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by Anton D. Nagy | May 19, 2013 10:02 AMRead On
Samsung Galaxy S 4 vs HTC One vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Nokia 808 PureView; that's the comparison we've been waiting to do ever since this year's flagship Android models came out. That also happens to be the camera comparison most requested by you. So, here it is! We've reviewed all of these phones and, at that time, we compared them against other competitors; this time ...
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iOS
by Anton D. Nagy | May 18, 2013 4:46 AMRead On...but rather on the future of iOS. If the past is any indication, we should see an iPhone 5S, an incremental spec-bump, just like the iPhone 4S. Regardless if that will be the case, or a completely new phone, the mobile future of Apple doesn’t really depend on the phone itself. No quad-core, 2GB of RAM, and 13MP camera with X number of lens, in addition to a ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 7:57 PMRead OnXperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia UL: it's been starting to feel like Sony's transformed itself into an assembly line for 1080p Androids lately. Despite all this focus on high-end, high-res handsets, it's also managed to continue addressing other market segments, and back in March we learned about a couple more conservative models, the Xperia L and Xperia SP. Now, the Xperia ...
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Multi-Platform
by Jaime Rivera | May 17, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new BlackBerry Messenger to come in July and why tablets shouldn't be waiting for it. We later go through the leaks of the Nokia EOS, which is claimed that has already been spotted in the public. Then we go through the Samsung Galaxy S4 and how it's dwarfed the results of the Galaxy S III in these last couple of weeks. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 6:42 PMRead OnYour current smartphone likely has no problem outputting CD-quality sound. Sure, maybe the speaker isn't so great, but plug in some headphones and you're going to be able to enjoy some crisp, clear digital audio. However, with everyone already sounding pretty good, companies can earn themselves some extra attention by going above-and-beyond our normal expectations; ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 5:01 PMRead OnLast month, Samsung announced the first Galaxy Tab 3 model, a seven-inch tablet. Obviously, more Tab 3 options would follow, and at the time we heard rumors about a few other hardware configurations. One of those included an eight-inch model with some nice specs like an AMOLED screen. As we wait for official word, some new specs have leaked for the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 4:20 PMRead OnWe've been talking about streaming music services from Google and Apple for what seems like forever. Google's All Access finally went official earlier this week, while Apple has yet to announce its own offering. Rumors have suggested that it, too, could be nearly ready to launch, and that news might just arrive at this year's WWDC. However, a new report suggests that ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 3:27 PMRead OnFrom a manufacturing standpoint, the HTC One has been off to a pretty bumpy start. First we heard of issues with the UltraPixel camera that were affecting the company's ability to produce enough units, and then there was that whole mess with Nokia and the HAAC microphones HTC wasn't supposed to have been putting in the One. HTC isn't letting a few issues like these ...
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Multi-Platform
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 2:45 PMRead OnA few days back, BlackBerry had a big announcement to share, revealing that it was finally opening up the membership ranks of BlackBerry Messenger, and would start making the app available to smartphone users running iOS and Android. If you were a BlackBerry die-hard for years and have only recently transitioned to another platform, this was great news, letting you ...
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Android / Windows Phone
by Anton D. Nagy | May 17, 2013 1:49 PMRead OnLast Friday we were excited about the week ahead, this week, as it contained two days circled with very promising events: Nokia's Lumia 925 event in London and Google's I/O. Both came and passed, leaving us with a phone (or two), and ecosystem improvements. Depending on your expectations and standards your excitement probably either turned into delight or ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 1:07 PMRead OnHeat is a problem that many electronics are forced to deal with, to one extent or another. Push enough power through chips, and they're going to get hot: the trick is what you then do with that excess heat. Many devices use a combination of fans and vents in order to deliver cooler ambient air to chips, but those solutions don't exactly translate well over to ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 12:19 PMRead OnFans of stock Android have been enjoying a fair amount of good news lately. We just learned of that special Google Edition of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 the other day, and today we get to see Sony continue with its own support for Android development, releasing an AOSP project for its Xperia Tablet Z. You might remember that Sony did the same thing last month for the ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 11:29 AMRead OnLate last month we brought you the bad news about Samsung, the Galaxy S 4, and its NFC TecTiles. Users who picked up some TecTiles to use with their GS3 last year could scan the NFC stickers in order to trigger certain actions on their phone. Problem was, the GS4 uses a new NFC controller that doesn't work with those old TecTiles, rendering them pretty useless. We were ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 10:51 AMRead OnSamsung's Galaxy S III was a runaway success. Last year's flagship has delivered sales numbers adding up to something like fifty million. With the Galaxy S 4 now here to take its place, we're sure a lot of you have been wondering if Samsung will be able to re-capture that lightning in a bottle, meeting, if not exceeding GS3 sales. We're only one month into the GS4's ...
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Windows Phone
by Michael Fisher | May 17, 2013 7:01 AMRead OnIt's been a pretty crazy week of news since Nokia unveiled its new Lumia 925 on Tuesday, and before we break for the weekend I'd like to briefly return to that Lumia 920-refresh to give some overdue kudos - and maybe stir up a bit of discussion. I love our community, fellow geeks, but it needs to be said: we can be a fickle bunch of puling, pompous jerks. And these ...
