"When musicians try playing in ensembles for the first time, there are layers of discoveries and challenges that they go through which I think are directly analogous to what happens in the work environment."

Galaxy Nexus is currently the darling of the Android smartphone set. Stylish, super-fast, powerful. Hands down, this is the phone to get for the technophile. It's the only new phone that can be bought running Google's brand Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Sitting unused, the Nexus battery inexplicably lost 15% of its charge in less than an hour.

Devices confirmed include: Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7, and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

Here's some top rated iPad 2 alternatives. All the tablets mentioned here are brand new models, introduced in 2011, and none require a two-year commitment with a carrier such as Verizon or T-Mobile.

The curvaceous Nexus is the first to run Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Think of it as Android all grown up. Refined, slick and pretty are not words you'd normally associate with Google's market leading OS.

I will tell you this: I absolutely refuse to be one of those Crazy Prius Greeners holding up traffic in the fast lane, cruising 10mph below the speed limit. Well, actually, make that "pulse and gliding" resulting in erratic speeds anywhere from 5-15mph below the speed limit.

If you have yet to buy a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the flagship Android phone (for at least a few weeks), then you might want to check out the deal Amazon is now running. As in half off deal. 50% less kind of deal.

This is what I love about the cloud, and Google especially. In goes a new sim card into a Nexus ($289 with two year contract) and minutes later: Voila! All contacts, email, calendar and apps synced.

The Final Three: Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, VW Passat. If I absolutely had to choose one, and I could not pick the new silver Prius in our garage (the new V was on the shortlist), I would go with the...