CAST 2012

The Vergecast is back with a very special reunion edition. On today's episode, Nilay and Paul join Josh in the studio for the first time in over six weeks! With a month full of major tech news, Nilay's wedding, and Paul's madcap adventures, the guys have a lot to catch up on. And after a day of celebrating America's Freedom, The Vergecasters take a moment to reflect on the relatively constrained state of the American wireless marketplace. Are carriers acting as a barrier to the pursuit of innovation? Should patent law be governed by the rules of Streetball? Should Nilay run for president? Find out on today's Vergecast.

00:06:00 - Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review
00:19:20 - Android manufacturers mostly mum on Jelly Bean updates as Google tries to repair a broken system
00:27:40 - Galaxy Nexus ban: the full story
00:48:10 - Five years after the iPhone, carriers are the biggest threat to innovation
01:18:45 - iPad mini: rumors of a smaller Apple tablet
01:31:20 - RIM US head: BlackBerry 10 is 'an entirely new way of interacting with the world around us'

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