Google serves up Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy Nexus

Google gave its customers two launches in one when it unveiled its highly anticipated Ice Cream sandwich operating system, along with an all new smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus, which it says “takes the smartphone to beyond smart”.

The phone, developed in conjunction with South Korean technology giant Samsung, is also the first designed to run Android 4.0.

“Beaming a video with a single tap or unlocking a device with only a smile sounds like science fiction. Now, you can actually do these things (and more) with a phone that fits in the palm of your hand”, said Andy Rubin, Google’s Senior Vice President, Mobile.