After targeting the Galaxy Nexus, first Smartphone to get the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with the New Google Smart Voice search which looks more like Siri, Apple has just been granted a temporary injunction to ban Galaxy Nexus sales in the United States. US Court ruled against Samsung in the patent case, which was initiated in February, but gets its first ruling just now.

U.S. Judge Lucy Koh decided that Samsung has infringed 4 patents belong to Apple, although one specific patent weighs in towards this decision which basically refers to a device being able to search multiple sources through a single interface (Apple's Siri).

The rest of the patents Apple accuses Samsung (and Google) of infringing are patent 5,946,647 (actionable linking), patent 8,046,721 (slide-to-unlock) and patent 8,074,172 (touch screen word suggestion).

If you hate waiting (we all do!) for the 4.0.4 OTA update and you want to get the Verizon official Update Manually, Here is the Instructions and links you Need if you have Rooted or Non-Rooted Galaxy Nexus (Verizon's customers only).

Instructions [Non-Rooted users]:

1. Download 4.0.4 Update Here

2. Use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from XDA to flash a temporary custom recovery.

3. After doing that, you can flash the file and update. Upon rebooting, you will have stock recovery back.
4. So it seems like you are "rooting" but you aren't. After updating, you will be back to fully stock.
5. Links you Need: Instructions | Toolkit

Instructions [Rooted users]:

1. Download 4.0.4 Update Here

2. First, you have to be stock and rooted, running 4.0.2 (ICL53F).

3. You also have to be running the stock radios ek02 and ek05 (found here).
4. Download the update file to your internal storage.
5. Rename to update.zip if you'd like.
6. Reboot into recovery and make a backup just to be safe.
7. Select "install zip from sdcard" and then "choose" and find the file.
8. Apply it and reboot.

Finally, the anticipated Android 4.0.4 Update has now started to hit Verizon customers with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, though it was rumored that it was going to start earlier this week.

The official Build Number is IMM76K and should be available for over-the-air update on your Galaxy Nexus starting today. Happy Update!

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) is an association of magazine publishers that deals with photography and imaging, They usually held an event in Cape Town every year where it gave away its annual awards. This Year an Android Smartphone Took an Award for the first time!

"The Best Mobile Imaging Device award" goes to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. TIPA was impressed with the 720p Super AMOLED screen and the zero shutter lag of the Google first Android ICS smartphone.

TIPA Awards

Sprint pre-order page for the Galaxy Nexus with Android ICS 4.0.3 is now live. You can pre-order your Galaxy Nexus for $199.99 with a 2-year contract. Furthermore, although it is not necessarily coming in the form of an official press release, the page also clearly mentions the following:

"We will charge your card for your phone today. Shipping: We'll do our best to get it to you before Sunday, April 22."

Also, we got the official confirmation about that April 22nd release date from Samsung, So you will get your Galaxy Nexus before that date.

Sprint's Pre-Order Page