Motorola might have given ATRIX 4G owners a little bit of hope earlier in the week by addressing future Ice Cream Sandwich plans with a short statement saying “further plans coming soon,” giving some reason to believe Motorola would provide an update. Unfortunately, “soon” came almost right away as Motorola has updated the ATRIX 4G page and made it official, the phone will stay on Gingerbread Android 2.3.

It’s a disappointing development, and an unfortunate aspect of being inside the Android ecosystem, but such is the life we pay for being at the mercy of carriers and manufacturers. All the more reason our newfound cheer around DroidDog is “Go Nexus or go home.” Ok, so maybe we don’t have a cheer, but the more we read and write these kind of stories, the more appreciation we have for the Nexus lineup.

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