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Google Makes Android 4.0 Source Code Available

Nov 14, 2011, 5:27 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today made the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available to developers. This build of Android is the specific version that will ship on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and is numbered 4.0.1. Google said that the code contains the entire Android family tree, including 3.2 Honeycomb, but Google prefers that developers ignore Honeycomb and focus all efforts on Ice Cream Sandwich instead. The source code is free to download.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus (global)

4.7" display HD+ resolution
TI OMAP4460 processor 1 GB RAM
1,750 mAh battery
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Nov 14, 2011, 6:13 PM

Cant wait to see what happens.

The hacker community will be busy trying to port it on all kinds of android devices.

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