And not even Google has been completely up to speed on getting phones running the newest Android software: Motorola, which the search giant recently acquired, is shipping its Razr HD smartphone with Ice Cream Sandwich, the older version of Android.
"Whilst this bill cannot - and nobody's pretending that it can - deal with the problem of getting phones and items into prison, what I believe it does do, is give another resource to the prison authorities to deal effectively with these items of contraband when they are found," Mr Buckland said.
If you're a tough-but-fair parent, this could be a good compromise for when your two-year old starts asking for a cell phone (that's when most kids these days start getting phones, right?).
S-E has been having a heck of a time getting phones to market in the U.S. and they're actually fairly rare in Europe where the Ericsson brand was strongest.
The RadioShack Store Manager just let me know that due to demand, none of the RadioShack's were getting phones and that they would ship them when they became available.
But batteries are different — if smartphone companies started duking it out on battery life instead of screaming clock speeds all the time, we'd finally start getting phones that can keep up with all the seriously crazy things we ask of them.
