Not really. He's just going to wait for an ICS phone with better hardware. I kind of have to agree with him. I've been disappointed with Google's decision for

Not really. He's just going to wait for an ICS phone with better hardware. I kind of have to agree with him. I've been disappointed with Google's decision for the 2nd year in a row to allow Samsung to make the "Nexus" devices as just upgraded (if that) versions of their Galaxy S phones. I don't mind Samsung building them (although I really hope they are coming out with a new build material this year, other than plastic), I just mind that the Nexus phones, the ones that are supposed to set the standard in the industry, are just rehashed Galaxy S devices from half a year earlier, in both hardware specs and looks (other than the HD resolution). I would prefer if Google waited until a new chip generation was available to put it in their Nexus devices, rather than use one that's already been on the market for the past 6 months or more. This has been really disappointing, and I think a lot of Android fans agree with me here. For example, if it's expected for a quad core chip to arrive on the market for the first time in March or April, then make sure the Nexus is the first or one of the very first to use it. If it's expected for Cortex A15 to arrive in phones sometime by the end of the year, make sure Nexus is one of the very first to use it, and so on. Make the industry follow Nexus, and not Nexus follow the industry as it's been the case with the past 2 generations. I know Google cares more about being the one with the latest major Android version, but it would really help if it was the one with the latest technologies, too. I don't want to have to choose between the latest hardware and the latest software. Not to mention that Nexus is a device that is targeted at early adopters, so you're kind of screwing early adopters there when you don't offer them the latest hardware technology, too. I'm hoping Google buying Motorola means they will finally combine the two, and offer the latest stock Android versions on the latest hardware. Also, since he mentions it, I have a tiny issue with ICS. Why not actually close the apps from the multi-tasking list if you're going to "bother" to remove them from the list? It kind of seems like a pointless action to just remove it from the list to make it "cleaner" (why?), instead of actually closing them.