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by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 5:17 PMRead OnA couple days back, Sony couldn't contain its excitement about its upcoming products, and an as-of-now-still-unannounced Xperia Z4 Tablet popped up on the company's Xperia Lounge app. The presence of a date from next week sure seemed to imply that Sony could be readying to introduce the tablet at MWC, meaning that even ...
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Windows
by Pocketnow Deals | February 26, 2015 4:36 PMRead OnYou could instantly turn your living room into an awesome home theater if you win The 50-inch LG TV & Sound Bar Giveaway presented by the Pocketnow Deals Store. One lucky person is going to walk away with this sweet prize pack and quickly become the envy of their family and friends. It could be you. All you need is ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 4:05 PMRead OnEven if you're not carrying a Motorola smartphone yourself, it's hard to deny how much fun it can be to play around with the company's Moto Maker web tool, giving you the opportunity to custom-configure a handset of your own design. While the Moto X is the model basking in the Moto Maker's spotlight, it's far from the ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 3:01 PMRead OnBack at the start of the month, the FCC readied itself for a showdown: it was time to address net neutrality in a way unlike the agency had approached it in the past, considering whether or not internet service should be reclassified as a utility and regulated as such. Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a plan that would use ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 12:49 PMRead OnOne of the very cool things about big expos like MWC is how they expose us to so many different kinds of devices all at once. Sure, the bulk of them are likely to be running Android, but we're sure to see products based on any number of mobile platforms, from Ubuntu, to Firefox OS, and more. For all the OS diversity the ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 12:04 PMRead OnGoogle may head up a major smartphone platform, develop self-driving cars, and even have a fleet internet-connected high-altitude balloons, but at its core this is still a company that sells ads. Whether those are on its search engine, or popping-up while we watch YouTube, ads are the company's bread and butter. Today ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 10:57 AMRead OnWhile Samsung and HTC wait for Sunday to showcase their next new mobile hardware, LG is having none of this “waiting” business. We've already seen the company introduce the Watch Urbane Android Wear smartwatch, as well as a new lineup of mid-range phones. As it turns out, LG wasn't done with its wearable news just ...
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by Joe Levi | February 26, 2015 10:01 AMRead On
Motorola just sent out what it's calling a "press conference in a box", containing some press credentials and the brand new 2015 Moto E. To refresh your memory, the Moto E is an affordable, unlocked handset aimed at closing the technology gap. Interestingly, Motorola doesn't seem to be cutting many corners to get at ...
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by Adam Doud | February 26, 2015 10:00 AMRead OnFunny thing about startups. Sometimes they strike gold, and sometimes they strike fool’s gold. Pebble seems to be the former as it announced its new Time smartwatch that will be available in May. The Time smartwatch will have a color screen, maintain its week-long battery life, and include voice input. Pebble has also ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 26, 2015 9:53 AMRead OnYesterday brought us the best images we've seen to date of Samsung's Galaxy S6, as a number of pics captured the design of the upcoming flagship. But this coming Sunday in Barcelona we're expecting Samsung to unveil not one, but two GS6 models, pairing the flat-screened handset depicted yesterday with a curved-screen ...
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by Jaime Rivera | February 25, 2015 11:28 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG's announcement regarding the G Flex 2's global launch. Sony follows as the company accidentally leaks the Xperia Z4 tablet. Qualcomm then takes the stage as it teases the Snapdragon 810 on the HTC One M9. We then talk about Apple, Samsung and LG, specifically on a deal ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 7:59 PMRead OnDo you BYOD? And no, we don't mean buying an unsubsidized phone from a third-party retailer and separately activating it on a carrier – we're talking about using your own phone for work, rather than carrying an employer-issued device. Companies have been warming to the practice in recent years as manufacturers bake-in ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 7:02 PMRead OnWe've been talking a lot lately about Google's interests in mobile payments, from rumors of an unusual Bluetooth-based system, to the boost Wallet is getting thanks to that new Softcard deal, to word of a general focus at I/O this year on Google Wallet. But more than just making an effort to get additional Android users ...
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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 5:56 PMRead OnWith last year's launch of the iPad Air 2, Apple made a significant step forward with its mobile device hardware, introducing the first model with a solid 2GB of RAM. But while Apple's tablet family was now able to enjoy the comparative luxury of such a deep memory pool, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus found themselves stuck ...
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by Pocketnow Deals | February 25, 2015 4:26 PMRead OnGet sweet gear at the Pocketnow Deals store right now at prices that are smokin’ hot. It's your last chance to 93% off the Full Stack Hacker Bundle (ends Wednesday night), and your last chance to get the pre-order price on the super-popular Code Black drone with HD camera (price goes up Thursday). Get the Pre-Order ...
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Android
Read OnOver the past several weeks, there's been no shortage of renders attempting to reveal Samsung's Galaxy S6, from designs put together by case-makers, to works from independent artists. But what we haven't seen a lot of are actual photographs of flesh-and-blood (or metal-and-glass) hardware. Sure, there's been the odd ...
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Windows
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 1:42 PMRead OnEarlier this week we got word of a big step forward for Google Wallet, as Google inked a deal with previous mobile payment competitor Softcard that would see Google Wallet land pre-installed on phones from major US carriers. That sounded great for Google, but what about Softcard users? Well, those on Android clearly had ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 12:50 PMRead OnSamsung is super-excited about wireless charging at the moment. While it's offered wireless charging accessories for its handsets going back years by now, you'd be forgiven for considering these efforts to be afterthoughts: with the need to purchase and install optional charging backs, the company's solutions didn't ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 11:20 AMRead OnWe knew Motorola had some pre-MWC news for us today, and while we didn't have any direct clues about what it might be, our best guess was that it might announce a new Moto E. After all, leaks of the second-generation handset had been piling up over the last few weeks, and it felt like it was just a matter of time before ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 25, 2015 10:30 AMRead OnLast week we saw the emergence of a troubling report, one claiming that the GCHQ and NSA compromised the security of SIM-card-maker Gemalto, accessing encryption keys that would in theory allow the spy agencies to passively monitor cellular communications as they moved from our phones to cellular towers. It was quite ...
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Android
by Adam Doud | February 25, 2015 10:00 AMRead OnSamsung has a history of trying things out. If there is a need in the mobile industry, Samsung has tried to fill it. If there was a perceived need in the industry, Samsung tried to fill it. If there was no need, well, you get the idea. Samsung is a very mainstream phone manufacturer. Step out of your house and trip down ...
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Android
by Rithvik Rao | February 25, 2015 1:56 AMRead OnEver since it went official at CES 2015, the LG G Flex 2 has garnered a good bit of attention being what's probably the best smartphone to be announced in 2015 so far. With the latest HTC One and Samsung's Galaxy S6 set to be announced within just a few days, that enthusiasm is slowly dwindling, but that doesn't mean ...
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Multi-Platform
by Jaime Rivera | February 24, 2015 10:25 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG's new promo video for the much-anticipated Watch Urbane. Apple follows as we learn the possible launch date for Apple Pay in Europe. Samsung then takes the stage as we learn the possible name of the Galaxy S Edge according to US carriers. HTC then becomes the focus of ...
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Multi-Platform
by Jaime Rivera | February 24, 2015 9:49 PMRead OnMicrosoft's OneDrive is certainly not the most ubiquitous cloud storage service in the market, but it is one of the most affordable and feature packed options you can get. The folks at Redmond have focused in making it as available to other platforms as possible, since Microsoft is about more than just protecting its ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | February 24, 2015 8:25 PMRead OnThe Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge aren't the only upcoming Samsung models we've been tracking, and beyond smartphones entirely we've been hearing about plans for a couple new tablets. After introducing the OLED-screened Galaxy Tab S last year, rumors have suggested Samsung could be cooking-up some new models, and we've ...
