Sorry Galaxy S owners — even though your device has a near-identical spec sheet to the ICS-friendly Nexus S, Samsung has announced on their corporate blog (http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/2043) that the company's first Galaxy device won't be getting the offical bump to Android 4.0.
The original Galaxy S isn't the only one to get the snub, as the 7-inch Galaxy Tab won't be able to join in the fun either.
It looks like TouchWiz deserves most of the blame here — according to Samsung Tomorrow, neither device has enough RAM or ROM to accomodate TouchWiz and all of its Samsung-designed accoutrements without affecting the quality of use. Considering that the myriad U.S. variants of the Galaxy S run with similar hardware, it's doubtful that all you hold-outs with your Captivates and Epic 4Gs will get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich either, lest you shell out for some new devices.
So what's a Galaxy S loyalist to do? Well, if you're dead set against swapping handsets and you dislike TouchWiz anyway (like me (http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/14/samsung-please-dont-ruin-ice-cream-sandwich-with-touchwiz/)), there's always the custom ROM route. Once TouchWiz is removed from the picture, the Galaxy S seems totally capable of running a vanilla version of Ice Cream Sandwich without too many headaches. As GSMArena points out (http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s-runs-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-without-breaking-a-sweat-video/), the experience isn't completely without hiccups, but the end result doesn't look too shabby at all.
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