The Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich announcement live blog

Well, the phone itself may have been slightly disappointing, but
the OS announcement was spectacular!

All the details of this amazing new Android OS version over the break friends!

Samsung teases the Nexus Prime ahead of announcement

In a case of interesting timing, here is a very brief teaser video from Samsung for the Nexus Prime announcement:

...and here is a still frame of the handset itself (full size image here):

What you can see is a repeat of the curved screen design language of the Nexus S, but improved here by what appears to be a rather svelte waistline. As to what those three buttons/dots on the side are, I have no idea, but their position is where a camera shutter key would normally reside... Let the speculation begin!

I don't know about anyone else, but the still image cranks my gadget lust up to 11. How about you? In particular, if you're an iOS fan with the taste of ashes in your mouth following the iPhone 4S announcement earlier today, does this turn your head?

Let us know in the comments below, especially if you've got any good theories on what those three metallic buttons are for!