The Nexus rumors have been gushing from every direction these past few days and we couldn’t be more excited. If everything we’ve heard pans out, we’ll see a new era of Nexus devices, with multiple OEMs no longer competing for Google’s approval, but for ours. We’ll soon be able to choose between Nexus devices of various specs made by various manufacturers. With that in mind, I’m now starting to think beyond the once important Vanilla Android experience and timely updates, and focusing more on want I’d like out of the hardware.

Honeycomb is on the verge of extinction as yet another Android tablet prepares to be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 on Verizon has finally been approved for the update and users of the device should start to see it within the next week or so.

If you happen to have a Playstation Certified Android device then you’ll be happy to know that Sony’s Playstation Mobile (formerly known as Playstation Suite) is now live. Playstation Mobile aims to bring the “best of gaming on mobile devices,” but a quick glance at the suite’s launching titles is less than impressive.

Every month Android Developers give us a better idea of Android distribution. Releasing stats and charts to show us which versions of Android have been accessing the Play Store. This is helpful for a variety of reasons, number one being support. Developers get an idea of which versions of Android they should be concentrating their efforts on and whether or not it’s worth the extra work to support them all. The latest numbers are out and remain disappointing.

A few days back, ASUS announced it would be updating its Transformer Pad Infinity And Transformer Pad Prime. Users couldn’t wait to update to the latest and greatest version of Android, however, ASUS had to delay (if you could even call it that) the update for the Transformer Pad Infinity until today.