WP7 is pleasant enough, but seeing anything referencing "Outlook" immediately induces nausea and psychedelic images of an insanely happy paperclip randomly appearing on a severely underpowered mid-90s Compaq laptop.

One publishing house told me, "Android is driven by a community of hacktivists, rooters, and freeloaders - you don't build a nice house in that neighborhood."

Interestingly, Apple is likely to go smaller with its tablet line-up to target those looking for a more portable solution while Amazon is rumored to be going larger, expanding beyond its 7-inch Kindle Fire.

One concern I have over AOL's approach is the lack of a traditional, hardened newsroom. When they acquired HuffPo, then TechCrunch, Engadget and others it amassed a Greatest Hits of Blogs. But not necessarily a viable, long-term news model.

Hey Apple, want to impress me (but not your shareholders)? Release an iPad Air.

Some have even called the Galaxy S III the best smartphone on the market, besting even the Apple iPhone 4S.

What we don't know is how many iPhone sales Samsung managed to preemptively "steal" with the S3. How many impatient 4 and 4S owners made the switch?

According to Waze CEO Noam Bardin, in 5 years there will be two mapping views of the world: Google and Waze. "If I'm going to be the second map out there to Google, shouldn't I go public?"

Bezels continue to shrink. Witness the Droid DNA and Sony's upcoming Xperia Android phones. Just imagine how cool the iPad 6 or 7 is going to look sans bezel.

I finally received the software update alert today on my Nexus 4 (an Android smartphone I'm lukewarm about, truth be told) and downloaded it via wi-fi el pronto. The process takes about five minutes, and includes a restart.