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Samsung's latest, greatest phablet is here, and it's a hard-edged reminder that it's no longer enough just to be big; you've got to be smart about it, too. We're talking everything from #gapgate to Multi Window to the S Pen on today's podcast-style Galaxy Note 4 review ... and to help us do that, we're bringing in two very sharp tacks from respected corners of the mobile community: Brad Molen of Engadget and Florence Ion of Greenbot! This week's news didn't stop at the Note, of course. We're also talking about the big reveal from Google in the form of not one, but two new Nexii (both of them huge, in more ways than one), and we'll also touch on Apple's lower-key iPad Air 2 unveiling (while doing our best to avoid making Dad jokes). Plus, we'll hit up the Listener Mail inbox as usual to hear the latest insight and feedback from your very own mouths. Fingers. Keystrokes. Whatever. If that's the kind of talk that vibrates your silicon, then welcome: you're among friends. Join us for Pocketnow Weekly 118 below –either through the live video stream at 2:00pm Eastern (click here for your local time), or the high-quality audio version available later on– and shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air. See you then!Pocketnow Weekly 118  Recording Date October 17, 2014 Hosts Michael Fisher Stephen Schenck Brad Molen (Engadget) Florence Ion (Greenbot) Producer Jules Wang Podcast Rundown  Sponsor (00:02:32) The Pocketnow Weekly is brought to you by Themer, a product of MyColorScreen.com: the largest community of designers showing off Android homescreen creations complete with custom widgets, backgrounds, icons, and more. Pay them a visit, or download Themer to your Android phone right from the Play Store, and tell 'em Pocketnow sent you! Galaxy Note 4 Review Roundtable (00:03:49) We sit down with some of the sharpest tacks in mobile to talk about Samsung's latest supercharged smartphone, the device we called the "consummate phablet," the Galaxy Note 4. Pull out your S Pen and take some notes as we run down the Note 4's pluses and minuses, and if you're listening live, be sure to submit your own questions via Q&A: this roundtable also serves as this week's "Gadgets in Hand" segmnt. Then, after the podcast, check out all three of our reviews to see if you agree with our conclusions! Galaxy Note 4 review: if you want a phablet, you want this (Pocketnow) Galaxy Note 4 review: the best big-screen phone you can buy right now(Engadget) Galaxy Note 4 review: Samsung finally listens to its fans, and it pays off(Greenbot) News (01:27:00) Motorola Nexus 6 goes official, the newest stock Android Google phone Google officially unveils Nexus 9, an 8.9-inch Android powerhouse Oppo N3 camera to be 16MP with bigger 1/2.3 inch sensor Apple introduces the crazy-thin iPad Air 2 Apple announces the iPad mini 3 Sony Xperia Z3 Compact review: a small phone that packs a big punch Dial F for Fail (01:58:51) A segment from our top news wrangler about injustice, misdeeds, and general foolishness within the mobile industry. Today's topic: "Smartphone companies: fighting the good (?) fight" – a look at encryption, privacy, tax loopholes, and right-vs-wrong in the mobile space (featuring stories from PCMag and LATimes). Listener Mail (02:14:12) E-mailed submissions from Jacob Craft, Michael Allen, and Stephen from Hungary Music It may just sound like a ringtone to you, but our transition music track ("Radiation") is a real song, from a real album, by a real artist: Ali Spagnola. You can download that album, along with many others, at Ali's website here, visit her YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here! • See you at 2pm ET! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.