Sony employee claims Android 4.0 Xperia update coming 1st week of Jan 2012

A Sony employee in South East Asia is claiming that the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for Xperia handsets is due in the first week of January 2012. This goes against last week’s news, where SE Italy said that it will be coming by March 2012. Siddharth Sai G, the Sony employee, said he’s confused by that March date, but reconfirmed that some are saying to him it is scheduled for January.

He revealed the information in a number of tweets, including the fact that the update will be a “skinless” version of ICS, with no “OEM themed release” planned. If true, could this mean SE will be using a close-to-stock version of ICS? We think it’s unlikely but SE has already made great steps this year not to bog down Android for the 2011 devices which has meant fast updates from the manufacturer. See the timeline of tweets below, however take any rumoured date with a pinch of salt.

Via Twitter.

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