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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich review: Cool, confident, chaotic

The Ice Cream man has finally arrived.

Just two days ago, CNET's San Francisco team got its hands on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the flagship smartphone that's launching Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. More full-on visual revamp than simple update, an OS bump this deep and broad makes (as I've said before) Android 2.3 Gingerbread look like a stale cookie.

Ice Cream Sandwich is ambitious, and packed with such a laundry list of detailed changes, it's easy to drown in the minutiae. For that reason, I'm keeping this review focused on the bigger-picture features that are new to Ice Cream Sandwich. For more detail, the screenshots gallery will be worth several thousand words. Toward the end, you'll also find a list of Ice Cream Sandwich's neater tricks.… Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1567: Galaxy Nexus hands-on, copyright freakout, and Computer Love (Podcast)

On this week's show, Jessica Dolcourt joins us for some hands-on time with the Galaxy Nexus--and that peek is all you get, since there's still no U.S. release date for that sucker. Ridiculous. Also, Google Music recapped and a tag-team SOPA rant, plus Stephen Beacham's awesome new segment: Into It or Not Into It. You will love it, and you will dance. All that and Computer Love, to boot! Settle in!

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich review: The full monty

The buzz surrounding Google's release of its Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is similar to every release of the latest Android operating system on a single, debut device. The difference is: this one's a doozy.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first to introduce the Android 4.0 OS, better known as Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS). Google redesigned or recoded nearly every element of the previous Android OS to create this power-packed software that melds the tablet-centric Honeycomb flavor for tablets with the alphabet of Google's Android smartphone treats.… Read more

Google: 200 million Android devices now active worldwide

Google's grip on the mobile market is tightening even further.

More than 200 million Android devices have now been activated around the world, the search giant said yesterday. The figure was released yesterday at an event where the company unveiled its new Google Music service.

That level is more than double the number noted this past May at Google's I/O conference. Further, more than 550,000 devices are being activated every day, according to Engadget, up from a daily tally of 500,000 in June and 400,000 in May.

The new number also means that Google … Read more

HTC Rezound vs. Motorola Droid Razr vs. Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Verizon Wireless has really been churning out the Android phones lately, what with the Motorola Droid Razr and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus a few weeks ago and now the HTC Rezound, which is one of a few HTC phones to come with Beats Audio integration.

Naturally, we wanted to see how the Rezound stacks up compared with the other two, so we created this chart for your perusal.… Read more

Android Atlas Weekly 71: No Galaxy Nexus for Black Friday (Podcast)

Jason Howell from TWiT TV joins us live as we get hands on with the Galaxy Nexus. We also take a look at a new nook, and ask what a dude thinks about his girl phone. All of that an more on this week's episode of Android Atlas Weekly for November 2nd 2011.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus hands-on video http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20127234-1/samsung-galaxy-nexus-hands-on-video/

Samsung Galaxy Nexus pushed back until after Black Friday? http://androidandme.com/2011/11/news/samsung-galaxy-nexus-pushed-back-until-after-black-friday/… Read more

Will the real Android flagship phone please stand up? (Ask Maggie)

When it rains it pours. And for Verizon Wireless subscribers, there's a deluge of Google Android phones about to hit the market.

But which new phone is Verizon's flagship device? In other words, which one is the cream of the crop on the carrier's 4G LTE network? In this week's Ask Maggie, I try to help one reader figure out which new Google Android smartphone is right for him. I also offer some advice to Verizon Wireless customers who are waiting for Microsoft's Windows Phone smartphones.

Ask Maggie is an advice column that answers readers' … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Nexus hands-on video

Android fans, assemble! Crave UK has gone hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, so hit play on the video above to check out the very first phone to run Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google's Android operating system.

And to read more of our British compatriots' take on the phone, click here.… Read more

Verizon: Galaxy Nexus coming 'later this year'

After Samsung backtracked a bit yesterday, Verizon officially confirmed that it will offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus later this year.

The carrier did not announce an exact release date or pricing at this time, but Samsung and Google said last week at the unveiling event that the smartphone would start shipping in the U.S., as well as parts of Asia and Europe, in November.

The Galaxy Nexus is the first device to ship running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which includes such enhancements as a facial recognition unlocking feature, photo-editing tools, and Android Beam. … Read more

Inside Google's Ice Cream Sandwich phones, tablets

While user-facing software is what usually makes or breaks a platform--and Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is no exception--underlying hardware can make the critical difference between a snappy and slow device. So what's going to power upcoming Android 4.0 phones and tablets?

Texas Instruments will be leading the way on Android 4.0. Its dual-core OMAP4460 chip is inside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which, in turn, is the launch vehicle for Android 4.0.

This didn't happen overnight. TI and Google have been preparing for this week's Ice Cream Sandwich launch for a while. … Read more