the panoramic shot is dope!), new look and feel of the apps, additional homescreen capabilities, face recognition on unlock (despite the failed first attempt, allegedly because of too much make-up) and beaming capabilities which was very trekky btw. Good stuff!
Specs:
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream
- 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED Screen with 720p resolution
- 1.2GHz dual-core processor
- Redsigned UI in Android 4.0
- Improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NF support, full web browsing
- Android 4.0 features Software Navigation buttons – brand new
- People App with Google+ Integration among other features
- Redesigned camera with panorama mode, 1080p video, zero-shutter lag, silly faces and background replacement features
- Face Unlock: Facial recognition to unlock your phone! BOOM that just happened.
- Android Beam uses NFC to easily share content with other Android users with the bump of phones
- PURE GOOGLE EXPERIENCE
- All the Google Apps you love from Android Market and GMail to Movie Studio and redesigned Google+ app
- 8.94mm thick, 4.29mm bezel
- LTE and HSPA+ connectivity
- Available in USA, Europe, and Asia beginning in November and then rolled out globally
Here are some the ICS features not covered during the initial demo courtesy of Dan Morrill, Google’s Android Engineer via Google+ and I’m telling you, if this doesn’t convince you that ICS is awesome and all that, I don’t what will.
- Updated Settings
Revamped Settings screen with better item arrangements, easier and fewer actions/gestures to search what you’re actually looking for. - Disabling Apps
You can disable any app outright. But you can’t remove it from the system. - Camera Controls
Redesigned, user-friendly camera controls. - Improved Download Manager
Better looking, easier to navigate download manager. - Support for Encryption for Phones
Full-device encryption for ICS phones. - Audio Effects
New audio effects API.
Get a taste of ICS.
ICS/Nexus wallpaper - http://bit.ly/p5x8uL
Google+ 2.0 - http://bit.ly/pFpjBh
Google Music 4.0.1 - http://bit.ly/pouNsl
Audio files - http://bit.ly/pZuP9d
Source: Phandroid; Photo: By abulhussain via flickr under a creative commons license