There was an earlier report of Apple going after the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for violating its slide to unlock patent, which left most Android users scratching their heads. It was obvious that the new unlock feature in Ice Cream Sandwich was vastly different than the traditional slide to unlock, leaving many to chalk this up to another Apple patent trolling. Now we know this isn’t the case, thanks to a report in the Korean Herald, in which an unnamed Samsung official says:

Sprint continues its Carrier IQ eradication, with the Samsung Epic 4G Touch being the latest to receive a security update. Update EL29 has begun rolling out today and will go out in stages, with 100% of phones being updated within 10 days. The update will bring you to software version S:D710.0.5S.EL29 and includes:

LG was proud to announce that their HD LTE handset, the Optimus LTE, has surpassed 1 million units sold. That’s not too shaby for an LTE Android device launched only 3 months ago. The LG Optimus LTE is known here in the States as the the Nitro HD on AT&T and the Spectrum on Verizon. Neither device has been available that long so it will be interesting to see how they sell in the US as compared to Korea, where the device was launched.

Beginning March 1st, Google will roll most of its privacy policies into one new main privacy policy to cover the majority of its products. Google has been slowly working towards the goal of creating a unified and more personal experience across their products and the new privacy policy is just another step in that direction.

Here’s another example of why having an open source environment void of lawyers encourages innovation. Here’s a developer who took a projector, Android, a Kinect, and turned it into a future UI (in alpha form of course). It’s actually pretty cool and reminds me a bit of the movie Minority Report.