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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | June 19, 2013 11:25 AMRead OnWe're taking a quick break from the string of leaked component shots that has dominated iPhone 5S news as of late, turning our attention instead to a line rendering that claims to reveal not just the overall look and size of the iPhone 5S, but also of the lower-cost iPhone we've heard rumored, as well. A manufacturer of iOS device cases provided the image, so realize ...
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Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | June 19, 2013 10:39 AMRead OnWe may have doubts when it comes to the legitimacy of the recent set of pictures attempting to depict a metal-framed Nokia EOS, but the lion's share of leaked EOS imagery, that showing a more typical polycarbonate construction, has been seeming very much real. As we count the days until Nokia's July 11 event, when we're hoping to finally see this smartphone announced, ...
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Android
by Joe Levi | June 19, 2013 10:35 AMRead OnI've been an advocate of using Google Wallet since I've been able to run the app on my smartphone. Walking into the local convenience store, phone in hand, and paying for my Monster Energy Drink by tapping my phone to their reader was, for lack of another phrase, science-fiction realized! The cashier smiled and chuckled a little -- a guy trying to use his phone to ...
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Android
by Taylor Martin | June 19, 2013 10:00 AMRead OnSamsung is great at many things: pushing boundaries, providing a portfolio of mobile devices in practically every size imaginable, and applying the same design language across the entire portfolio. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is a perfect example of that. Many said the original Galaxy Note, with a 5.3-inch display, was entirely too large. In fact, 4.3-inch smartphones were ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | June 19, 2013 9:25 AMRead OnI didn't think much of it last year when HTC released the Butterfly alongside the Droid DNA, making up the manufacturer's first round of hardware featuring 1080p displays. After all, Verizon can be a serious prima donna, and if it had its way, it would probably only carry exclusive phones you couldn't get with any other carrier. Anyway, my interest was already turning ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | June 19, 2013 8:57 AMRead OnLate yesterday afternoon, a long-dormant Twitter account went active. After no signs of life since last fall, Verizon's DroidLanding account suddenly sprung back into action. It didn't take long before the account had tweeted a link to a new Verizon video, teasing an augmented reality game that appears to put users in charge of virtual mechs. Just what is Verizon ...
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Windows Phone
by Adam Z. Lein | June 19, 2013 6:29 AMRead OnThe big news that everyone is talking about from last week is the Xbox One and Playstation 4 announcements. Both are still being considered gaming consoles and are being compared in that manner, but I think the Xbox One is really supposed to be something different… kind of like a smartphone. 10 years ago, many of us were dreaming about a smartphone that combined ...
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Android
by Jaime Rivera | June 19, 2013 4:14 AMRead OnThe HTC Butterfly, or Verizon Droid DNA was always a device that we loved, but wished we could love more. Some say that it's due to how close it was launched to the HTC One, and others really didn't enjoy how it performed while being tested. Whatever the case may be, it was clear that the Butterfly always had a steep road to compete even against, and we've all been ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | June 19, 2013 3:53 AMRead OnThose of us that have followed Apple for a while know that the company is about prototyping, or at least, that's how we know Jony Ive likes to operate. They rarely ever discard an idea until they test it and get a feel for it, even if most of these ideas are not worth implementation. In the case of iOS 7, given the dramatic changes to the look and feel of the operating ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | June 19, 2013 3:04 AMRead OnOut of all the things that were announced at WWDC 2013, we'll admit that even the things that weren't shown or announced made some headlines. One of these was the fact that we were never able to see how iOS 7 look son the iPad, and that's just to prove how early the development stage Apple's new mobile operating system is. Apple did promise to launch the final version ...
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Android / Windows Phone
by Jaime Rivera | June 18, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the announcement of an AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 for the next coming days. Then we go through the other official announcement of the Sony Xperia Z for T-Mobile in the US. The HTC One is next as analysts already see the phone as the third best selling smartphone in the United States. We later talk about a new company ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 3:29 PMRead OnThere have been a bunch of leaks attempting to show off components which will supposedly find homes in the iPhone 5S, but a lot of what we've seen so far has been a little... meh. That is, we've seen buttons, connectors, and other tiny parts, but not so much in the way of more substantial hardware. If you've been craving something more significant, we just might have ...
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Android / Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 2:22 PMRead OnRumors about a company looking to buy-up Nokia are nothing new. While nothing ever seems to come of them, those suggestions keep popping up again and again over the years, and it sure seems like more often than not, we're talking about Microsoft considering making the purchase. The subject is back on our mind today, but in a slightly different context, with Huawei ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 1:49 PMRead OnOf all the smartphone platform upstarts currently working on their wares, Tizen has the potential to be the most successful. For one thing, it's got the backing of Samsung, who's just an unchecked juggernaut at the moment. Then there's the hardware, and what little we've heard so far – mentions of things like 720p displays – had us hopeful that Tizen would be home ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 1:00 PMRead OnThere have been a couple reports in recent months of HTC dealing with a wave of prominent executives breaking their ties with the company. As HTC works out its HR issues internally, we were left wondering what would be come of all those employees who walked away. As it turns out, at least two of them think that they have the know-how to play the smartphone game for ...
