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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 12:09 PMRead OnWe're always interested in learning about sales data for a new high-profile smartphone, and this season's crop, complete with the Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8, is no exception. While we've been curious about straight-up sales figures, we've also been intrigued by some trade-in numbers, like we looked at last week concerning ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 11:14 AMRead OnPlenty of smartphone companies are looking to reinvent themselves, but the one that really stands out in our mind as the most recent success story at doing just that has got to be Motorola. A year ago, Motorola smartphones were uninspiring at best, didn't see great availability, and suffered from mediocre software ...
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Android
by Anton D. Nagy | April 24, 2014 8:16 AMRead OnIf Charcoal Black, Shimmery white, Copper Gold, or Electric Blue, are not enough for your tastes in order to make a choice, and you want some more bling to go with your phone, Samsung and Swarovski might have the solution for you. Thankfully, you won't have to equip your GS5 with a blingy new case or cover to shine ...
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Multi-Platform
by Joe Levi | April 24, 2014 7:15 AMRead OnWe live in a day and age where our phones are an integral part of our regular routine. We wake up to alarms on them. We receive text messages, emails, pictures, chats, and phone calls with them. They help us keep track of our schedules so we don't miss important events. We are able to keep up on local, national, and ...
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Android / iOS
by Adam Doud | April 24, 2014 7:00 AMRead OnWith the recent release of the GS5, I think it’s important to look back on its roots. Remember where it came from. Reflect on where it is going. No, I’m not talking about the entire device, just that stupid little thing on the bottom of it. That’s right, the fingerprint scanner. The reason we’re looking at the ...
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Android / iOS
by Anton D. Nagy | April 24, 2014 3:47 AMRead OnBecause there are basically six months between Samsung's and Apple's flagship availability dates, it makes no sense to compare units sold of an aging phone, to those of brand new device that rides the waves of the buzz. However, iqmetrix have released an infographic (below), comparing the launch weekend of the Galaxy ...
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iOS
by Anton D. Nagy | April 24, 2014 3:30 AMRead OnThe Apple Q2 2014 results are in after the usual conference call and press release published officially, including financial results for fiscal 2014 second quarter which ended on March 29, 2014. If you're interested in figures, $45.6 billion ($43.6 billion in the same period of the previous year) is the quarterly ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 23, 2014 11:05 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google's roll in the Apple vs. Samsung trial, at least monetarily in favor of Samsung. Samsung follows as we get the first leaked photos of the Galaxy K. Then we talk about the Samsung Galaxy S5, and the user complaints on the camera software. Apple follows the news as we ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2014 8:10 PMRead OnPutting a 4K display on a tablet is no problem... well, so long as space isn't a big issue. Like last year, we started things off hearing about a 4K Panasonic Windows 8 tablet at CES, but its 20-inch screen (not to mention $6000 price tag) was something of a deal-breaker. But as the year went on, companies kept pushing ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2014 7:43 PMRead OnThis year's debut of the HTC One M8 was slightly more colorful than last year's M7 unveiling, with a choice between gray, silver, and gold hues. Sure, we eventually saw the One M7 turn up in red and blue, but there were only the silver and gray options out of the gate. So while the M8 is already ahead of the curve (at ...
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by Taylor Martin | April 23, 2014 7:32 PMRead On
Most new device launches go the same way: usually the press gets review units before they’re widely available, and we get to use them for a few days -or a week if we’re lucky- as we work on our review. Then press day arrives. The embargo on media coverage lifts, and everyone posts their reviews and videos at the ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2014 5:42 PMRead OnWhat's worse, a device that you hear rumored for months and months but never seems ready to go official, or one that sees a formal announcement, but then never manages to actually go up for sale? It's been over one hundred days since ASUS announced the PadFone X at CES, to be an AT&T exclusive in the US. We were ...
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Android
by Michael Fisher | April 23, 2014 5:00 PMRead On"Your move, Samsung." That's how we wrapped up last month's review of the HTC One M8, a product that we called "an elegant smartphone for a more civilized age." The One M8 is such an impressive device that it might well be on its way to dominating the smartphone sales charts by now, were it not for the South Korean ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2014 4:18 PMRead OnLG's G Watch is all set to help kick-off the arrival of Android Wear smartwatches this summer, alongside devices like the Moto 360. Just the other day, in fact, LG put up a nice new collection of teaser images for the G Watch, showing off an alternate color selection. But once the G Watch arrives, what might be next for ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 23, 2014 3:31 PMRead OnIf Samsung's Galaxy S5 has one weak spot, could it be the smartphone's camera? We don't mean its performance when everything is working right, either – while it's not the best camera around, especially when we're dealing with low-light conditions, it's by-and-large passable – we mean that it seems to be a magnet for ...
