Comparing ICS with older. Sensation 4g

What's Different? I am seeing nothing posted on comparing the old with the new. so I thought I would get into some of the things and let you know my experience

1. upgrading went without a hitch. downloaded and installed. was as simple as that

2. after install I got hammered with "this app wants permission to access". some of them didn't respond when I clicked on them on the notification area...Facebook app said it had to force close every time I did it. I went into the app store and found out there was a facebook update. after the update facebook stopped with the permissions thing. I got random permission requests as I played with it. I would think they eventually will disappear.

3. all my apps seemed to be OK with the update. K9 still works and still redirects webpages to its own version of firefox. play store is fine. my wireless settings transfered, my call records transfered over, my text messages where all there.



so whats different?

1. the look. You get some nice different styles of text. the loading bar is a circle that I get mesmorized each time I look at it and wonder how the white becomes white again. the notification area looks smoother. the notification icons on the top are clearer. the overall appearance just looks refreshed.

2. there are shortcut buttons on the bottom that are static. This means you can have 4 fav apps always avail to touch no matter what screen you are on. they can be changed just as if they where on the device screen.

3.The feeling for the device just feels smoother. I tap on something and it reacts...no "did I tap on it right?"

4.instead of dragging down an app to remove it you now drag up

5. to make a folder you can just drag an icon to another icon and make a folder.

6. the folder isn't just a simple vanilla folder but a transparent folder with tiny icon representing what is inside.

7. HTC weather now when you open it you don't get just a simple today forcast but a 3 day forcast without having to click on the box...great

8. the settings have changed a little. It looks better.


after looking through it for 15 mins this is all I came up with.

overall I am impressed. It looks fantstic and feels very much like I got a fresh new phone in an old jacket.

Thanks Google!