Android: If you're stuck on a device running 2.3 Gingerbread (or even worse, 2.2 Froyo) and your manufacturer has no plans on upgrading your phone anytime soon, Holo Launcher gives you all of the features available in the stock Ice Cream Sandwich launcher, right now, completely free.


Holo Launcher looks like ICS, but the app supports Android 2.2 and higher. You get the same look and feel as the default ICS launcher though, complete with long-press to edit folder and shortcuts (and their icons), a scrollable dock with up to seven icons on it, multi-touch gestures to launch apps right on the home screen or preview running apps, and ICS icons, logos, and design for your apps and menus.

The app is still under development, and while it's out of beta and available now at Google Play, you can head over to the xda-developers thread to vote on new features and sideload the APK if you choose. What do you think? Is the look and feel of ICS enough to make you replace the launcher you already have, or do you already have ICS anyway? Let us know in the comments.


Holo Launcher | Google Play via xda-developers