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Thanks to the release of the new preview app, I no longer have to wait for Verizons multi-month testing and delay for the new GDR3 release. While the app only upgrades the base OS and not the firmware or Nokia layer, it still offers a new memory display and car mode that is apparently awesome enough to get a sad blurb in the news. It also ups the maximum display resolution to 1920x1080 which is meaningless to my 1280x768 display, and still not nearly as big as the iPhones 960x640 size. It also supports the new Snapdragon 800 chipset which is equally useless to me, except my yearning for the Lumia 1520 just got more real. The car mode makes sure you're aware it's active with a voice alert, lock screen and home screen icon that screams it in case you somehow forget you're in your car. The new memory display has nothing on the Nokia storage check, and being able to close apps from the multitasking menu is nice, but aside from the driving mode I'm already in my post-update slump with nothing exciting to keep me turgid. At least one of my system numbers got bigger.