Droid Bionic gets Ice Cream Sandwich update

Motorola‘s Droid Bionic is (finally) slated to accept an refurbish to Ice Cream Sandwich, that will be accessible on Oct 19th. This comes when many other dungeon phones are charity users upgrades from ICS to Jelly Bean. The infancy of a Android-using universe is still regulating Gingerbread, however, so Bionic users who ascent will still be a bit forward of a ubiquitous curve.

By upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich, Bionic users will get a accumulation of new features, including a customizable launch bar, Face Unlock, simplified multitasking, softened notifications, and Motorola’s SmartAction app. ICS users will have Direct Access Lock, that lets a users skip directly to possibly a camera, messages, texts, or unlock. In addition, users will be means to emanate folders by drag and dropping apps on tip of any other.

The Droid Bionic facilities a 4.3 in. qHD TFT arrangement with a fortitude of 960×540, as good as a Gorilla Glass conceal to assistance strengthen a screen. The Bionic has both a microUSB and micro HDMI port, as good as a customary 3.5mm headphone port. Its wireless tech includes LTE, EVDO Rev.A, b/g/n Wifi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Some of this smartphone’s best facilities includes a 8MP camera with autofocus and an LED flash, that can record in full HD 1080p, as good as a dual-core 1GHz processor. The Bionic was expelled in 2011. According to a Verizon Facebook page, it will accept a Jelly Bean refurbish “in a entrance months.”

[via Verizon]