Phandroid has posted a nice article on the upcoming Android Ice Cream (maybe 4.0?) which includes the fact that the operating system will add Google TV.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last month that Ice Cream would merge Gingerbread and Honeycomb, removing fears of ongoing fragmentation in the open source operating system.

The search giant will announce the decision at their IO conference in May, says the site.

Over the past week, Google has received a lot of criticism for not releasing the Honeycomb source code, but the site says the delay is completely due to Google still working on integrating Google TV and wanting to release the code with Google TV in a working state.

Ice Cream will be a huge benefit to Android owners as Google would only need to update one code base for smartphones, Google TV boxes and HDTVs and tablets.

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comScore has posted their latest figures today for the mobile market, and Android is now the dominate smartphone operating system in the U.S.

Samsung was the top handset maker, with 24.8 percent share of the market.

For the period ended February 28th, 234 million Americans over the age of 13 used a mobile phone and 69.5 million owned a smartphone.

Following Samsung was LG at 20.9 percent share, Motorola at 16.1 percent share, RIM at 8.6 percent, and Apple at 7.5 percent. Apple saw the biggest gain of all manufacturers thanks to the release of the iPhone on Verizon.

In the smartphone market, the top OS was Android at 33 percent, followed by RIM at 29 percent, Apple at 25.2 percent and Windows Mobile/Windows Phone 7 at 7.7 percent.

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Although unconfirmed, a leaked photo of the upcoming iPod Nano 7th generation appears to suggest that the device will be adding a camera.

Apple.pro, known for leaking pictures of past Apple devices, posted the picture this weekend but even the author could not verify its authenticity.

Apple added a camera to the 5th generation of the Nano but then completely changed the form factor for the 6th version, making it much smaller and lighter, while removing the camera.

The site speculates the camera should be added without changing the form factor of the 6th generation.

Apple.pro has accurately shown off the form factor of the previous six generations of the device but has been less accurate for MacBook rumors.

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Multiple sites are reporting today that Microsoft will be implementing a new user interface for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, including replacing toolbars with "Ribbons," as seen in Microsoft Office.

The reports come via leaked alpha builds of the operating system.

Windows 8 login screen will look somewhat similar to Windows Phone 7/Zune and include the time, day and date (pic below).

Ribbons will be included (meaning toolbars within different tabs), and most of Window's programs will use the new interface including Windows Explorer.

As most would contest, ribbons organize different functions better than a standard toolbar.

Additionally, wwwery says "the "View" button (toggles viewing styles) in Windows Explorer toolbar goes into the Details Pane (bottom), and now there's a consolidated file menu (top-left) just like in Office 2010."

Although unconfirmed, Windows 8 is expected to add tablet support and the ability to control music while the computer is locked.

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