Lenovo is planning to release an
Android 4.0 update for its
enterprise-geared ThinkPad Tablet
in the second quarter of this year.
That's the word from PCWorld,
which unfortunately wasn't able
to nail down a more specific ETA.
Still, if thenumerous
improvements Ice Cream
Sandwich brought to Asus's
Transformer Prime are any
indication, it should be a
worthwhile wait for owners of
the Lenovo device — which just
saw a3G-enabled hardware
revision back in November. By the
same token, we would hope that
some extra time in the oven will
helpprevent update hiccups
experienced by many Transformer
Prime users from making their
way to the ThinkPad Tablet.
Sadly, we already know Lenovo
will have had to forgo one Ice
Cream Sandwich feature in the
update process: without built-in
NFC support, Android Beam is a
no-go. That's not to say there
aren't other options: in lieu of
beaming, you can always use the
digitizer pen bundled with select
models (and sold separately) to
jot down info.
Android 4.0 update for its
enterprise-geared ThinkPad Tablet
in the second quarter of this year.
That's the word from PCWorld,
which unfortunately wasn't able
to nail down a more specific ETA.
Still, if thenumerous
improvements Ice Cream
Sandwich brought to Asus's
Transformer Prime are any
indication, it should be a
worthwhile wait for owners of
the Lenovo device — which just
saw a3G-enabled hardware
revision back in November. By the
same token, we would hope that
some extra time in the oven will
helpprevent update hiccups
experienced by many Transformer
Prime users from making their
way to the ThinkPad Tablet.
Sadly, we already know Lenovo
will have had to forgo one Ice
Cream Sandwich feature in the
update process: without built-in
NFC support, Android Beam is a
no-go. That's not to say there
aren't other options: in lieu of
beaming, you can always use the
digitizer pen bundled with select
models (and sold separately) to
jot down info.