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by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 11:38 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Motorola and how the company has committed to retaining a near-to-stock Android experience. Then we talk about Samsung as the company is teasing a new type of Galaxy S5 with some Swarovski crystals. HTC follows the news as the One (M8) has proven to be successful in ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 8:07 PMRead OnMore smartphone users are trying out fitness trackers every day, and while there are a lot of options out there, all too often we're limited in what's accessible to us based on what phone we're carrying. Sony, for instance, introduced its SmartBand tracker back at CES, and while it was both a more flexible and ...
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Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 7:39 PMRead OnWhen companies behind the smartphone platforms we use are working on a new release, there are bound to be a few things that don't make the cut. Maybe we're talking about features that ended up being a little buggy, or there just wasn't enough time to give them the polish they needed before launch. Maybe we're looking at ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 5:52 PMRead OnIn just under a fortnight, on May 7, Huawei is set to reveal its Ascend P7 to the world. We've been talking about the phone since last fall, the presumed successor to the super-thin Ascend P6, and have heard a number of rumored specs, as well as got the chance to check out some possible in-the-flesh pics of the handset ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 5:09 PMRead OnAs Android smartphone users are only all too aware, Google+ is a major component of Google's mobile strategy; fire-up a recent Android device for the first time, and if you're not already a Google+ user, expect to be prompted time and time again to register as such. From chat to photo filters, Google+ is slowly making ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 4:58 PMRead OnAs much as many try to disregard the iPhone as being as important as it was to the mobile industry, how many of you actually remember what it was like to browse a website before the iPhone was launched. Apple touted the iPhone as being an internet communicator when it was announced, and a lot of that success came from ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 4:40 PMRead OnGoogle's in the midst of preparing for a wide-reaching overhaul of its Android apps, and a number of disparate leaks have revealed the same sort of UI changes: flat design, circular icons, and bold color. We shared with you the latest development along these lines earlier this week, after it was discovered that Google ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 4:18 PMRead OnEven though many of us complained harshly at how Apple slept in its laurels with iOS 6 and all its previous variations during more than seven years, you'd be amazed at how many people still prefer it. Surely Apple has boasted how fast people have adopted iOS 7 in recent months, but that doesn't mean this is what ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 4:05 PMRead OnEven though Apple is quite famous for its secrecy, a lot has gone wrong in that department lately, and we wonder if this is intentionally driven in order to lower the buzz from competing devices. We've heard tons of rumors regarding the future of the iPhone, iPad and even the iWatch, and most of this will apparently see ...
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Android
by Taylor Martin | April 24, 2014 3:59 PMRead OnThe demand for value smartphones – not just cheap or super high-end smartphones, but a solid middle ground – is higher than ever. Google's Nexus program has helped shape and change the direction of the smartphone market, if only slightly, in favor of smartphones with a whole lot of value and superb performance for ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 3:44 PM
Read OnMotorola's RAZR brand may have started out life as an iconic dumbphone, but 2011 saw the brand reincarnated as an Android smartphone, the Droid RAZR. One year later, we got the RAZR HD (not to mention the Maxx), but then last year the RAZR name appeared to be dropped in favor of the Droid Ultra. Is that all she wrote ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 3:37 PMRead OnRumors of the iPhone 6 have focused a lot on what we can expect form its size and specifications. We've heard that Apple plans to make two devices, both bigger than any iPhone we've ever seen, and also much more powerful than their predecessors. Now, given Apple's track record of valuing how a phone feels in your hand, ...
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iOS
by Jaime Rivera | April 24, 2014 3:18 PMRead OnApple has never been famous for making battery life a priority on its iPhone line-up. Almost every publication praises Apple for how well the iPad line-up and even its Mac line-up performs in that department, but sadly we can't all say the same about the iPhone. iOS 7 proved to be tough on the iPhone's battery, and even ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 1:43 PMRead OnIt's been about two years since we saw the debut of the pico-projector-equipped Samsung Galaxy Beam. It didn't kill in the specs department, but this phone was never about flagship-level performance - the Galaxy Beam's feature set may be a little one-note, but that's one note that few other smartphone's can play: the ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | April 24, 2014 12:58 PM
Read OnThere are a million different reasons to love smartphones, but one of the most useful in our day-to-day lives is the extent to which they can automate certain tasks. We have services like Google Now that stay on top of our lives, reminding us of tasks and providing us updates on activities we're involved in, without us ...
