I would say probably, but not by the USA. I'd say that the first country to do this would be China or Russia.
soon
"In the near future" could be rephrased simply as "soon".
There will be a new 5th generation coming soon, but there is no announcement of when.
do you mean like the optimus maximus, where they charge a rediculous amount of money to make something look "cool" or are you refering to suff like multi-touch sensitive displays, the keyboard in a...