[someperson]

I wish Galaxy Nexus was supported!

KitKat really should have been released for the device before official support was discontinued. I kind of feel fleeced given it was a flagship Nexus device (for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich!)

[jrockway]

I believe there were a couple problems; the SoC manufacturer getting out of the SoC business (TI) made driver development difficult, and the fact that the image didn't fit in the Galaxy Nexus's flash anyway.

Though it does appear that CynaogenMod eventually ported ICS, so I could be wrong.

[someperson]

Interesting point on TI driver development.

On the second point, KitKat is supposed to run reasonably well on very weak cheaper mobile hardware with 512mb RAM, which is popular in developing countries.

Galaxy Nexus has fairly high specifications with 1gb RAM, and at least 16gb of storage (which presumably is where the operating system is on this device), so I doubt the image size was the issue.

There is indeed a Cyanogen Mod ROM available (but I'm not sure how much trust CM). I wonder if Chromecast Android screencasting would work with the CM ROM..