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by Jaime Rivera | April 18, 2014 11:59 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google's at-home Glass trial program, and how this might push the platform. Apple follows the news as the company is reportedly working with Shazam to add more iOS 8 functionality. HTC is next as it seems the company is planning to bring optical zoom to smartphones in the ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 8:28 PMRead OnIt's not just new iPad shots we've got for you tonight, and in addition to those leaks of possible iPad Air 2 imagery, some new renders of the iPhone 6 have come to our attention, giving us a little preview of what we might hope to expect from Apple's design. Keep in mind, these aren't purporting to be anything ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 7:30 PMRead OnWhat could we hope to see from Apple's next full-sized iPad: the iPad Air 2, iPad 6, or whatever you want to call it? Sure, rumors have flirted with the idea of a new, larger iPad, and there will almost certainly be another iPad mini this year, but what about the standard 9.7-inch slate? Some new photos have just ...
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by Michael Fisher | April 18, 2014 5:43 PMRead On
Skipping listener mail for two weeks in a row? We know, we know ... unconscionable. But we also know you'll forgive us in exchange for two things: a packed review schedule, and an awesome podcast guest. We're bringing you both of those as the week winds down to a close. In addition to the usual news segment narrated by ...
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Multi-Platform
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 5:18 PMRead OnEarlier this week we shared with you news of major OEMs signing up for the Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment, pledging their support for a system that will let users remotely lock devices, wipe data, and prevent reactivation of lost and stolen phones. It certainly sounds like a sensible enough idea, and one ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 4:39 PMRead OnWe've got under a week to go before the OnePlus One launch event, but new details about the phone keep pouring in all the time. Already this week we've checked out a couple hardware leaks, got details on launch countries, and learned about the unusual invitation system OnePlus has elected to go with in order to manage ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 3:55 PMRead OnYesterday we told you about a smartphone from Philips that didn't really care how thick it was, and while it measured-in at over 11 millimeters, it made great use of that space, squeezing in a giant 5300mAh battery. Based on the comments you left, a lot of you think Philips is on to the right idea here, and super-thin ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 1:04 PMRead OnWe started the week off with Sprint posting an update to its Nexus 5 software version page, advising users that a new release was incoming. While the initial build number of KTU48F it gave was confusing, that turned out to be a typo, later corrected to KTU84F. We had already associated recent builds like this with ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 12:45 PMRead OnWith the HTC One M8 now a reality, the stage is set for HTC to make its next comeback attempt. The company needs to turn its finances around and start showing a profit again, and while the One M8 is quite the attractive smartphone, the question remains if HTC can take all the critical acclaim the smartphone and received ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 11:58 AMRead OnGoogle's Nexus series has brought us some fantastic values for Android hardware. The devices are generally quite top-shelf while coming in hundreds of dollars less than their competition. But recently, there's been a new surge of interest in smartphones that are even more affordable than the $300-$400 you might pay for ...
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by Michael Fisher | April 18, 2014 11:42 AMRead On
"One device is a product of an Android juggernaut, a fourth-generation powerhouse from a take-no-prisoners Goliath that essentially owns the Google-powered smartphone space. The other is a last-ditch effort to save its creator from certain destruction, a product forged from that peculiar mixture of desperation and ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2014 10:56 AMRead OnIt's hard to argue that HTC's not very interested in smartphone imaging. Whether you believe that its UltraPixel system is a worthwhile trade-off, or if the new Duo Camera setup on the One M8 is more than just a gimmick – that's up to you. But regardless of the actual success these efforts may have found, the fact ...
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by Taylor Martin | April 18, 2014 10:26 AMRead On
Oppo, unlike many other manufacturers, is taking this camera race to a new level, but not through hardware. Instead, Oppo is taking it to the competition via software, and in a way that, logically, doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. The Find 7 and Find 7a both come with 13-megapixel IMX214 CMOS sensors from Sony. In ...
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Multi-Platform
by Joe Levi | April 18, 2014 7:17 AMRead OnPrinters from yesteryear used parallel ports. Modems used serials ports -- which were available in either 9- or 25-pin varieties. High-speed devices like scanners and external drives used to connect via any number of SCSI connections. A company I used to work for even made products that let you daisy-chain two together ...
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Windows Phone
by Anton D. Nagy | April 18, 2014 3:45 AMRead OnOur full Windows Phone 8.1 review -- which, if you haven't read, go ahead and check it out, it's comprehensive -- states: "while the People hub remains, it serves principally as a feed aggregator: Twitter and Facebook posts still show up within, but tapping on them takes you not to a custom People page but to the post ...
