Lack of Ice cream Sandwich at CES a major disappointment?

 

 So, as I tool around CES getting my hands all over the latest and greatest Android's to launch this year, one common theme seems to ring true. Can you guess what that might be? Yeah, I figured you could. Ice Cream Sandwich is almost non-existent here. Now I know I can walk over to the Sprint booth and tool around on the Galaxy Nexus, but I wanted to see some other, higher powered Android's rocking the new OS. Whatever happened to that illusive Android alliance? How can I get excited for tomorrows Android phones that are all launching with yesterday's OS? CES is the start of the new year and I think myself, as well as many others were expecting to see a new trend set. That trend being that we would at least see some (majority?) of the newest Google powered Android phones sporting the latest OS. Not so. This issue of fragmentation has been the cornerstone of many late night forum battles and blogger posts, myself included, but it is something that needs to be addressed--properly--and NOW. Hopefully Google has something up their sleeve, seeing how that Android Alliance has done nothing. One can dream, right? Hit the comment section and let me know if you feel the same. 

Nokia makes the Lumia 900 an AT&T exclusive

Today, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, along with his cohorts Ballmer (Microsoft) and De La Vega (AT&T) made a bit of history today, as they seeded what is to most likely be just the start of an invasion of sorts from the Finnish phone maker. What they planted was the gorgeous Nokia Lumia 900, with it's ClearBlack display at a whopping 4.3-inches, along with being the first Nokia Windows Phone to support 4G LTE--an exclusive to AT&T, for now at least. There will be two color options for AT&T customers to choose from, including a standard black and a not so standard Cyan (blue), as seen in the picture. I have liked the design on this phone from day one, when we first saw the body style pop up with the Lumia 800. It differed from the norm of everyday plasticky Androids, or the iPhone clones that seem to appear every couple days or so. Will this device be the push that Nokia and Windows needs to succeed here in the US? Does AT&T hold some magical power as being the first to get their hands on it? As they did with the iPhone in 2007. No one knows. But I will say one thing, apart from the iPhone, nothing moves more fluid, or as fast as WP7. Take a peek for yourself in the video provided and you tell me if you feel this could be the start of something new. 

Best android phone still??

With the onslaught of Android devices that has attacked the market this last year, it seems that one still stands out from the pack. Even through all the benchmark testing that one can handle there is always this one device that stands out from all the rest. Samsung's Galaxy SII, no matter the competition, still takes the crown as fastest and most fluid Android phone to date.  I know, I know you're thinking what about the Galaxy Nexus? In short, NO. While the Galaxy Nexus is nice and quick, thanks mostly to Android ICS which utilizes hardware and software together to speed things up, it still pales in comparison to the GS2. Maybe it has something to do with Samsung's praised Exynos processor, or maybe Samsung did something right when they married TouchWiz to Android? Who knows. One thing is for certain though and that is regardless of the onslaught of Android devices to hit since the GS2's inception earlier this spring, nothing has come close yet to surpassing it. 

Welcome to the blog to end all blogs

 I want to welcome everyone to a roller coaster ride of tech info. mixed with some opinion, ok a LOT of opinion that is sure to please...I will have reviews, pics, info. and all kinds of other goodies soon. So stay tuned and enjoy the ride..And don't say I didn't warn you...

Android's upcoming ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich)

 
 I have put a lot of thought lately into the upcoming OS option from Android. What's bothering me most is the issue of fragmentation. You know, that ugly word that offends so many Android fans. No matter how you look at it, Android's upcoming software release throws another cog into the wheel of fragmentation. Just when most hardware manufacturers were finally getting around to Gingerbread, Google throws another update out to further the confusion. And if this update is anything like previous updates, you can pretty much count out one of the hottest selling Android's to date, as in the GSII, from getting it (right away that is). Let me remind you all of the Samsung Epic 4G which is just now getting around to Gingerbread after nearly a year. So my question I guess is to all of you out there. Does this new OS bother any of you? Especially since the new Nexus will be the only device in the immediate future to taste such a delicious treat.