HTC and Samsung detail Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades

Upgrades rolling out soon, but availability will depend upon network operators

Smartphone makers HTC and Samsung have both disclosed upgrades to the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform will be coming soon for their respective handsets.

With user interest still high in the latest version of Google's mobile platform, Samsung has begun answering queries on Twitter. One response divulged that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will start rolling out for its Galaxy S II smartphone from the start of next week.

Samsung also promised that "ICS for Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II LTE, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon."

Meanwhile, HTC has posted an update to its official blog listing handsets that will be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future.

The list includes models such as the Desire S and Incredible S, with HTC stating it is in "the early stages of rolling out Android 4.0 for the HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE and upgrades will be more widely available in the next few weeks".

However, many users have already posted comments querying the absence of models such as the HTC Flyer tablet from the list.

"We are working closely with our carrier partners to nail down update schedules for our other smartphones and will have more to share very soon," the HTC blog stated.

Both Samsung and HTC warned that although the upgrades are now starting to roll out, it will be up to the individual network operators in each country to approve the updates and make them available to customers, so users may have to be patient for a little while longer.