Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners have been waiting, for what seems like an eternity, for Android 4.0.4 to hit their device. Google passed it along to Verizon months ago, but for some reason, Verizon just recently got around to approving it. Sure, we’ve seen it leak a couple of times, but never anything official from Verizon — until today.

We have to share this next bit of information because, unfortunately, Google does not. There’s been an ongoing issue with Google Wallet, NFC, and its secure element. Since devices that carry the three are far and few between, you may not have heard much about the issue. However, it has made its way back into the spotlight thanks to an unfortunate owner of a newly released HTC EVO 4G LTE.

Gaming Pawn Shop giant GameStop, has announced it now carries a selection of Android tablets in over 1,600 locations. Tablets such as the ASUS Transformer Prime, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and Toshiba Excite 10 can all be bought via cold hard cash, or with credit from trade-ins. GameStop certainly isn’t known for giving you a fair deal on your old games so expect to trade-in quite a few items to get that tablet.

The next great Samsung device launched in 28 countries today, and while anticipation was high, supply was low. It turns out the pebble blue variant will only be available in limited supply due to defective back covers. In a comment, Samsung talks about the delay, and the fact that they “invented” the pebble blue color (I smell a Crayola lawsuit coming):

The Ice Cream sandwich rollouts are beginning to make the rounds as we get closer to the summer months, and today, Sony has started pushing out Android 4.0 to the Xperia Arc and Xperia Neo. So far, Sony has kept their promise of updates, with the exception of the Xperia PLAY, which had to be canned after extensive testing proved the release to be unstable. Not only has the Xperia Arc and Neo begun receiving Ice Cream Sandwich, but a slew of other devices which were previously updated to 4.0.3, are now being bumped up to Android 4.0.4.