Korean smartphone maker Samsung has revealed its plans for rolling out the latest version of Android across its Galaxy range.

The update for the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will start in the first few months of 2012, with other Galaxy devices following shortly behind. Samsung has confirmed that the devices eligible for upgrade are:
• Galaxy S II
• Galaxy S II LTE
• Galaxy Note
• Galaxy R
• Galaxy Tab 10.1
• Galaxy Tab 8.9
• Galaxy Tab 7.7
• Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

You may have noticed one or two glaring omissions from the list, the original Galaxy S and the 7” Galaxy Tab. At the moment we are not sure whether the rollout is delayed for these devices, or simply not happening.

Samsung will make a separate announcement of the update for each market as there will be a delay if you have a network-branded device.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is a mash-up of Gingerbread and Honeycomb with some additional features thrown in too. The idea behind the new OS is to bring combine the best bits from the tablet and smartphone OS’ to create one platform optimised for both devices.

Ice Cream Sandwich brings all sorts of new things such as NFC Support, People App, Face Unlock, Android Beam, Google Talk, and much more.