Thing 1: CTIA preview

• Did Samsung just tease us all with a glimpse of the Nexus Prime?
• Galaxy Nexus specs possibly revealed -- but they're really not the important part
• Samsung bringing contact charging back to the Nexus?
• First 'Nexus Prime' photo leak shows buttonless device with 720p display
• 'Return of the Titans' - CEOs from Sprint, Verizon and AT&T lead CTIA keynote

Thing 2: HTC Sensation XL

• HTC announces the Sensation XL with Beats Audio
• Hands-on with the HTC Sensation XL
• HTC Sensation XL specs
• HTC Sensation XL gallery

Thing 3: HTC's little permissions problem

• HTC collecting data in U.S. phones with HTC Sense, storing it in a very sloppy way
• HTC: Fix is on the way for security flaw

Thing 4: Other odds and ends

• The already-struggling Google TV just found itself in a deeper hole
• Big Android BBQ Video Recap!

Thing 1: Ice Cream Sandwich/Nexus Something at CTIA

• Samsung and Google appear poised for some possible Ice Cream Sandwich at CTIA
• Ice Cream Sandwich supposedly seen in short video - is it the real deal?

Thing 2: Amazon Kindle Fire

• Amazon Kindle Fire - a Q&A
• Amazon Kindle Fire official at $199, ships Nov. 15
• Amazon explains the Silk browser on the Kindle Fire
• Ask AC: How can I pre-order an Amazon Kindle Fire?

Thing 3: HTC ThunderBolt gets Gingerbread

• HTC ThunderBolt's Gingerbread update pushing out now!

Thing 4: We've still got more

• Hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 8.9 (updated with video)
• Hands-on with the Galaxy Players 4.0 and 5.0
• HTC Amaze 4G coming to T-Mobile on Oct. 12 for $259 after contract, rebate
• Motorola Xoom finally getting its 4G LTE upgrade starting Sept. 29
• Toshiba announces the Thrive 7" Android tablet, available in December
• T-Mobile to iPhone faithful: How about a nice Android phone?
• T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II will be available Oct. 12 for $229 after contract, rebate

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Thing 1: Samsung Galaxy S II

• Samsung Galaxy S II Sprint Epic 4G Touch now available online from Sprint
• Samsung Galaxy S II Sprint Epic 4G Touch gets the full root treatment
• The top Epic 4G Touch forums
• AT&T's Galaxy S II will be available Oct. 2 for $199 on contract

Thing 2: The HTC Rhyme (you know, for girls)

• HTC officially announces the Rhyme for Verizon, Europe, Asia
• Hands-on with the HTC Rhyme

Thing 3: NVIDIA Kal-El and Adobe 3D

• NVIDIA releases project Kal-El whitepapers, unveils fifth companion CPU core for low-power use cases
• Adobe goes 3D with Flash Player 11, AIR 3, coming in October

Thing 4 - More hardware news

• Is this the Verizon Samsung Stratosphere, and is it coming soon?
• LG Esteem specs and details leak -- Gingerbread and LTE for MetroPCS
• Sprint outs the Motorola Admiral in Youtube video
• Verizon announces the entry-level LG Enlighten, available Sept. 29

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Thing 1: Droid Bionic is finally here!

• Motorola Droid Bionic now available from Verizon
• Droid Bionic extended battery

Thing 2: A slew of new Sony Ericsson stuff

• Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman
• Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
• Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active
• Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S
• Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Live Dock

Thing 3: Cricket Samsung Vitality

• Hands-on with Cricket's Samsung Vitality with Muve Music

Thing 4: Other odds and ends

• Droid Incredible's Gingerbread update pushing out now; we've got manual install instructions
• AT&T announces the Impulse 4G, a 3.8-inch Froyo device for just $29.99

Thing 1: U.S. Galaxy S II event

• Which Samsung Galaxy S II is right for you?
• Hands-on with the Sprint Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (updated with video)
• Hands-on with AT&T's Galaxy S II (updated with video)
• Eyes on the T-Mobile Galaxy S II (updated with eyes-on video)

Thing 2: New stuff out of IFA

• Samsung unveils Galaxy Note - a new 5.3-inch, dual-core phone with a SuperAMOLED HD display
• Samsung Galaxy Note official videos
• Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 7.7 with Android 3.2 and a Super AMOLED Plus display
• Toshiba unveils AT200 “Excite” tablet, only 7.7mm thick
• Lenovo announces the $199 Gingerbread powered IdeaPad A1 tablet

Thing 3: The Droid Bionic saga

• Uncrating the Droid Bionic Droid Does code
• Motorola Droid Bionic hitting the shelves at Costco Sept. 8
• A sneak peak at the Droid Bionic training docs, plus more confirmation of a Sept. 8 launch

Contests

• Win a device a day from Waze
• Win a Verizon-branded HTC Merge

Thing 1 - Steve Jobs steps down as CEO

• Not Android news.

Thing 2 - HP shutting down webOS device work

• HP to shut down webOS device operations
• Project started to port Android to the TouchPad
• And the winner of the $1,500 bounty for Android on the TouchPad is ... Qualcomm?

Thing 3 - HTC bootloader unlocking

• How unlocked is HTC's bootloader unlocking method?

Thing 4 - No Galaxy S II for Verizon

Verizon won't have a Galaxy S II variant, WSJ says, citing anonymous sources

Mobile Nations 5: A wedding and a funeral Phil, Kevin, Derek, Dan, Georgia, and Rene talk HP dumping webOS hardware, Google picking up Motorola Mobility, RIM's new BlackBerrys reviewed, and what it means for Microsoft and Apple. This is MobileNations!

Agenda

• HP shutting down webOS device operations, will "continue to explore options"
• Could there be a suitor for webOS?
• Did iPad kill HP’s hardware business?
• Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility: Complete coverage
• Google’s $12.5 billion dollar Motorola insurance policy
• MSFT and Nokia stocks get a boost from Google's deal
• BlackBerry Bold 9900 Review
• BlackBerry Torch 9860 Review
• BlackBerry Torch 9810 Review

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Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know!

• Email: podcast@mobilenations.com
• Twitter: @mobilenations
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Hosts

• Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson)of Android Central
• Kevin Michaluk (@crackberrykevin) of CrackBerry.com
• Derek Kessler (@dkdsgn) of PreCentral.net
• Daniel Rubino (@Malatesta77) of WPCentral.com
• Georgia (@GeorgiaTiPb) of ZENandTECH.tv
• Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of TiPb.com

Google purchases Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Thing 1 - HTC's 'marriage' to Beats Entertainment

• HTC's dabbled in the whole audio thing before
• HTC and Beats by Dre -- the video
• Beats by Dre blog officially announces partnership with HTC
• And now HTC officially announces partnership with Beats by Dre; devices coming this fall

Thing 2 - Ice Cream Sandwich leak

• First pics of Ice Cream Sandwich leaked, running on Nexus S

Thing 3 - Farewell, Google App Inventor

• Editorial: Farewell App Inventor, we barely knew you

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Thing 1 - TouchWiz on the Galaxy Tab 10.1

• Previewing the Touchwiz UX update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
• Samsung's TouchWiz update goes out publicly on Aug. 5
• A tour of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch event in London (update: video!)
• Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at the European launch event
• Hands-on with the TouchWiz update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in NYC

Thing 2 - HTC explains bootloader unlock process

• HTC will unlock bootloaders through a web-based tool
• Why I'm not unlocking my phone through HTC

Thing 3 - Patents

Thing 4 - Scary, scary malware!

• That big, scary call recording malware isn't in the Android Market
• Study shows that 'mobile threat activity' has risen significantly in past 6 months

Thing 5 - Google TV gets affordable

• Logitech Revue hits its promised $99 price point
• Poll: Would you buy a $99 Logitech Revue
• Honeycomb beta for Logitech Revue leaked

Things 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

• Sprint Motorola Photon 4G review - Part 1
• Want to charge your Photon 4G and use the kickstand? Flip it over
• Motorola Photon 4G gets rooted via webtop [update: how-to video]
• Google's chief legal officer calls patent war 'a hostile, organized campaign against Android'
• Leaked Verizon document shows Bionic, Stratosphere, Vigor release dates and more
• Motorola Xoom 3.2 update offers read-only SD card access
• NVIDIA: Kal-El quad-core tablets coming this fall, phones in early 2012