Ice Cream Sandwich on 16 HTC smartphones soon

BANGALORE, INDIA: HTC's 16 Android-based smartphones will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the coming months.

The Taiwan-based mobile company has already started rolling out Android 4.0 updates for Sensation and Sensation XE users in some countries and others would follow soon, stated a release.

The devices, which will be getting the update and are also available in the Indian market are HTC Sensation, Sensation XE, Sensation XL, Desire S, Desire HD, Evo 3D, Incredible S, DROID Incredible 2, HTC Amaze 4G, HTC EVO Design 4G, HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Raider, HTC Rezound, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Vivid and Rhyme.

Also, HTC will be releasing these updates over-the-air, and consumers would get a notification to download and install these update on their devices. It suggested that customers use Wi-Fi to download the update, as otherwise they might incur significant data charges.

According to the press statement, there is no device specific timeline for the update roll-out now and would be announced closer to the release.