Ice Cream Sandwich Now Available for Sony Xperia S

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Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for Sony Xperia S handsets. Many were disappointed when the Xperia S launched with Gingerbread and not Ice Cream Sandwich, but as promised Sony has delivered an ICS update for their flagship device and it's rolling out now. The update brings all the usual ICS features, but in addition Sony has added a few new programs of their own called Walkman, Album, and Movies. Check out this excerpt from Sony's release announcement detailing the new apps.

First off, we’re excited to introduce a completely new way to experience your media – your music, images, videos, movies and films – with our new “WALKMAN”, “Album” and “Movies” applications:

• The “WALKMAN” application blends the best of signature Sony audio technology with social features; to discover the music your friends like and share personal favorites. Facebook integration gives you a visual way to interact with content – accessing album art, artist images and information, directly from Gracenote®
• The “Album” application brings new intuitive ways to sort and browse high quality photos and videos in blazing speed, as well as providing instant viewing, commenting and sharing of photos on Facebook and other online albums, leveraging the great camera capabilities of Xperia S
• The “Movies” application streamlines the playback and viewing of movies in high quality audio and video, whilst using intelligent database search to grab movie posters and information for a richer experience

You can see Sony's full release announcement here.

The update is currently rolling out over the air and is about 200mb in size, so wi-fi is recommended. To force the update go to settings>about phone>system updates. Let us know what you think about the update in the forums.

Source: Slash Gear and Sony Mobile