Ice Cream Sandwich: A Deep-Dive Tour With Android’s Chief Engineer

Interesting article on Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/ice-cream-sandwich-hands-on/

some excerpts for the lazy:

A Revamped User Interface

“Frankly, there’s something I’ve heard people say about
Android for a while,” Lockheimer tells me inside Google HQ on Wednesday. “It’s a
cool OS, but it’s a bit rough around the edges.”

 

Faster Photography

My discussion with Lockheimer slowly segues to Ice Cream
Sandwich’s launch vehicle, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and its camera features. In
terms of raw specs, the camera is no beast; at 5 megapixels, it’s about par for
the smartphone course. But for this camera, Lockheimer
says, pixels aren’t the point.