Samsung is looking to avoid any more bruising court battles with Apple over patent infringement. That desire is so strong, the CEO of the South Korean company confirms its Galaxy Nexus smartphone is designed to “avoid everything we can.”

At an event in Hong Kong last night night, Google and Samsung finally put months of speculation to rest by unveiling the new Galaxy Nexus smartphone alongside the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. And as you’d expect from a Samsung smartphone, this baby does not disappoint.

The question many people were asking before Apple unveiled its fifth-generation iPhone earlier this month was “Can it compete with the Samsung Galaxy S II?” However, the Galaxy S II might not be the new iPhone 4S’ biggest worry, because it looks like a third is on the way.

Google recently unveiled its first retail store in London called the “Chromezone.” This “store within a store” resides in PC World on Tottenham Court Road.

This 30 square foot ‘pop-up’ store is meant to promote Google’s relatively new Chromebook, a cheap, web-based netbook that runs the Google Chrome OS.

We’ve got an internal document from this Chromezone store in London that details how many Chromebooks Google has been selling in-store.

Unsure how many customers a Sprint iPhone will attract, AT&T is preparing five new Android-based smartphones designed to counter Apple’s latest handset. The new crop of phones powered by Google’s mobile operating system include devices from Motorola and Samsung.