We’ve seen a lot of crazy things when it comes to the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We’ve seen them pop up and mysteriously disappear from Cragislist, gone without a trace. And now one’s made it to eBay for the high, high price of $1,200. It goes without saying, but that’s just ridiculous. That’s a good $500 or so over what you’d pay for an unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus. And as much as we love LTE, it’s not worth paying that much more to have it a week or so — assuming it’s indeed launched next week.

You might have heard — webOS just got open-sourced today by HP, joining the world of great, free software like Ubuntu, Firefox, and Android.  It’s a pretty big deal for some people, including all those developers you see doing wonderful things with the software on their electronic devices.  HP made the right decision here: let the fate of webOS be in the hands of those who know it best — like the fellows at webOS Internals.  I’ll bet there’s one hell of a party going on in Oz this evening.

As certain as we are that a lot of folks are out there taking advantage of all the sales happening right now on tablets for holidays — we’re also certain some will be keeping their money in their pockets just a little bit longer to hold out for the ASUS Transformer Prime.

T-Mobile UK today announced the launch of the launch of a mid-end Android smartphone, the Vivacity. It’s got a 3.5-inch display at WVGA resolution, a 5-megapixel camera, Wifi, GPS and all that jazz. It’s going for just £10 per month on a 24-month plan, or for £99 on Pay As You Go.

We’ve gotten some clarification from Google regarding any changes to the app refund window in the Android Market after a couple of developers led us to believe it had been changed to 48 hours when asked to accep a new version of the Developer Distribution Agreement. The short version is there have been no changes. You still have 15 minutes to uninstall an application for an automatic refund.

Update: We’re being told by one developer that actually this wording is unchanged, and the 15-minute window still applies, it’s just that Google has that long to refund the money. We’re seeking clarification from Google, and watching our hope wane.

It’s fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet.  All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it.  While there’s more than one side to the argument — choice versus fragmentation — only the most rabid fanboy would say that something doesn’t exist.  I tend to think the whole issue is living with the choice you make.  If you want the Android experience, buy a Nexus phone.  If you prefer the experience an OEM offers, buy one of their phones.  Both are the right choice.  But there’s an underlying issue that gets forgotten when we talk about updates and versions — security patches.

It’s fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet.  All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it.  While there’s more than one side to the argument — choice versus fragmentation — only the most rabid fanboy would say that something doesn’t exist.  I tend to think the whole issue is living with the choice you make.  If you want the Android experience, buy a Nexus phone.  If you prefer the experience an OEM offers, buy one of their phones.  Both are the right choice.  But there’s an underlying issue that gets forgotten when we talk about updates and versions — security patches.