Introducing Android 4.0

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is the latest version of the Android platform for phones, tablets, and more. It builds on the things people love
most about Android — easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity — and adds
powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.
Simple, Beautiful, Useful
Refined, evolved UI
Focused on bringing the power of Android to the surface, Android 4.0 makes common actions more visible and lets you navigate with simple,
intuitive gestures. Refined animations and feedback throughout the system make interactions engaging and interesting. An entirely new typeface
optimized for high-resolution screens improves readability and brings a polished, modern feel to the user interface.
Virtual buttons in the System Bar let you navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. The System Bar and virtual buttons are present
across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing. You can access each application's contextual options in the Action
Bar, displayed at the top (and sometimes also at the bottom) of the screen.
Multitasking is a key strength of Android and it's made even easier and more visual on Android 4.0. The Recent Apps button lets you jump
instantly from one task to another using the list in the System Bar. The list pops up to show thumbnail images of apps used recently — tapping a
thumbnail switches to the app.
Rich and interactive notifications let you keep in constant touch with incoming messages, play music tracks, see real-time updates from apps,
and much more. On smaller-screen devices, notifications appear at the top of the screen, while on larger-screen devices they appear in the
System Bar.
Home screen folders and favorites tray
New home screen folders offer a new way for you to group your apps and shortcuts logically, just by dragging one onto another. Also, in All Apps
launcher, you can now simply drag an app to get information about it or immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.
On smaller-screen devices, the home screen now includes a customizable favorites tray visible from all home screens. You can drag apps,
shortcuts, folders, and other priority items in or out of the favorites tray for instant access from any home screen.
Resizable widgets
Home screens in Android 4.0 are designed to be content-rich and customizable. You can do much more than add shortcuts — you can embed
live application content directly through interactive widgets. Widgets let you check email, flip through a calendar, play music, check social
streams, and more — right from the home screen, without having to launch apps. Widgets are resizable, so you can expand them to show more
content or shrink them to save space.