There are a couple of insightful posts by a Google engineer addressing this specific myth. The original reddit comment, where your comment originally came from, generated a very interesting discussion on the subject over at G+.

Agreed. My left eye twitches if I don't balance parenthesis properly.. in code or written language.

Actually, one of the listed items is the Mars Descent Imager (MARDI):

...a small camera located on Curiosity's main body, will record video of the rover's descent to the Martian surface (which will be accomplished with the help of a hovering, rocket-powered sky crane)

It very likely won't be a live HD youtube stream of the entire landing but it should allow us to see part of the landing process.

"the manufacturers do not upgrade the phones"

Stop buying non "Google experience" phones. I've stuck with the Nexus series ever since the HTC fiasco in Canada with the OS upgrades. Couldn't be happier.

So .. in the last few days we've had Tornados, Earthquakes and now a Hurricane? Someone is pissed at us.

The community design document can be found here. They're effectively preventing anyone from creating a mobile computer device that is rectangular in shape with round corners. Unbelievable.

Went to a talk on this at IO this year, here is Google's take on it.

And you opted-in for it to do so.

Worth mentioning in Android's case is only used for caching so the data gets overwritten every so often. Unlike iPhone's

Here is a post on Waton's wagering by IBM Research.