Samsung thinks a ‘Value Pack’ will be a good ICS option for the Galaxy S and Tab

Posted by + on December 28, 2011, filed in: News

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There are only a few times when I see the words ‘Value Pack’ that I take a look. When I am buying meat at Safeway, and when I am shopping at Costco. When I hear value pack when it relates to a phone, I think ‘Cheap easy way out that will leave you dissatisfied and disgruntled.’ That’s just my opinion. The latest news out of Korea regarding any hope and dreams of Ice Cream Sandwich landing on the flagship Galaxy S or Galaxy Tab has been drastically reduced to a Value Pack.

We can only hope that the streamline version will receive a new name by the time it gets around to landing on devices. Hopefully they can pull something descent off. I fear that it will just be a themed version of Android, offering the ICS blues and tints to Touch-Wiz. So much of what is ICS is locked into the AOSP code. Don’t expect to see the cool Rolodex widgets or task manager.

What is your thoughts on this potential approach? Is Samsung taking an easy way out to say ‘Something is better than nothing’? Looking for a little way to ease the pain of loyal Galaxy S owners? I know a Value Pack won’t make me happy in the slightest. Thankfully we have developers for taking over where the OEMs continuously fail.

Source: Unwiredview

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5 Responses

  1. Chahk says:
    28 December, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    The only reason I’d want Samsung to work on ICS for Galaxy Tab/S devices is so that the devs behind the CM9 port could get their hands on the actual kernel sources for these devices.

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    • Joseph DeProspero says:
      28 December, 2011 at 2:04 pm

      Exactly…I solely rely & support Developers. I actually choose what device I am getting based on source code & devs working on that device. Galaxy Tab was a gift.

      Reply
  2. Tony says:
    28 December, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    Value Pack sounds like those batteries you buy in a 10 pack for 2.99 because you (“I” was) were to cheap to buy the two pack of Duracell AA batteries that actually cost $2.99.

    I really don’t know why ICS for the Galaxy S is such an issue. AT&T just rolled out Froyo to us like 6 months ago. Do you actually think that we’ll ever really see Ice Cream Sandwich before we ever see Gingerbread?

    Reply
  3. AndroidSPIN » Samsung: ” No plans for Ice Cream Sandwich at all for the Galaxy S line.” says:
    3 January, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    [...] pegs the Galaxy S as dead in the water after all. We heard a rumor that they might be working on a ‘Value Pack’ of ICS, but that seems to also be false. Seems as though Samsung has absolutely no plans to make any [...]

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  4. Samsung: “No plans for Ice Cream Sandwich at all for the Galaxy S line.” « Android flash says:
    3 January, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    [...] pegs the Galaxy S as dead in the water after all. We heard a rumor that they might be working on a ‘Value Pack’ of ICS, but that seems to also be false. Seems as though Samsung has absolutely no plans to make any [...]

    Reply

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