Google’s tasty Ice Cream Sandwich is here in ‘late October’ according to an online blog, which has apparently disclosed some new breadcrumbs of info.

  <table cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="" align="Right"><tbody><tr><td width="300" height="300"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('http://tbotest.net/smarthouse_oldtest/images/shared/2011091911515131ac3.jpg', 'foo', 'width=470, height=365, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');"><img src="http://tbotest.net/smarthouse_oldtest/images/shared/2011091911515131ac3_300x300.jpg" border="0"></a><br>Click to enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table>Notion Ink chief Rohan Shravan, says Texas Instruments open media application (OMAP) will be the 'preferred platform' of choice for the next wave of devices, citing a definite October  release date, already confirmed by Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman, who recently gave a slightly vague 'October, November' timeline.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Shavran's Notion will be adding the new menu to its tablet 'Adam' in November, he also confirmed.&nbsp;<br><div><br></div><div>OMAP platform is perused by several Nokia, Motorola and Samsung handset devices.&nbsp;<br><div><br></div><div>Google' Ice Cream OS, announced in May, which sandwiches the intelligence of Android Honeycomb 3.1 tablet and Gingerbread smartphone OS in one, 'will also see ICS before Tegra' processors Shavran believes, who similarly ousted Gingerbread details  prior to release.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Although previous web reports have also pointed to a October release, this appears further confirmation of a sooner rather than later release date for one of the most exciting developments for 'Droid's since Honeycomb platform was first debuted.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In terms of which manufacturers will get the fully open source Ice Cream first, Google promises OS updates within the first 18 months for existing handsets, meaning some of the more powerful smartphones will get the release this year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><div class="NFBreak" style=page-break-before:always contenteditable="false">&nbsp;</div>"It's an open invitation; there's no reason not to have everybody in [The Open Handset Alliance] - but I want to hit the ground running, I don't want to take a lot of time on building a list of names." says Andy Rubin, senior vice president of Mobile at Google.      </div>        </div>        </div>