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Original title: Nexus One won’t be the standard bearer for Android 3.0

Update: So it seems that all parts of this article not taken from previously verified information is completely false. We aren’t link baiting. We legitimately, totally, and egregiously messed up. I’ll leave up the original post, just you can revel in my idiocy. Normally I’d get mad at commenters’ unrelenting anonymous insults, but in this case I deserve them. If I had something to give away I’d give it to the person who could file the best article-related insult. So keep trying. Maybe I’ll find something.

When it comes to Android handsets, it seems like HTC and Motorola run ahead of the pack. They have created perhaps the most exciting, if not the most hyped, Android handsets to date, including the Droid, the Droid Incredible, the EVO 4G, and, of course, the Nexus One. Samsung, however, wants in on the Android gold rush. As we learn via Android Guys, who posted the announcement you see below, Samsung plans to “unveil a new class of brilliant Android smart phones.”

The Android community has become a natural conduit for news. There are not only multiple manufacturers creating many different devices, but also a fluid operating system and thousands of applications. All of this means more than a fair share of updates. Sometimes we get lucky and receive a few connected updates that create a bigger story. That’s what we’re seeing right now from Motorola.

This morning Droid Life brought us an excellent bit of news. Verizon is prepping marketing material for its next two Motorola devices, the Droid 2 (D2) and the Droid X. While we know plenty about these devices, the one thing we’ve been waiting to hear about is processor speed. In glorious fashion, the scripts for Verizon’s commercials reveal this. The Droid 2 will feature a 1GHz processor.

We knew the EVO 4G launch would be huge. Any new Android handset, especially on a carrier that doesn’t feature many, will get some big press. That the 4G works on a dual CDMA/WiMax radio makes it even more exciting. The anticipation leading up to last Friday’s launch was palpable. When, that morning, we heard that Sprint’s systems were having troubles with their activation systems, we could only imagine how many units they had sold.

There exists something of a divide in the cellular industry. We’re seeing an increasing market for smartphones and other data-intensive handsets. Those, for the most part, are expensive devices that carriers subsidize in exchange for a two-year contract. On the other side is prepaid, which has fueled the industry for the past half year. In the past two quarters it has greatly outgrown postpaid subscriptions.

Carriers, of course, prefer postpaid. Not only do they spent more per month on average, but they also provide a predictable stream of income. Investors love predictability. It appears, however, that consumers who don’t need data services have wised up and are moving to prepaid. This has a few implications for the market in general.