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It's as though we just dropped an entire podcast on you two days ago. But that's the way the news is this week. We're fresh off the HTC One events in London and New York, so we'll recap those in addition to looking ahead to Mobile World Congress early next week from Barcelona, Spain. Plus we take on Ubuntu Touch, now available in developer preview for Nexus devices, and the new Chromebook Pixel.

Phil, Jerry and special guest Android Martonik break down Android 4.2.2, preview next week's HTC event, fawn all over DashClock Widget and take some excellent reader voicemails. Welcome to the Android Central Podcast.

The Galaxy Note 8.0 is coming, Samsung says, but are recent leaked pictures real? Plus, HTC leaks, the state of the Nexus, and your e-mails and voicemails.

Phil and Alex are back from CES in Las Vegas and get grilled incessantly by by Jerry about Sony, NVIDIA and bodies buried in the desert. Plus, Carbon for Android may be back, and we get catch up on some excellent voicemails. Welcome to the Android Central Podcast!

Jerry, Alex and Phil catch up from the holiday break, preview what we're expecting from CES next week in Las Vegas, and take a ride on the Ubuntu train. Join us! (Apologies for the wonky video. It was a 2013 bug. Or something.)

The Samsung Galaxy Camera has Alex excited. The Samsung "S Pebble" Muse MP3 thingy has Phil strangely excited. And Jerry? Hell, he's always excited about something.

We're back with our first full show after the holiday break. On tap: Google's Ingress game, the Google Play store still sucks at selling things, and your e-mails and voicemails.


Thing 1: The Google Play debacle redux

Another Nexus 4 batch expected to ship out this week, says Google Google: Nexus 4 available for purchase in U.S. at noon PST today Nexus 4 back in stock on T-Mobile USA site Dear Google ...


Thing 2: Jelly Beans, leaks, and updates

Android 4.2.1 hits AOSP, for you build-from-source types Android 4.2.1 update hitting Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 Nexus 7 gets its turn at 4.2.1 -- it's pushing now or can be manually flashed Galaxy Nexus (takju) starts to get its Android 4.2.1 update, manual update available now Jelly Bean 4.1.2 leaks for the original Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Jelly Bean OTA for Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3's to start arriving Dec. 3 HTC One X Jelly Bean update arrives in more countries


Thing 3: Other stuff

Google+ user reviews now a go for Google Play Tackling 'fragmentation': Developers sound off on supporting multiple screens Sprint lights up 11 new LTE cities, now at 43 total Samsung Galaxy Note 2 now available on Verizon Wireless 5 million Galaxy Note 2s sold worldwide, Samsung says

In the span of 24 hours, Verizon launches a great phone that everybody hates, and Google has a hard time selling a phone and tablet that nobody can wait any longer for. It's gonna be one of those podcasts.

It's a special Friday edition with Jerry, Alex and Phil. We've got the Nexus 4 phone. We've got the Nexus 10 tablet. And we've got Android 4.2. And we've got the lowdown on all all of it. Join us!

We're just days away from the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10. Our reviews are in. Are we still buying? The answers might surprise you. Plus, we've got some of the best voicemails we've had in more than 100 episodes. Do. Not. Skip. This. Podcast.

We've got the whole gang back together on the eve of Google's "Playground" event in New York City, where we expect to see some new Nexus love. Plus, Phil takes a beating.

Invites have arrived for an Oct. 29 Google event in New York City. Plus, HTC finally unveils the long-rumored 5-incher it's been hiding. And a whole slew of your e-mails and voicemails.

Where did all of these new HTC devices come from? Plus, our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, a Nikon Android camera, third-hand Nexus rumors that won't die, and more of your e-mails and voicemails.


Thing 1: Samsung Galaxy Note 2

This is what a T-Mobile branded Galaxy Note 2 will look like Quick screen comparison: Galaxy Note 2 versus Galaxy S3 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 initial photo and video samples


Thing 2: HTC reboots the One X already, brings the VX

HTC One X+ is official - faster CPU, bigger battery, Sense 4+ and Jelly Bean Hands-on with the HTC One X+ and Sense 4+ Best of both worlds? The AT&T HTC One VX AT&T announces the HTC One X+; Nvidia quad-core meets LTE HTC to deliver Jelly Bean and Sense 4+ upgrade for One S, X and XL this month HTC's 'Get Started' helps you set up your new Sense device from a computer TELUS confirms HTC One X+ is coming to Canada HTC One X+ headed to UK from Oct 22, priced £474, says retailer


Thing 3: Nikon Coolpix S800c

Nikon Coolpix S800c hardware The OS on the Nikon Coolpix S800c - it's Android, and that's both good and bad Skype, on the Nikon Coolpix S800c


Thing 4: Other odds and ends

Sprint and AT&T getting the LG Optimus G T-Mobile, MetroPCS merging in $1.5 billion deal Over 25 percent of Android devices now running 4.0 and above

We're back! Again! And we've got some good stuff for you this week. We kick off with Phil's tour with LG in Seoul, South Korea. Plus more on that scary dialer exploit thing, and whether you really need to worry about it. Plus we throw in some "new Nexus" talk for good measure. Welcome back to the Greatest Android Podcast in the World!


Thing 1: Scary exploits that you'll probably never see

Samsung: Galaxy S3 already updated with USSD exploit fix, reviewing situation with other phones [updated] How to tell if your Samsung phone is vulnerable to today's USSD hack Major security vulnerability in some Samsung phones could trigger factory reset via web page


Thing 2: Visiting LG in South Korea

From the Editor's Desk: So long, Seoul LG Optimus G 13-megapixel sample pictures LG Optimus G video test


Thing 3: Other odds and ends

A $99 Nexus 7 is rumored, but what might a price drop entail? Barnes and Noble introduce 7" Nook HD and 9" Nook HD+ Barnes & Noble brings its own streaming video this fall How we'd improve the Nexus Q