Yeah, the recent .905 update didn't do much for stability issues.  We've been having this issue for a couple of weeks prior to that OTA update anyway, so it wasn't this latest push that caused this.

I was just reading on another forum that ICS is being readied for a push to the beginning of Q3.  The good news is that Q3 in just over a week away.  But does that mean we get it in 2 week, 4 weeks or 6 weeks?  No one knows.

As far as being stuck with a Bionic for the next 20 months...not necessarily.  You can stick it out for ICS or say in 2 or 3 months, go ahead and go in store or call Customer Service; more times than not they will send you a "like" phone, equivalent to the tech/price of your current phone.  You may luck out and get a refurbed MAXX or D4, especially if they pull the Bionic from inventory.