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.
Thing 1: Google brings us back to the playground Google: Oct. 29 in NYC, the playground is open Google adds Wish Lists to Google Play Store Buy Google Play credit directly from the Google Play web store Google Play seller support coming to India Google Q3 2012 earnings released prematurely, revenues and operating income down Official Google Calendar app launches on Google Play Android 4.1.2 OTA now rolling out for Google Play Galaxy Nexus devices, here's your download link Thing 2: New hardware HTC J Butterfly with 5-inch 1080P screen makes its way to Japan HTC J Butterfly video round-up ASUS Padfone 2 announced - quad-core phone/tablet dockable with LTE Thing 3: Other odds and ends AT&T LG Optimus G review Action Launcher, from the developer of Tweet Lanes Softbank confirms 70 percent acquisition of Sprint worth $20.1 billion