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Android 2.4 Coming In April On ViewSonic ViewPad 4 First To have.here is Specs for the ViewSonic’s ViewPad 4:
Android 2.4,Adobe Flash 10.1,720 HD Video Recording & Playback,HDMI 720p Output,5 Meg Camera with Autofocus,Bluetooth 2.1,WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,4.1? Multi-Touch Display.

It looks like there is a possibility that we could at least see one handset sporting “Ice Cream” or “Ice Cream Sandwich” in April before the Gingerbread updates roll out, “if” they even roll out. That’s a crazy thought, isn’t it? In an exclusive interview with Pocket-lint, ViewSonic has stated that their ViewPad 4 smartphone will come packed running Android 2.4 upon launch, which will be sometime in April. Supposedly, the update will allow for some of those Honeycomb elements we heard Mr. Andrew Kovacs mention, which we should see trickle down onto smartphones.
According to sources at Pocket-lint, 2.4 is being released to ensure that dual-core apps customized for Honeycomb (3.0) have the ability to function with single core devices. And get this, it will still be called Gingerbread! Huh? That’s right, according to those same sources, the current Gingerbread 2.3 doesn’t make this possible. This is why we could see a big push for 2.4 on mobile devices ahead of Android 2.3. It looks like this could be the single cause as to why we are seeing a slow implementation of the 2.3 Gingerbread update on devices other than the Nexus S.
The source states:“It’s to ensure compatibility with dual-core apps,” …. “it will still be called Gingerbread.”
So, there you have it folks, it looks like aside from the Nexus S, it’s as though 2.3 wasn’t even really supposed to roll out on devices, but instead the Android 2.4 update is the significant one, as it bridges the gap for us, allowing for those Honeycomb elements to arrive on smartphones and allow those dual core apps to run on single core phones.
The folks over at Phandroid had similar news to corroborate this on Friday:“We’ve just gotten word from a trusted source that Google has begun building a new branch of code – being called GRI17 (Gingerbread post-Honeycomb, aka “Ice Cream”) – that aims to bring some of the new elements found in Honeycomb over to phones.”The source at ViewSonic states:
“This latest update to the ViewSonic Europe ViewPad range will position the device as one of the first multi-media handsets to be supported by Google’s new operating system,”
So, the hardest part will be waiting for all of this to pan out, in my opinion. But don’t worry gang, we’ll keep digging to feed you the goods on this as best we as can. One thing is for sure though, Android is certainly going to get a lot more exciting for consumers over the next several months. And as I have stated many times in previous posts, what the heck is an iPhone?

[via talkandroid]