Sony Xperia Play Ice Cream Sandwich beta available
Ith the Ice Cream Sandwich updated hitting the rest of the Xperia line Sony has confirmed that it's now preparing to bring the OS to the Xperia Play
Sony have confirmed that they have a beta version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich for the Xperia Play available to download. Lacking certain key features such as Gmail and Google Maps Sony have stressed it is definitely for developer only.
What this does mean however is that they're nearing the final stages of having a version of the OS ready for general release.
According to the announcement on Sony's developer blog the beta version has primarily been released to work out which of the games available for the PlayStation Approved smartphone will need adjusting.
Of course for those that do download the beta there will be some drawbacks, most prominant of which being that once downloaded you won't be able to install the final version of Ice Cream Sandwich onto the phone.
With Sony confirming ICS updates for the newly released Sony Xperia S as well it would appear as though the company is staying on schedule to update their entire range.
Sony have confirmed that they have a beta version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich for the Xperia Play available to download. Lacking certain key features such as Gmail and Google Maps Sony have stressed it is definitely for developer only.
What this does mean however is that they're nearing the final stages of having a version of the OS ready for general release.
According to the announcement on Sony's developer blog the beta version has primarily been released to work out which of the games available for the PlayStation Approved smartphone will need adjusting.
Of course for those that do download the beta there will be some drawbacks, most prominant of which being that once downloaded you won't be able to install the final version of Ice Cream Sandwich onto the phone.
With Sony confirming ICS updates for the newly released Sony Xperia S as well it would appear as though the company is staying on schedule to update their entire range.