Back in June, a California District Court granted a preliminary injunction on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US. The district court ruling was in reference to Apple’s ‘604 patent, pertaining to universal search. Samsung quickly filed an appeal, contended that the relatively low sales numbers of the Galaxy Nexus would present no harm to Apple and the Court of Appeals agreed to temporarily lift the ban (reason why you don’t recall it being banned).

One of the most requested features of the Google+ apps has been support for Pages. Users have been dying for the ability to manage their Pages from within the mobile app. Thankfully, Google listened, and has finally pushed an update to the Android app to allow for Page support. But before you go saying Hallelujah, they didn’t exactly implement it in the best possible way. It’s actually a bit annoying, especially if you use Google’s 2-step verification.

The popular productivity app Springpad gained a few great features on both its web app and mobile apps. If you thought organizing your virtual notebooks with Springpad was already easy, wait until you start using this updated version. Features include:

We simply love wallpapers. They’re one of the first changes we make to our Android devices and often represent our moods, interests, or wicked alter egos. They’re as unique as the individuals who use them and while some people pick one and stick with it, others change them more often than a teenager’s Facebook status. Each day we’re going to feature a free wallpaper for you to download and use on your Android device. Depending on your device, you may want to use your favorite photo editing software to resize the image for a better fit. Once that’s done, apply and enjoy. Your homescreen can thank us later. Cheers!

We’ve already determined that Apple is just a jealous little child, but I’m getting quite tired of the whole “Slide To Unlock” patent crap. It’s a ridiculous patent, and one that only gets worse with each new version granted. Rather than sit here and argue why Android should be able to use similar methods, I ask: “Why the hell do we even need it?”