Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1

Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1:

It’s been a long time coming, but the wait is over for owners of Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get their taste of Ice Cream Sandwich. An over-the-air update is rolling out now that will bring Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich to Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The update brings long-awaited features such as Android 4.0 Zero Shutter Lag, Pinch to Zoom, face detection, and an improved picture gallery just to name a few. The only thing left for owners of Verizon’s Tab 10.1 to do is patiently wait for their upgrade prompt, or if you want to see if you can manually pull it, just go to Settings/About Tablet/System Update. Hit the break for the full list of updates that the upgrade will include.

• Applied Android Ice Cream (ICS) OS upgrade to 4.0.4.
• Pinch to Zoom functionality has been added in homescreen and main menu screen.
• Google Plus has been integrated.
• Google Text-To-Speech Engine has been integrated in the upgrade.
• In Email search menu, search criteria by date, sender & title.
• In Email Composer, ‘undo’ and ‘redo’ options have been added.
• A quick response message may be quickly inserted into the body while composing a message.
• Initiate a ‘New Meeting Invitation’ for Exchange accounts.
• Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor includes:
• More ways to sort albums by time, location, people and tags.
• Photo studio that allows users to crop and rotate pictures, set levels and remove red eyes.
• Improved Picture Gallery widget lets users look at pictures directly on their home screen.
• Rich and versatile camera capabilities including:
• Android 4.0 Zero shutter lag exposure.
• Continuous focus
• Built-in face detection to locate faces in the frame and automatically set focus
• Stabilized image zoom.
• Single-motion panorama.
• Apps can now set custom metering regions in a camera preview.
• Wi-Fi Direct support by Android platform.
• Android 4.0 introduces built-in support for connecting to Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP) devices. With support from third-party apps, users can connect to wireless medical devices and sensors in hospitals, fitness centers, homes and elsewhere.

source:  Verizon Wireless

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