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We may see slower Android release cycles as referenced by both Samsung and Motorola, but what we might see in its place is vendors looking for ways to bust open niche markets.

Take the Amazon Kindle Fire. Apple doesn't have an answer for the entry $199 tablet. For that matter, if you want a portable offering -- 7 inches is a popular size -- then you simply must go Android since the iPad is only available with a 9.7-inch display.

After less than a month on the market you can now score a brand new Samsung Galaxy Nexus for only $99. How low can you go? When it launched the Nexus cost three times that amount.

After the honeymoon phase wears off, I suspect many Nexus pioneers will be pining for the quad-cores that'll appear right around the corner.

Android's UX design chief Matias Duarte weighs in on mobile OS guidelines, competition and the future in an interview on Wired.

All these heavyweights should receive consideration for those who passed the showcase that was the Galaxy Nexus. Ice Cream Sandwich has a high probability (95%+ I'd guess) of shipping stock with this next wave of Androids.

It's not glamorous. Batteries are functional bits we never really think about until... they unexpectedly run out; typically as we're just about to finish a clever Tweet involving Jeremy Clarkson, Paula Deen, and Anthony Bourdain.

One thing I can really appreciate about the Xyboard is the untainted Honeycomb experience. After Samsung's latest update, us tab users were left with crude cartoonish navigation icons; they look like they're designed for grade schoolers - "this - over here - is a house!"

"Differentiation means that you have a choice and the people who are making the phones, they're going to compete on their view of innovation, and they're going to try and convince you that theirs is better than somebody else."

Are quad-core Androids such as the HTC Edge and Samsung Galaxy S III worth waiting for? Or is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus still the smartphone of choice?