Nexus S Purchased on eBay Gives Us a 2-Minute Ice Cream Sandwich Preview (Video)

by: Kellex | posted 09.28.11 | News, Videos

It was only a matter of time before someone jumped on eBay to buy a phone only to find that it came pre-loaded with the latest and for-the-most part unseen version of Android aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The Nexus S pictured above and on video below was just released over at Engadget, giving us a fabulous look at Android 4.0 and all of its cyan-greenish tints, Honeycomb lock screen, recently used app scroller, and more.

Some things we noticed right off the bat:

Lock screen lets you jump into the phone or straight to the camera – Apple kang, hah.
What is that Google Apps icon? A shortcut to all things Google.
Dock has 4 standard apps – will assume they are interchangeable.
Notification bar has a quick settings button – hoping for easy wifi/bluetooth toggles.
App drawer is horizontal just like Honeycomb.
Widget previews in there as well.
Long press on Home gives you recently used app menu from HC. Looks great on a phone.
Settings menu has been broken up into sections.
Pressing Menu at home only had 3 options, one being wallpaper.
Seriously, Cyanogen needs to be paid for this color scheme.

Via: Engadget

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Androidboi

This dude doesn’t even seem to know how to work an android phone. Alright WHO gave him permission to hold and operate this device?!
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http://twitter.com/BrandoHD Brandon Peters

It seems that this is the real thing, else someone spent a lot of time coding for no real benefit, unless they wanted to fool the masses til Oct. 11th, seems like a waste of talent.

Also people who say they are unimpressed, a 2 minute video, how much do you really expect to see.This version is to unite tablet and phone, point me to the article by GOOGLE that say this is a major redesign of the UI.

This is definitely a user debug build, yet from the 2 minutes, it runs smoothly, menus that no version of android has currently, new features in camera and lock-screen already displayed, all this on a phone running a 1GHz processor.All I know is that I can’t wait to see it on my SGS2
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http://twitter.com/pigsdroidworld JD Davis

Custom ROM with ICS Launcher… That’s what it looks like to me.
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Anonymous

this thing is so fake.
Anonymous

looks like they renamed the contacts app people based on that video.
BRYAN K

Seems like a lot of work to fake something that is coming out in a few weeks. Probably a development version of ICS.
Anonymous

Assuming this is really a pre-release version of ICS, I really don’t get why people would think this is “not that different” just from a 2 minute video showing you basic things. By the same logic Froyo to Gingerbread was a just a theme and new app drawer.

The coolest thing that I think Google did from Froyo to GB is add a much nicer and very effective voice search. Something like that might not be shown in a video such as this.

You haven’t seen what Google has changed. You don’t know if its coded different. Actually the only thing I don’t want to see just happens to be the only thing that I want Google to change, and that is lag/ smooth interface.

I find it hilarious how so many people now think they are experts about ICS and have the knowledge to make an informed decision about an unreleased product.
Jed

Im bored, thats all I have to look forward to with ICS? My penis didnt move once while watching that video.
Anonymous

Engadget is now reporting that the tipster’s device was somehow locked and wiped… If that’s true, it sounds like this is the real deal. I’m betting it’s a publicity stunt.
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Hicks09

This is what it is:

http://syndicateapps.com/main/index.html

It’s a home launcher, nothing else.

Tyczj

Then how do you explain the lockscreen, or the google Widgets that only work on homeycomb?

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Michael

HMMMM, Samsung teams up with Google for Nexus phones, Samsung hires Cyanogen, new Android ICS coming to new Samsung Nexus phone. Seriously, they just need to give the phone to Cyanogen, then ship it to consumers after he’s done.
Anonymous

That blue/cyan needs to be toned down a little, especially in the pull-down notification. The line is too thick; it could be a little thinner and more subtle.

SUBTLE is the keyword.
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Anonymous

ummm settings…about phone….build…os version….would have been the first thing i would have shown to prove it. looks like a cool rom though…attention grabbers. wonder if he got what he wanted???
Anonymous

I don’t know if this is a fake. Sure seems like it. However no one has seen ICS run before. It’s very easy to call a fake on a blurry cam but that was a lot to soak in. Plus it seems like everything that has been said about ICS. A phone version with HC options and utilities. Although I will say that if someone did manage to pull all of those features out of what could be ICS and Into a rom release that shit! Can you say instant best rom available for any phone with those features? Infact to be able to be creative enough to add all that an have it still run as smooth as it did is impressive.
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Tyczj

so what happened to there being no need for buttons anymore? Yes i realize this is a nexus s but would you be able to see something that replaces them?

I guess that is one feature that will not be in ICS

Alan Paone

would you rather that the buttons took up all your screen like they do on the i*hone?
Seriously, *every* app needs back and menu functions, so why not put them in the otherwise useless dead space outside the screen? Android has this exactly right, and I don’t see that changing any time soon

Tyczj

Well I’m just saying that was rumored to be a feature in is like honeycomb

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P5stover

Anyone try calling the 806# in the notification menu?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=667432104 Albert Kilger

Cool, new GUI. However, I am sick of the same cookie cutter crap. I love android, but there is little to no innovation coming from them. Apps are the absolute last thing they put time into. As much as I love android, Apple is number 1 and rightfully so. They have a phone that lasts over 2 days on what most of you consider heavy usage, and almost never crashed. I have to restart android daily to keep stability. I hope to God they put some effort into this OS and didn’t just make it in the last 5-6 months. Quality takes time.

Killer_of_monsters

Apple is not number one.. if you like apple so much then go and buy a iphone and stay off android sites
http://twitter.com/droid1967 Droid 1967

this is funny.
first take a look at the charts and let me know if apple is number 1.
second wait until you see ios5, youll think its android they have copied so much from it so tell me who is not innovating.
third the battery in the iphone is huge and much bigger compacity than in the android phones. this is why they last longer. we have the option of carrying a spare battery or 2 or 10 to go without charging you dont have that with iphones.
and finally if your android phone is crashing than blame the maker of the phone because a well programmed android phone doesnt crash. my droid was up 228 hours before it crashed and it was netflix that crashed it not android.
if you want to be an apple fanboy thats cool just come with some true facts next time and we might listen.

LOVEICECREAMSANDWICH

I wonder if the phone comes in STRAWBERRY OR CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA OR MAYBE NEAPOLITAN
Anonymous

My guess is the rom is real but the eBay story is fake.
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Balls

why is the home button on the right?! GAH another button setup to get used to

KevinC

wtf are you talking about, it’s a nexus s. it’s always been like that.

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d2user

Even shooting the video without help: there has 2 be a way to keep things in focus and keep the whole phone in the viewfinder while recording. Not impressed. Even though looking forward to ICS
http://www.getintonursing.com/ Jon

The really great and understated thing about Ice Cream Sandwich, is that Google will once again return to releasing the source code to the world. They skipped doing so with Honeycomb, because they didn’t want everyone shoe horning a tablet OS onto phones when it wasn’t designed or quite ready to work on phones.

So they held back the source code and to this day have not released Honeycomb source. That’s why some Honeycomb ROM ports have experienced some difficulty.

Ice Cream sandwich should change that and hopefully we will see the next Cyanogen Mod skipping Honeycomb and going directly to Ice Cream Sandwich. That means a lot of current devices will be graced with Ice Cream sandwich.
http://www.getintonursing.com/ Jon

The really great and understated thing about Ice Cream Sandwich, is that Google will once again return to releasing the source code to the world. They skipped doing so with Honeycomb, because they didn’t want everyone shoe horning a tablet OS onto phones when it wasn’t designed or quite ready to work on phones.

So they held back the source code and to this day have not released Honeycomb source. That’s why some Honeycomb ROM ports have experienced some difficulty.

Ice Cream sandwich should change that and hopefully we will see the next Cyanogen Mod skipping Honeycomb and going directly to Ice Cream Sandwich. That means a lot of current devices will be graced with Ice Cream sandwich.
http://www.getintonursing.com/ Jon

It’s very Honeycomb-ish

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