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Ice cream sandwiches are tough to deliver

Sony Ericsson and Motorola have both weighed in on the process of getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to their respective devices. The conclusion: it’s going be a while. 1. Merge and adapt the new release for different device hardware architecture(s) and carrier customizations 2. Stabilize and ‘bake’ the result to drive out bugs 3. […]

Google just got screwed by Verizon

Once upon a time, Google fought tooth and nail to keep the 700 MHz spectrum “open,” which has been the company’s mantra since Android’s release, only to be outbid by Verizon. While they didn’t necessarily “win” that auction, they did get the open access they so coveted. The two later got together and released the Droid, […]