First to take two and a third bites from Google's Gingerbread Android OS 2.3 is Vodafone, who is launching the Google/Samsung Nexus S from the 9th of March, a few weeks before it launches Sony's Xperia arc which also comes with the same OS sweetness.
Android OS 2.4, code named Ice Cream, is the successor to relatively recently released Android OS 'Gingerbread' 2.3, and it's due to land at Barcelona's annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week on ViewSonic's new Android smartphone, the Viewpad 4.
Vodafone has done a global deal to launch Google's Nexus S in 24 countries, including Australia, but price and actual availability details are still top secret!
Google has launched its second Nexus phone, based upon Samsung's highly successful 'Galaxy S' range of smartphones, through which it has also brought Android OS 2.3 to the world - likely months before other Android phones will get it.