Samsung Galaxy Nexus has landed today, but even better you can score it on Amazon for only $199. That's about a 33% discount from the $299 you'd pay at Verizon.

Verizon. $299. December 15. It will be interesting to see if there are major league crowds and line-ups. If the Droid faithful have already given up on Nexus, and upgraded to the Motorola Droid RAZR or HTC Rezound then maybe there won't be much of a scene.

I love my EOS 60D, but the T3i and T2i use the same sensor, and can be had for a song. For example, you can get the T3i plus kit lens for only $712. That, my friends, is insanity. Revel while you can.

We are witnessing the largest upgrade cycle window in Android's young history. There are hundreds of thousands of us Android pioneers who signed up twenty-four months ago on Verizon. Droid Does. We capitulated.

Netflix is a recognized brand, and if the service is offered as part of a service plan, it could signal a sea shift in the way consumers evaluate traditional cell phone carriers. Could it be that Verizon's ultimate competition become massive content distributors such as Amazon?

If it happens, if Apple were to actually reverse Moore's Law, and ship a less svelte tablet, design Gods somewhere will rise up and destroy a small helpless village in Skyrim. It just can not, would not, should not happen. This is tech, right?

According to Amazon's own web site, the Kindle Fire still receives strong reviews. Currently, over 4,700 customers have scored the tablet, which now holds an overall 4 our of 5 star rating. Almost half of them (47%) have rated it a 5.

With hundreds of thousands of first-gen Motorola Droid customers out there, this upgrade cycle is the biggest and arguably most important in Android's short history. Apple is trying to woo as many would-be upgraders with the iPhone 4S, which beat Nexus to market.

The Apple iPad 2 continues to rule the world of tablets. It remains my top tablet pick, and would no doubt make an excellent holiday gift.

Most interesting is the self-service platform that Google has made available. It gives smaller, regional publishers--such as Stark Insider for example--the ability to "design, brand, and customize their web content."