How tablets will Look Like in 2012

Operating System

Tablet operating systems will evolve in a big way in 2012. Already, it is known that Android 4.0 called as Ice Cream Sandwich is the mobile operating system that Google is touting as the great unifier between the divergent Android 2.x phone and 3.x tablet platforms.

Asus soon offers a downloadable firmware upgrade for the Transformer Prime, to replace its shipping Android 3.2 OS with Ice Cream Sandwich. But that update would not be available until the beginning of 2012. In the meantime, users can get a glimpse of the new OS via Nvidia's video of Ice Cream Sandwich on the Transformer Prime.

The actual benefits and implications of Ice Cream Sandwich for tablets will bring a new wave; however, no tablet has shipped with Android 4.0 so far. In addition to new tablets carrying Ice Cream Sandwich, some manufacturers have indicated that some of the existing Android tablets will get an update to the new OS.