It’s here! Android 4.0, code named Ice Cream Sandwich, was announced Tuesday night by Google and Samsung at a press gathering in Hong Kong. The first phone to run Android 4 is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which will be available next month. But the good news is that the SDK is available right now at the Android Developer web site. Let’s take a look at the top features in the new operating system.
1. Ice Cream Sandwich has a more consistent look and feel than its predecessors. Designer Matias Duarte (former designer of WebOS) says that "While people like and need Android, they didn’t love Android". So he gave the user interface a complete makeover to make it "enchanting, easy, and powerful". New widgets, new gestures, context sensitive action bars, more discoverable commands - these are just the tip of the iceberg.
2. The Android 4.0 OS has new system font. It sports a new type face called "Roboto" which was designed especially for high resolution screens like the one found on the Galaxy Nexus.
