HTC Edge gets renamed

HTC Edge gets renamed, now code-named as Endeavor

A source close to HTC is reporting that the leaked HTC Edge has now been re-named as the HTC Endeavor. It had rippled some serious waves in the blogosphere a few months ago when news broke out that it might be the vendor’s first Quad-core smartphone based on the Tegra 3 processor. 

HTC gives all its products a codename before they are officially launched or announced in the market. The ‘Edge’ was certainly a code-name but it rarely happens that a company re-names the codename or changes the codename. We think we kind of know what’s cooking around with the name changing thing. Since MWC is around the corner, HTC could be trying to create some buzz around its upcoming flagship device, now called the Endeavor. And here comes the last twist, this Android 4.0-based handset with its supposed “optically laminated” 720p display and a unibody design might just be called the HTC Supreme when it finally hits the market early spring.

LG details Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade path for its high-end smartphones

LG Optimus 2X, Black & 3D to get Android ICS updates

LG has announced it will provide Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for the Optimus 2X, Optimus Black and Optimus 3D. The company is currently evaluating whether other phones can be updated to Android 4.0. It will announce the upgrade schedule and possibly some more models later in December. Here’s the official statement. LG published on their official Facebook page a list of handsets that will get a firmware update with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software. Initially, high-end LG smartphones will be eligible for upgrade to Google’s latest Android release, including the Optimus 2X, the Optimus Black, the Optimus 3D and the Optimus LTE. The company did not say when Ice Cream Sandwich will arrive for the aforementioned handsets, noting it will update customers via Facebook in December. As for their other devices:

    We are also continuing to evaluate the ICS OS to determine whether it is compatible with the functionality, features and performance of other LG smartphones to make the ICS OS available on as many LG smartphones as possible.

Google’s been serious about requiring phone vendors and carrier partners to support high-end handsets with Android software updates for up to 24 months since the purchase date. Phone vendors recently began announcing lists of devices eligible for Ice Cream Sandwich, including Sony Ericsson and HTC. Google on its part confirmed that the Nexus S will get an Ice Cream Sandwich firmware update “within weeks”, but not owners of the older Nexus One smartphone. Samsung refrained thus far from public comments, but their flagship Galaxy SII is certain to get the new software and we have no doubt in our mind that the South Korean manufacturer will soon detail an ICS upgrade path concerning their Android devices.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich Launch High-quality video

If you watched the stream last night, you know the quality was almost unwatchable.  Luckily, Google has posted a high quality video that helps show the quality of the screen and the design of the new OS.  Make sure to crank it up to 720P.