HTC to give sneak peek of Sense-coated ICS to a few lucky Europeans

HTC's already said it plans on handing out ICS treats in late March, but the Taiwanese mobile sensation wants to give a selected few the chance to join an early taste test. The Ice Cream Sandwich party is a fairly exclusive affair, with HTC restricting admission to those of you living in the EU and rockin' a Sensation or its Beats-sporting XE variant. The outfit's given no further deets as to how it'll spread the goods -- and to how many more handsets -- or if the teaser will ever make its way to US-based folks. Regardless, we're sure you're hoping to be amongst the chosen ones -- and please do hit us up if at any point you're surprised by a tasty 4.0 update.

source: phonescoop

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HTC’s first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call first dibs

Ice Cream Sandwich is slowly trickling out to the masses, but we’re still waiting on the major phone vendors to come out with their own tweaks of the latest Android dessert. We’ve known that HTC’s busy plugging away at its Sense-ified version of Android 4.0, but the company’s finally ready to start discussing specifics. According to the outfit’s UK Facebook page, the update will begin rolling out to the HTC Sensation and Sensation XE by the end of March, with the Sensation XL following suit. Additionally, owners of the EVO 3D, Incredible S, Desire S and Desire HD still haven’t been forgotten, but their long-awaited upgrades to Ice Cream Sandwich will come sometime “later this year.” That sure narrows down the timeframe. Hopefully we won’t have to wait until the end of March to officially cast our eyes on the new Sense, as we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’ll see some ICS love in new devices at Mobile World Congress later this month.

source: gadgetcom

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