Summary: New Features of Ice Cream Sandwich * This version supports both tablets and phones * Just like Honeycomb, it supports on-screen only buttons * Widgets are resizable (a feature already in many 3rd party launcher replacements) * The app drawer has been reconfigured to have a widgets tab * Folder creation works like iOS * Screenshots via the power button + volume down button * Notifications are richer and include music controls, also can be dismissed with a swipe like CyanogenMod * Text selection and copy/paste has been improved * Face Unlock * Unlock screen now allows you to jump into apps * Quick response now available for incoming calls so you can deny the call with a cookie-cutter text message or create your own text * Voice to text has been improved, is much quicker and now supports continuous dictation * Browser now supports tabs and lets you easily switch to the desktop version of a site * Contacts are now People and it is much more tightly integrated with Google+, Facebook, and Twitter * Google+ supports video Hangouts, not sure if this is backwards compatible because it is a feature of the new Google+ app * Data Usage is tracked on a per-app basis, both app use and background data tracked separately * Users can create warnings and hard limits on data usage * Camera: image stabilization, face detection, panorama, time lapse, and some cool one-click touch-ups * NFC “bump” capability to share information * New multitasking interface like Honeycomb’s * Honeycomb’s calendar widget * Live video effects processed by the GPU * Wi-Fi Direct enables devices to directly connect without a router and transmit information at extremely fast * Bluetooth HDP (Health Device Profile) enables connectivity to a new generation of health devices * Distinct tool types of input (stylus, finger, mouse, and eraser) * 5-button mouse support * Hover-enter and hover-exit events * Support for game controllers (USB and Bluetooth) * Finally enhanced accessibility: * during setup the user can draw a clockwise square starting with the top left corner and the setup will change to accessibility mode * explore-by-touch mode changes input to the first touch announcing the object and touching the object again registers as the action
