Droid RAZR Maxx could steal the limelight in the Motorola booth. Expect it to continue the thin tradition re-booted with the launch of the Droid RAZR in Q4 '11.

4 reasons why Android Tablets are failing. And why that may soon change with the introduction of the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire.

By releasing Android 4 first on Nexus, Google gets the OS into the hands of early adopters--such as my Android-loving self--who then in essence test the bejesus out of the thing. Bugs are reported. Issues are discovered. The inevitable updates begin to roll out.

ICS portends a new, slick design direction for Google. It's right on the money. Sure, there are minor inconsistencies. And not many apps yet take advantage of new features available via ICS, but that will change quickly. As a flagship device, it's a smart alternative to the iPhone 4S.

One publishing house told me, "Android is driven by a community of hacktivists, rooters, and freeloaders - you don't build a nice house in that neighborhood."

Which tablet or e-reader is best for reading? We put four to the test in this comparison, based on the Kindle version of -- you guessed it -- the new Steve Jobs biography.

Time is money, and the faster I can get data onto our Macs and PCs in the non-linear suite for post production, the better. For us, USB 3.0 is a must, as is FW on the Macs.

If you thought the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was a big deal, wait for the Android army of 2012 to blow us all away. Start with the processor. Look for Androids like the HTC Edge to make a splash packing quad-cores.

RIM is in a world of hurt. One could argue that tablets should be the last thing they should be worrying about. Their bread and butter business -- messaging smartphones -- is getting crushed by Apple iOS and Google Android.

Unlike other parts of the country, Silicon Valley is doing relatively well. Job growth is respectable, unemployment is in check, and that iconic symbol of innovation, the startup, is surely in vogue.