Motorola skipping Ice Cream Sandwich for some devices, worries it'll make them fat

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Despite Motorola's Android 4.0 [rollout schedule][3], not every one of the manufacturer's devices are ready for dessert -- some, the outfit says, will be put on a diet. "Obviously we want the new release to _improve_ our devices," the company said in a recent blog post, "If we determine that can't be done, well, then we're not able to upgrade that particular device." Handsets that are [bogged down][4] by Ice Cream Sandwich simply won't get an update. Even so, Motorola affirms that it's working closely with Google to keep its hardware up to date.

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