Is Ice Cream Sandwich the next big thing?

In the next few months an Android phone running the operating system called Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be released to the public,  but maybe one unsuspecting eBay user got a rare sneak peak.

Tech site Engadget received some anonymous photos and a videos  from a tipster who ordered a Samsung Nexus S on eBay and after it arrived  noticed it didn't look like the phone that was ordered.  When he went to the "About" screen he discovered the phone was running the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Engadget talks about all the technical details of the video and photos:

We can see plenty of influence from both Gingerbread and Honeycomb here, as well as four shortcuts on the bottom (a definite bump from the two found on vanilla 2.3). There is a new Google Apps icon which opens up a tray containing a number of featured services put out by the search giant, and long-pressing the home button brings up a vertical Honeycomb-style multitasking menu. The notification bar, camera UI, and other menus also have a much different look. Granted, all of this could just be a custom ROM built to emulate the latest Google dessert.  We can't be a full hundred percent certain that it's authentic. If it's not, at least we can give credit for it being incredibly elaborate..

The eBay user later told Engadget that his phone was shut off and locked remotely.

It appears that "Ice Cream Sandwich" is a weird name but the Android versions have all been named after desserts.. The first phone was named Cupcake, followed by Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich(ICS) is the latest version to be released.  It is largely thought that the ICS will be a bigger step forward from the previous versions.