Ice Cream Sandwich
The smartphone market is getting more crowded and the competition is stiff with the introduction of mobile devices this year such as the Apple iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia 920, and the HTC One X.
An Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S2 is available to those on U.S. Cellular.
The latest Kindle Fires from Amazon will be running an older version of Android.
It now looks like all four major U.S. carriers will be carrying a Galaxy Note 2, while the iPhone 5 still won't be available on T-Mobile.
If you're wondering why Android updates take so long, here's the reason.
With the next iterations of the Kindle Fire set for a fall 2012 release, Amazon will probably not have the time to develop and pre-install Jelly Bean on the devices. Instead it will probably roll out an upgrade later this year.
The Galaxy Note 2 will be bigger and more powerful than the original - but expect it to run the same Ice Cream Sandwich operating system when it's first released.
Korean electronics company Samsung is on top of delivering the Jelly Bean update to its customers.
Samsung just revealed the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. See what it's about.
The Nexus 7 is a fantastic tablet, and while the Galaxy Note 2 is just a "phablet," it certainly looks more powerful and robust than Google's offering.
