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Wildfire S possibly could as it was released after the Desire.

Original Wildfire is the sticking point

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It may have been released after the Desire but its a cheap entry level android phone, it will not be powerful enough to handle Gingerbread.

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Actually I correct myself

Wildfire S can as it's already got it ;)

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire_s-3777.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Wildfire_S

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Chris must have the older one then, I didn't know that one was still onsale though.

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wildfire S has it

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So its the Wildfire S you have then? As that apparently has Gingerbread on it already (2.3.x)

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Ice Cream Sandwich was launched to day (Ice Cream Sandwich - also known as Android 4.0)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15365354

http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16092370

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And it launches on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Star Trek: Generations anyone?) which should be good for several updates yet, like the Nexus One.

I've been playing with Cyanogenmod on a second-hand Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade). It's pretty sweet, especially the ability to turn it into a wireless hotspot when your VM connection has screwed up!

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I think they should have kept the original name of "Nexus Prime", instead of "Galaxy Nexus".

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I also think Nexus Prime is a better name.

I hope my HTC Sensation gets this update, if HTC don't then it is screw HTC time and i will root it now it has the bootloader unlocked and never buy another HTC.

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I have the HTC Desire S from T-Mobile, is that like to get ICS?

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I haven't seen any announcements from any manufacturers yet, it's probably too early still. I don't know if it's even possible due to hardware requirements.. but the proof is if they can get it running on the Nexus One which is basically the same as the original HTC Desire.

There *are* indications that Cyanogenmod will port Android 4.0 across to supported handsets, that should include the Desire S. Of course, that sort of thing voids your warranty..

Added: I would be careful if poking around the Cyanogenmod site as there's a persistent Javascript-based malware infection on the site. If you use Firefox + NoScript you should be safe enough.

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HTC have issued this (quoted on TechRadar http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...update-1034902)

Have a feeling they are bit miffed that a few bits of what was unique to Sense is in ICS

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I'm sure I read somewhere (I forget where, I look at a LOT of tech stuff) that if your phone is able to run Gingerbread then it should be able to run ICS. So if your phone has a 1 Ghz processor, 512 MB or RAM you may be ok. You may even be alright with lower spec hardware, although of course the experience may not be quite the same...

Speaking from a non XDA Devs point of view as I'm sure you'll see a lot of Android variants done there coming out in due course.

Most manufacturers these days, try to do at least one OS upgrade during the life of your phone, so if it originally shipped with Gingerbread, there's a good chance it may get updated to ICS at some point, it's not always as simple as you might think though as manufacturers tend to put their own proprietary stuff on top of the OS . I.E. Touchwiz, Motoblur, Sense etc.

I'm quite excited about ICS because its the first real step in a unified OS for both the phone & tablet platform, no more forked branches, and greater focus on the whole as a result, plus Matias Duarte the guy who did a lot of WebOs is firmly embedded in the team now, and that's showing in little touches that 'demystify' Android, which is good, as its the OS that's not as intuitive as Windows or IOS. Although at this point, all the OS makers are aiming at Evolution over Revolution.

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I'm hoping once the Galaxy Nexus is released that Google won't be too much longer releasing ICS for the Nexus S as apparently it's been confirmed that it definitely will be coming to that phone (which happens to be my current device :D)