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Android Phones: Ice Cream Sandwich Still MIA There are still hardly any Android X12 Android 2.2Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones available for sale, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the latest AndroidA8 Android 2.2 statistics compiled by Google. Google measures the incidence of each Android variant accessing the Android Market, nee, Google Play, in 14-day chunks. In the latest 14-day chunk, only 1.6% of all devices accessing the Android Market were running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. That's up just over half a percentage point, and includes Android 4.0 through Android 4.0.3. So, in three months of availability, Ice Cream Sandwich has clawed from 0% to a fractional 1.6%. That's pathetic In the U.S., the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Nexus S, and Motorola Xoom have been given official Android 4.0 updates. Most other Android handsets are waiting to be updated--if they are to be updated at all. For example, Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that only 12 of the devices its lineup--five of which are tablets--will be updated to Android 4.0.
