This phone is big, fast, and has a nice interface. The interface is "powered by" Google's Ice Cream Sandwich Android. As you may have discovered our site doesn't go into too much detail when checking out technology. We like to keep the reading basic. We got our hands on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus and want to provide an overview.

The phone is responsive enough to make other smartphones over two years appear like the Geo Metro. The display is large making it difficult to carry in your pants pocket. It will makes you a bit paranoid and feels like it might break. That's the tradeoff if you are a fan of large displays. The display, like most models, still continues with the reflection issues. Get used to adjusting the phone if in a bright environment. A matte screen protector can fix this problem.

Technical Specifications

MoDot has released a smartphone application that reports the road conditions via a map.  It has both an iPhone and Android version available at the respective apps store.

Now drivers can hit a MoDot employee while reviewing the road conditions on their smartphone. Makes sense. So much for the computer.

Shouldn't MoDot get back to working on the highway? This must have been funded by the great American trillion dollar recovery fund.

If you are a fan of TweetDeck you may have noticed it has gone under the knife with quite an overhaul on the interface. It seems like a walk backwards. This is, of course, completely opinionated, but there are others out there that are not happy.

Twitter has "dumbed it down" too much. It appears they are on a mission to strip it from the diverse offerings by making it difficult to navigate.

During my daily news reading a package called Janetter came to my attention. It didn't take long to download it, configure, and to permanently replace the new Twitter TweetDeck.

The package is also free and is made by Jane, Inc.

Each year I look forward to the "top" lists of worst passwords. Some of our customers have used some of the very passwords. Trust me when I tell you these passwords are used frequently. Password management, and security in general, are about social engineering. Just use some self-discipline and use passwords with a combination of uppercase, numbers, letters, and minimum character lengths of 10 passwords. Don't use the same password for every website. SplashData has released their Top 25 worst passwords of the year 2011. The passwords are as follows:

• password
• 123456
• 12345678
• qwerty
• abc123
• monkey
• 1234567
• letmein
• trustno1
• dragon
• baseball
• 111111
• iloveyou
• master
• sunshine
• ashley
• bailey
• passw0rd
• shadow
• 123123
• 654321
• superman
• qazwsx
• michael
• football

Have you ever seen the "jack ass" head that appears whenever one of the Looney Tune characters felt stupid? Hee Haw.

Apple does it again and the response is as expected.  Four million phones were sold over the opening weekend.  The packaging is clean and simple. Apple is so kind to provide you with two stickers of the Apple logo. Nothing better than helping Apple advertise for free.

Verizon's Apple iPhone 4s sells for $399 at the top end with 64GB internal storage and $199 for the 16GB model. The phone features the following: Siri the virtual assistant, a dual-core processor, 8-megapixel cameras, full 1080 HD video recording, iOS 5 and newly introduced iCloud for personal storage of your information.

Pro:

• Siri, the virtual assistant, takes voice commands with clear.
• The usual stock applications continue to get better
• Cellular and wireless is world phone, 802.11b/g/n
• Location capability is GPS, WiFi, and cellular
• Camara is easy to operate, fast, and great quality
• Screen 3.5 inch diagonal widescreen average sized wish 4 inch
• Fingerprint resistance
• Fast, fast, fast. Did I forget….it's fast

Con:

• Battery life – Consider purchasing a battery app to extend the time between charges
• The Apple iPhone 4s is 3g