News of an unlocked (HSPA+ only) Galaxy Nexus for an off-contract price of $399 is newsworthy enough. However, being able to purchase said phone directly from Google (again) is even more newsworthy. After dropping direct phone sales last year, fans of Google’s direct sales plan with their Nexus line collectively weeped as it appeared Google’s grand scheme to overthrow the tyrannical rule carriers exhibit had failed. While Google’s re-entrance into the...

Let the title soak into the folds of your brain for a minute. According to Cnet, LG is in heavy talks with Google to become the next manufacturer of Google’s flagship Nexus device, LG’s Ramchan Woo, head of smartphone division told Cnet. They (LG) know that they’ve fallen from their once dominant space in the mobile world (back from their high point in the featurephone era) and want another crack at it with smartphones. So far, unfortunately, their...

Continuing on the free flow of Google I/O news, Google has confirmed two rather juicy rumors concerning upcoming Android hardware and software. First and foremost, the debate revolving around Google’s choice to not open source the Honeycomb source code wasn’t done as part of some evil plan. The company deliberately witheld Honeycomb from the masses to keep people from cramming it onto phones because of Ice Cream Sandwich. While some will argue it is the end...

Samsung came out hot and heavy recently, denying a growing rumor that they were the upcoming Nexus 2/Nexus S manufacturer. For those new to the Android scene, the reason a Nexus 2/S is important is because it gives Android afionados a place to pick up a non-carrier gimped Android device that will (1) be at the top-end of the market hardware wise as well as (2) receive updates as soon as they’re available — being a “Pure Google Experience phone” and...

If you still feel that your Nexus One is the king of crop as far as smartphone displays are concerned, you may not want to read this. (Spoiler alert: N1 display isn’t so hot!) Care for more info? Right, cheerio then. Looking at the picture above, one can easily see the difference between the top (iPhone 3GS) and bottom (N1) displays — the latter looks like junk. It looks like junk if you know what you’re looking for that is. That striping non-sense...