Welcome to the Android Police Podcast, Episode 28. Don't forget - the Android Police Podcast's live broadcast is every Thursday at 5PM PST (www.androidpolice.com/podcast).

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The Cast

• Matthew Smith, Host
• Bob Severns, Editor, A/V
• Cameron Summerson, Co-host
• David Ruddock, Co-host
• Eric Ravenscraft, Co-host

THE OUTLINE

Rumor Roundup

• HTC's One X+ shows up on blurrycam for T-Mobile, but it might not actually be coming at all. What a tease.
• $99 Nexus 7? How about "no."

Android at Arms

• Apples wants $707 million more from Samsung, blood from stone.

Code Google

• Google Play surpasses 25 billion downloads, wants to give you lots of things for the cheap.
• Google Play Services does something but I really don't know what.

The Hotsheet

• Barnes and Noble has launched its very own line of Kindle Fire Nook HDs - check 'em out.
• They also launched the Nook Instant Video Video Store.
• The Nexus 7 is now available in Japan, bigness remains to be seen.
• LG made a Vu II. Yes, your day is slightly worse for knowing this.
• Motorola updates its ICS update timeline, manages to piss off almost everyone in one fell swoop.
• Except ATRIX 2 owners.
• Meanwhile, Samsung is already doing it's Jelly Bean thing. Starting in Poland, with the Galaxy S III. You know who else started a rollout in Poland?
• The Transformer Prime is getting Jelly Bean up in Nordic country - that's Swede! And everywhere else.
• The Transformer Pad Infinity's Jelly Bean update wait just a got a little less finite.
• The T-Mobile One S got an update and it fixed stuff.
• The Xperia Ion finally gets Android 4.0, owners can finally feel a little less horrible about their purchase.

App Update

• Madfinger is teasing Shadowgun Deadzone, that teaser described in one phrase? Nipples of steel.
• Bag Piggies is out, it's Angry Birds constructor knockoff Rovio physics rehash HD fun stale cute buggy simple, other words critics say.

In Other News

• Ouya is still happening, in case you thought it wasn't for some reason.
• Something about a web page wiping out your entire phone. No worries. At least for Galaxy S III owners.
• Texas Instruments taking its smartphone and tablet ball, going home.