Fact or fiction? A brief look at rash of Android rumors

08.10.2012

BOGUS: User experience customization center

Sadly, the idea that there will be a feature allowing users to opt into or out of manufacturer UIs -- see you around, Sense/Motoblur/TouchWiz! -- is apparently the product of the anonymous hoaxer. Although it would undoubtedly be popular among Android users, Google's Android OEM partners have never showed any signs of being so willing to relinquish the control they have over the user experience on their own devices, so this probably should've rung alarm bells in and of itself.

POSSIBLY REAL: LG Nexus device, broader Nexus portfolio

While it's still just a rumor -- which, as we've seen, can spring from nothing more than somebody messing around on the Internet -- there's a Nexus-series device due next month from LG, while Google's planning to roll out more devices than the usual single flagship.

BOGUS: Project Roadrunner