Samsung Galaxy S may get ICS after all

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In journalese, this is known as a reverse ferret. Just before Christmas we brought you news Samsung was updating its line of Galaxy devices to Android Ice Cream Sandwich next year, with the S and Ace being notable omissions. Well now comes word it'll do everything it can to bolt ICS onto the S, Pocketnow reports.

Looks like Christmas could come late for those Galaxy S owners.

We contacted Samsung for comment at the time as to why it was leaving out the Galaxy S, and it never got back to us. According to Pocketnow, the reason the S wouldn't get ICS was because of its Touchwiz UI -- Samsung's own software it put on the device.

Now it seems customer uproar has caused the Korean firm to reconsider. It's investigating ways of making Ice Cream Sandwich work on the S, which just goes to show, complaining really can make a difference. This news comes direct from Korean site AJNews -- we did go to check out the original source link, but were warned the site contains malware, so we won't include the link.

A host of Samsung's devices, including all sizes of Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note will get ICS early next year. Sony Ericsson is also upgrading its handsets before March, but LG is taking a more relaxed attitude, to put it nicely. It won't start upgrading until April, with some having to wait until September -- that's almost a year after the software launched. Which we think is a bit unreasonable, as do some of LG's customers. Here's hoping LG listens to its customers like Samsung did its.

When are you due an upgrade to ICS? And can it come soon enough? Maybe you've already upgraded -- if so, how's it going? Let us know on our Facebook page, or in the comments below.

Update: Samsung may offer an 'Android value pack' for the Galaxy S, that'll bring enhancements but not the full Ice Cream Sandwich treatment, Korean website Duam reports. Apparently the update will bring improved web surfing, better multitasking, new widgets, tweaks to the camera, and more. We've contacted Samsung for clarification, we'll let you know as soon as we hear back. 

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