It’s great to know that Sony Ericsson is really working hard to make its customers pleased with the company! A week back they scribbled on their blog about how hard developing a ROM is.
Now, they’re giving an option for the public to taste the ICS for the first time. But it won’t be a good news for a lot many because:
1. The ROM is available only for arc S, ray and neo V.
2. It’s just the alpha version and a couple of options are unavailable which includes basic telephony, bluetooth and wifi.
I know what you’re thinking now! “So, what’s the use of such a release?!” Good question. SE has the answer:
“Another ambition with this release is to work with all of the talented developers in the open community to get feedback on this alpha ROM. If you download and install the alpha ROM, please try out the software and go to our Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM survey for Xperia™ phones, to send us your feedback. It is very much appreciated – the summary of this survey will be used for future product and software strategies short term and long term. Your voice counts!”
If you want to discuss this alpha ROM initiative, please check out the Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM for Xperia thread on the XDA forum. Here you can discuss with other developers, and ask questions to us. We will monitor this thread and reply to any questions as soon as we can.”
This clearly sheds light to the fact that Sony Ericsson has prepared itself to take into account what the users need from their Xperias. Last year the company had a bad time; the decision to not update the 2010 Xperia handsets beyond android 2.1 resulted in a flood of criticizing comments in their blog and the facebook page. Now, this year it seems the company has made up it’s mind to give the 2011 Xperias what ever it can take. (or even more!).
Here is what they have included in ICS ROM (things are subjected to change in the final release which is rumoured to be in February or March 2012):
- New “Roboto” font.
- New “Holo” theme is supported (you are able to test apps written to make use of the Holo theme).
- Music player control from lock screen.
- Updated UI in the Settings menu.
- Updated UI in the web browser.
- Updated UI and interaction with the new messaging action bar.
- Updated UI for improved multitasking.
- Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks and browser tabs in the Notification menu.
These are the features which are not working or either turned off:
- Google Mobile Services (GMS) apps are not included (for example, Gmail, Google Maps, etc.).
- Modem is turned off and SIM card will therefore not be recognised (this also means you can’t make any phone calls)
- Bluetooth™ is turned off.
- Wi-Fi® is turned off.
- ANT+ is turned off.
- FM-radio is turned off.
About how to install (For advanced users and those who really like to play with their phones.)
For Ordinary Users:
Source: Sony Ericsson Blog
Źródło: Ice Cream Sandwich alpha for Xperia released.
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