Verizon's Galaxy Nexus

From what I see with the delayed release of the Galaxy Nexus, Verizon Wireless Pwns Samsung and Google. Verizon has decide that Google's newest flagship phone will not be able and subsequently be blocked from downloading Google Wallet from the Android Market The Nexus series should be a Prime example of what an Android phone should feature in terms of both hardware and software. Why would Google agree and allowing Verizon to have exclusivity over the release of the Galaxy Nexus in the U.S? This means that part of the hardware you just bought (the NFC chip) will be useless until an arrangement is made between Google and Verizon. Considering that this is the first stock phone on Verizon since the original Droid I am fairly confident that custom ROMs will become abundant within weeks allowing me to enjoy the full functions of the phone.

The current rumor for a release date is December 15. I hope this rumor is true because as some of you few readers know I am still using the original Motorola Droid and I'm finding myself having unusually strong urges to throw it out my window while driving.

Source: The Verge

MW3 Disappoints

After playing MW3 for about 2 hours now I have a deep Feeling of disappointment. The whole game feels like a DLC for Modern Warfare 2. From the start menu to the lobby even the guns it all feels like I've been here done that, I'm regretting that I dropped 60 bucks on this game *sigh*. For some reason I was expecting more from the maps they just feel small and lame.
It is only natural that I compare MW3 with Battlefield 3. let me tell you and hopefully save you time and money BF3 blows COD out the water. Without a doubt the game play and experience is superior in everyway imaginable from graphics, destruction, vehicles and the quality of the maps. I have not had a chance to play the campaign so I'm hoping it's at least as good as the campaign in MW2.
It seems to me that the COD franchise is like a shark who has stopped swimming and is now drifting forward. Eventually the shark will come to a stop and we all know what happens to a shark that stops swimming
It dies..

The chains of Verizon

Earlier today Engadget reported that the Motorola RAZR would be shipping with an unlocked bootloader, but there's a catch. It will be the carrier that would ultimately decide whether the bootloader stays unlocked more specifically I'm talking about Verizon Wireless. This got me thinking if Verizon decided that it's in their customers "best interest" to have the bootloader locked on the RAZR will they arrive to the same conclusion for the Galaxy Nexus?

If you recall the Nexus One, made by HTC, was released for all major carriers in the U.S. except for one, Verizon. Instead Verizon released the HTC Incredible which was the equivalent to the Nexus One. Now I know that the Incredible didn't have a locked bootloader and was fairly easy to root however it still wasn't the Nexus One.

My fear is that the same fate will fall upon the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Verizon will do something to keep the phone locked down in someway be it locked bootloader or removing the option to remove/hide per-installed apps. Now I realize that the Galaxy Nexus is not made by Motorola, but the chance that Verizon will demand  and Sammy caving is there.

Verizon hasn't released a vanilla Android phone since 2009 and nothing has hinted that they will begin anytime soon. Is this a sign that Verizon is beginning to ease on their restrictions? I doubt it, but I really hope that Google and Verizon play nice together on this one because I'm getting tired of using the Motorola Droid 1.

Source: Engadget, 
Picure: Tech Crunch