From the moment Google first announced Ice Cream Sandwich, or ICS, the fourth generation of its Android operating system, we’ve been waiting to get our hands on the flagship device that would run this storied piece of code.

Google teased out ICS information bit by bit, beginning with a taste of the OS at its I/O developer conference in March. Then, just about a month ago, Google and Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus, the next major Android smartphone release.

The Galaxy Nexus is the latest in a line of flagship device launches for Google, a program it began after collaborating with HTC to...

Honda reached into its parts bin and built a pretty slick but frightfully expensive electric car that we’ll see on the road in California and Oregon next year.

As for the rest of you, keep waiting.

Although Honda remains convinced hydrogen is The Answer, it has been quietly building an electric version of the Fit. A concept has been making the rounds for about a year, and Honda unveiled the production version at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Fitting, because L.A. traditionally has been where automakers roll out their “green” cars.

The Fit EV is something of a parts-bin special, which makes sense...