The The CyanogenMOD team yesterday posted an update on the progress being made on CyanogenMod 9 which will use Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as its base. It is already running on some devices including the Nexus S. Other early candidates include devices using OMAP4, MSM8660/7X30, and Exynos processors as well as some Tegra 2 tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. The plan is to eventually offer support “to all CM7 devices back to the QSD8250 series of devices such as the Nexus One.” One device that has not made the cut though is the original DROID.
The update also suggests that the team has come up against a few challenges. “Google has made some pretty major changes to the Android framework that break compatibility with older proprietary camera and graphics drivers in order to achieve some pretty insane performance, but I am confident that the team will be able to overcome these issues like we have in the past.”
CM9 also promises a number of enhancements including “a completely overhauled music app, a new file manager, and a new launcher based on stock 4.0.”
As the team indicates, “things are slowly starting to come together.” The team originally expected to have CM9 out roughly two months after the release of Android 4.0 and this updates does not suggest that this timeline has slipped. More CM9 updates are promised as more progress is made.