Andy Rubin:Android 4.0 to be open sourced by year end

The H reports that the source code for Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") will be released a few weeks after the recently announced Galaxy Nexus smartphone starts shipping, according to Google's Andy Rubin. "Code-named 'Ice Cream Sandwich' (ICS), Android 4.0 was first revealed yesterday (19 October) alongside the new Nexus device, at a joint Google and Samsung event. The new version of the mobile operating system includes features from both the current phone version, 2.3.x "Gingerbread', and the tablet version, 3.x 'Honeycomb'. While it will reportedly work on both large- and small-screen devices, it was only demonstrated on the Galaxy Nexus smartphone."