HTC Flyer is not getting ICS based on latest announcement - HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/09/htcs-first-ics-update/
Those that will get it by end of the year:
Update: HTC's US Facebook page also announced the update, and added the Rezound, Vivid, Amaze 4G and EVO Design 4G to the list of devices that should receive ICS later this year.

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Not to contradict what you’re saying but. The HTC US Facebook page is saying “coming later this year “ for some devices and to “Stay tuned for more updates on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks”
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084

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Kudzus said:
Not to contradict what you’re saying but. The HTC US Facebook page is saying “coming later this year “ for some devices and to “Stay tuned for more updates on Ice Cream Sandwich releases in the coming weeks”
http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
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I'm crossing my finger that Flyer 3G will get it because I want the phone function that is missing in Honeycomb.

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it will surely get ICS.. coz devices with lower specs are also getting it..... even desire s and incredible s r getting it....

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nikhiltanwar said:
it will surely get ICS.. coz devices with lower specs are also getting it..... even desire s and incredible s r getting it....
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It has nothing to do with the specs. It has to do with the number of people that will complain and whether HTC wants to keep those people happy.
There are tons more phones out there than there are tablets. Also, HTC probably lost a lot of money on the Flyer and made money on the phones.
If HTC was working on ICS for the Flyer, why would it just not say so?
I think HTC thinks they just released Honeycomb for us and that we should be happy with that.
I'm not optimistic.

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ICS needs to come to the Flyer and View tablets. Cheap phones shouldn't take priority over well made tablets. Phones are just small devices u drop, misplace, break, and replace. I go through phones like crazy (not really), but I actually take care of my tablet. HTC should see that quite a few people are tuning into the Flyer and View since the firesales. Sucks that they lost money, but the upside is that HTC now has more tablets in more households. That's potential profit off of software and content- like Amazon's approach. HTC just needs to pump out some more weather widgets and make their money back. We are ready to consume and purchase some content, but we would be more apt to do so on ICS.

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The Jetstream also isn't listed, and given the price tag that has been attached to it, and it's current position as HTC's premier tablet, one would really think it would definitely see ICS. Since it's not listed, that leads me to believe that the list of devices that will be upgraded in the OP's link isn't a complete device list, but rather just their phone list. So I wouldn't rule out the Flyer/View/Jetstream receiving ICS based upon that particular list.

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HTC has bigger problems. They are losing market share and falling behind. They were number one for a long time , but have been passed by Samsung and Motorola and left as road kill. Sales and profit are down and fixing old devices up with new software doesn't add to sales or profit.

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bsweetness said:
The Jetstream also isn't listed, and given the price tag that has been attached to it, and it's current position as HTC's premier tablet, one would really think it would definitely see ICS. Since it's not listed, that leads me to believe that the list of devices that will be upgraded in the OP's link isn't a complete device list, but rather just their phone list. So I wouldn't rule out the Flyer/View/Jetstream receiving ICS based upon that particular list.
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I like your point dude! That might just be the case! Hoping for the best!

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Bear in mind too that its not just a matter of ICS, its Sense as well. They've already started on a version of Sense 4 for phones, which presumably is built upon ICS. I would guess that once you've done the ground work for one set of phones, porting it to others is the lesser job.
However creating an updated version of Sense for tablet on ICS is a whole new job. Its a lot harder to create a new version of sense that it is to port an existing one.
Hence my guess is that if ICS for Flyers is going to happen, it'll be after the phone rollouts, at least partially behind anyway.

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There's no point in not giving us an ICS update. The point of ICS is to match the OS on phones & tablets. As a manufacturer, why wouldn't you update your only 2 tablets? Who cares about how many they've sold, or if they lost money. If HTC want to keep customers they'll do it. When my contract is up, I'll upgrade to another tablet, hopefully another HTC. I like them more than my laptop, plus i don't need a smartphone since I do all my data functions on my Flyer. If HTC want to keep me as a customer, at the least, they better do the right thing! For a company losing money they can't afford to lose customers

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Are those photos from somekind tablet? or? This is sense 4.0 but as can you se there are ics buttons on top? Maybe for our flyers?

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bsweetness said:
The Jetstream also isn't listed, and given the price tag that has been attached to it, and it's current position as HTC's premier tablet, one would really think it would definitely see ICS. Since it's not listed, that leads me to believe that the list of devices that will be upgraded in the OP's link isn't a complete device list, but rather just their phone list. So I wouldn't rule out the Flyer/View/Jetstream receiving ICS based upon that particular list.
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I wouldn't take the absence of the Jetstream on the list as any indicator either way of what is going to happen with the Flyer. The Jetstream is AT&T only. And as anyone on AT&T knows, they are agonizingly slow to release ROMs, and the ROMs often come long after updates arrive for other similar devices on other carriers. Even if the Jetstream gets ICS, I would fully expect it to show up long after other devices.
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R23PO said:
ICS needs to come to the Flyer and View tablets. Cheap phones shouldn't take priority over well made tablets. Phones are just small devices u drop, misplace, break, and replace. I go through phones like crazy (not really), but I actually take care of my tablet.
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The full (unsubsidized) price for a flagship-spec HTC phone is almost the same as the Flyer when it was released. For instance the Vivid is $550 versus $600 for the Flyer. Rezound ($650) is actually is more than the Flyer "full price". More importantly, HTC sells vastly more phones than it does tablets. I suspect tablets make a tiny percentage of HTC's profits, and that's not going to change anytime soon. Besides, HTC phones are well-made also, not just their tablets.
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android167 said:
Are those photos from somekind tablet? or? This is sense 4.0 but as can you se there are ics buttons on top? Maybe for our flyers?
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Something is wrong with the pics in our post. But I happened to see the "leaked" pis of Sense 4.0 in other places. Its from the HTC Enveavor, which is a phone. Albeit one with a beefy screen size (4.7") and resolution (1280 x 720).
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/13/htc-endeavor-specs-revealed/