As most on the forum know by now the OTA3 update for the ThinkPad Tablet began rolling out across the U.S. last night and by now most have received the update.   This 'upgrade' of our tablet's operating system was long awaited and started rolling out overseas a few weeks ago.  With the update the ThinkPad Tablet has moved to a full Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich OS and that brings lots of nice goodies for us ThinkPad Tablet-ers.   In case you've been living under a rock for the past 6 months Here's a rundown of some of the new features you'll find in Ice Cream Sandwich for the TPT.   In addition to these basic features which are all parts of the general Android 4.0 platform, the ThinkPad Tablet benefits in a number of unique ways because of the built-in digitizer and the new drivers and built-in stylus support that Android 4.0 brings to the tablet.

So here in no particular order are some of the many, many improvements and additions you'll find in Android 4.0.   Please feel free to chime in the comments and let us know what new abilities, features and improvements you're finding during your daily use of your TPT.

1. Refined, Evolved User Interface
2. Multitasking
3. Improved Notifications
4. Home Screen Folders and Favorites Tray
5. Resizable Widgets
6. New Lock Screen Actions
7. Swipe To Dismiss Notifications, Tasks and Browser Tabs
8. Improved Text Input and Spell Checking
9. Powerful Voice Input Engine
10. Control Over Network Data
11. New Accessibility Options
12. New People App
13. Unified Calendar, Visual Voicemail
14. New Camera capabiltiies
15. Redesigned Gallery App With Photo Editor
16. Live Effects For Video
17. Sharing With Screenshots
18. Google Chrome Boomarks
19. Improved Email
20. Android Beam For NFC-based Sharing
21. Face Unlock
22. Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP
23. A Unified Developer Framwork

And much much more...   So dive in folks, join in on the discussion and let us know what you think of the Android 4.0 update for the ThinkPad Tablet. 

Got the ICS update OTA up here in Canada on Monday.

Regards,
Charles

Dam kick Americans while they down

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Got the notification this morning. Have a SC firmware (China mainland). Not sure yet if I want to install it, got root and CWM.

For some reason the forums lost my update to my previous post...so I will just make it a new post:

I discovered that after installing the Chrome Browser somehow my display time-out function was restored to operational status....I am not sure why this would fix anything but it does seem to have done so. Now if only I could find another app to install that will fix the delay in waking up the tablet.

FYI: I have shut down and re-started several times now...with no effect. I was even contemplating a complete device reset back to factory defaults.

I downloaded and installed the update yesterday and now I am finding that something is killing my battery life.  I haven't changed the frequency of syncing for email etc and I have notifications turned off.  Anyone else having trouble?

Unrelated, does anyone know whether it is possible to do screenshots now that it is ICS?  I am not confident enough to root my tablet.

Thanks.

The screenshot is achieved in ICS by pressing volume down and power at the same time, is really a timing thing. You will know when you are successful when the screenshot shows. But we risk our flimsy buttons.

IT Service Professional - I Just Want a Device to be Productive

See the guide for installing OTA3 (ICS) Here. It has links to downloading the update files manually, then you can install through recovery.

ker2 reported a significant performance improvement after a factory reset, but did not mention anything about battery improvement. I am showing excessive battery drain as well and have taken a performance hit, so I am planning a factory reset, when I have time today or tomorrow.

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