At where I live car dealership only sells used car. If you want to buy a new car, you go to the manufacturer's dealership. Almost all of them are 3S shop: Sales, Service, Sparepart.
Allowing the manufacturer to sell their own cars works really well here.
That is it. I find my android phone animation perfectly acceptable until I tried an iPhone. Even a Windows Phone 7 feels better. I really hope android 4 address this problem.
The patent reform they are fighting for will take years if not decades. This is a good short term move, they can't just sit and watch the Apple/Microsoft patent attack.