Last week, Google and Samsung unveiled the latest flagship Android phone, the Galaxy Nexus. Packing a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display, a uniquely curved display and running the new Android 4.0...

Read More: TNW goes hands-on with the Galaxy Nexus [Photos]

With a few hours of Ice Cream Sandwich familiarity under our belts, the looming question in everyone's mind is: when will the Android 4.0 update roll out to existing devices?

Well, nobody knows. But after talking with a few authorities on the subject, we at least have a few hints.

Read More: Google Promises Android 4.0 For The Nexus S, “Theoretically” For Gingerbread Devices, Too

There's nothing quite like a few leaks to ruin a perfectly good surprise, and the Galaxy Nexus as well as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich have been getting rained on...

Read More: Google and Samsung unveil the Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 – 4.65 inches, 1.2 GHz, 5 MP camera

The leaks about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus have been plentiful this week, and today is no exception. We reported earlier that an NTT Domo flyer leaked the specs of the...

Read More: Hands on video with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus

The news that Samsung and Google had decided to postpone the launch of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone and Ice Cream Sandwich software at a CTIA event in San Diego software surprised a lot of people, a delay that many speculate was as a result of Steve Jobs' passing on Thursday morning. Just hours after the [...]

Read More: Samsung and Google to regroup for October 27 Galaxy Nexus launch in the UK

Samsung has announced it has cancelled its Samsung Unpacked 2011 showcase on 11 October in San Diego, where it was expected to debut a new flagship Android smartphone in partnership with Google, stating that "it is just not the right time to announce a new product". The event dubbed, Samsung Unpacked: Google Edition, was also [...]

Read More: Samsung and Google postpone Galaxy Nexus October 11 launch event

The news that Samsung and Google had decided to postpone the launch of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone and Ice Cream Sandwich software at a CTIA event in San Diego software...

Read More: Samsung and Google to regroup for October 27 Galaxy Nexus launch in the UK

Samsung has announced it has cancelled its Samsung Unpacked 2011 showcase on 11 October in San Diego, where it was expected to debut a new flagship Android smartphone in partnership...

Read More: Samsung postpones Galaxy Nexus October 11 launch event

As with most smartphone handsets that get leaked, the following day an insider with access to the device decides to let it all loose and provide further details on the handset. It's happened again with Google's next Nexus Android smartphone, which we knew before as the Nexus Prime, which is expected to launch under the [...]

Read More: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s new Ice Cream Sandwich phone, leaks on video

As with most smartphone handsets that get leaked, the following day an insider with access to the device decides to let it all loose and provide further details on the...

Read More: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s new Ice Cream Sandwich phone, leaks on video

The other big mobile handset announcement of the month, Google and Samsung's 11 October unveiling of what's widely expected to be the next Nexus-branded handset running Android, is now less...

Read More: Samsung’s Nexus Prime ‘Google phone’ specs supposedly leaked

The other big mobile handset announcement of the month, Google and Samsung's 11 October unveiling of what's widely expected to be the next Nexus-branded handset running Android, is now less than a week away, and BGR claims it's got a scoop on the specs we can expect to see on the device. If the blog's [...]

Read More: Samsung’s Nexus Prime ‘Google phone’ specs supposedly leaked

Oh, look! What do we have here? A tiny glimpse at what is arguably the hottest Android phone of the year, the Nexus Prime? Leaking in such a way that doesn't really reveal much, while simultaneously showing off one of the device's greatest specs (the wonderfully high resolution screen) and teasing the phone's overall design? On the morning preceding the announcement of the next iPhone? What a crazy coincidence! (Note: italics used for lack of any superior indication of sarcasm.)

Still, obviousl [...]

Read More: Could This Be The Nexus Prime?

Google promoted one Android "reference device" (phone) in 2010 and 2011. The 2011 reference device was the Nexus S made by Samsung. It was the first Android phone to feature NFC (Near Field Communications), a front-facing camera and run Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread). This past July, it also added the distinction of being the first and last Android phone to go into space on the final space shuttle mission.


Read More: Nexus S First Android Phone in Space on Final Space Shuttle Mission

One of the burning questions we all have after hearing this morning's news of Google's $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is: what does this mean for the next Nexus device?

Will Google leverage its acquisition to build Android phones that look and function exactly how Google wants them to, a move that would postion the company to compete more directly with Apple? Or will it continue to anoint one handset maker as the temporary "king" of Android devices through the same process it uses now?

Read More: Google / Motorola Deal Doesn’t Guarantee a “Nexus Droid”