Phil, Andrew and Alex are joined by Russell Holly of Geek.com to see where we stand on the new Nexus stuff, the launch of BBM — Its really great user friendly and smooth! — and we take a slew of questions from the live Q&A. Join us!

Thing 1: Ready or not, here's BBM!

• BBM for Android finally here today ... later ... eventually ... NOW!
• BBM bests 1 million installs in its first day on Android
• Who's using BBM on Android?
• BlackBerry 'aware' of suspect reviews, 'working with Google to resolve this'
• BBM updated to support more devices, doesn't list which ones

Thing 2: Nexus watch 2013

• ... ... ...

Thing 3: Other odds and ends

• Plants vs. Zombies 2 now live in Google Play
• Call of Duty: Strike Team now available - latest postmodern war shooter is $6.99
• Custom Moto X now $99.99 from Moto Maker site
• Is T-Mobile starting to offer free tethering on prepaid plans?
• Samsung hit with fine in Taiwan, probe into failing devices in China

The gang's all here, and we're taking Nexus rumors and leaks, giant phones, and $3000 goats. 

Phil and Alex each has the HTC One Max, a massive phone with a not-quite-as-massive display, running Android 4.3 and Sense 5.5. Here we have our initial thoughts on the oversized phone.

Samsung does all right with the Note 3 and new Note 10.1, but the Galaxy Gear leaves a bit to be desired. Plus, the state of HTC, we try to benchmark Jerry live on the air — and Google gives numbers on the great malware scare that isn't.

Thing 1: Samsung's trifecta

• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review (European version)
• Samsung Galaxy Gear initial review
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 - 2014 Edition review
• How to shrink the Galaxy Note 3's display into a tiny window
• T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear now available
• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 + Gear now available on AT&T and Sprint
• Cheating at Android benchmarks isn't new

Thing 2: What's up with HTC?

• HTC announces $101 million operating loss for Q3 2013
• Microsoft wants HTC's Android phones to dual-boot into Windows Phone
• HTC elaborates on Android 4.3 plans for HTC One on other U.S. carriers
• Stock Talk: HTC's Q3 loss isn't good, but neither is it unexpected

Thing 3: Other odds and ends

• Android security chief breaks down real malware data
• Android 4.3.1 update rolling out to LTE Nexus 7
• Twitter beta track receives yet another striking interface change
• Hulu Plus gets Chromecast support