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by Stephen Schenck | May 24, 2013 12:18 PMRead On
Despite Google not announcing it at I/O 2013, it's been clear that Android 4.3 has been under development, leaving many of us wondering just when Google might hope to finally make it official. While most of the 4.3 evidence has come from the likes of server logs, today we get a first-hand look at the software in action, with a number of images appearing to show Android ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 24, 2013 11:39 AMRead On
When we first laid hands on Sony's Xperia Tablet Z back at MWC in Barcelona, only our stalwart professional detachment kept us from falling in love at first sight. The tablet, impossibly thin at 6.9mm and with a just-right weight of 495g, felt incredible in our hands - a feeling that only intensified upon learning the tablet was rated for water resistance to IP55 and ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 24, 2013 11:35 AMRead On
Yesterday, we started getting to the bottom of rumors surrounding Samsung's first Tizen hardware, taking a look at the User Agent Profile for the Samsung GT-I8805. That was a model number we heard before, when a previous rumor claimed the GT-I8805 was under development as codename Redwood, and there was also a model GT-I8800, which Samsung was calling Melius. Since ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 24, 2013 10:57 AMRead On
In the days following Google I/O 2013, we've been seeing Google distribute updates to a number of its Android apps; Drive and Google+ saw such updates land over the past week. It shouldn't be much of a surprise that more are on their way, and today we get what could be an early look at one of them, upon the discovery of what looks like a screenshot of an upcoming Gmail ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 8:39 AMRead On
When Samsung announced it managed to sell 10 million Galaxy S 4 units through its global channels yesterday they also unveiled new color options for the near future. Among these is the Red Aurora Samsung Galaxy S 4 and AT&T was quick to make it public that customers will be able to grab this color flavor, in 16GB internal storage version, starting June 14, in ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 8:27 AMRead On
Rumors about the next Google Nexus 7 are piling up. It's normal given the fact that the first Google-tablet is turning one-year-old in just a few weeks. According to the latest report based on information from "supply-chain sources", the Next Nexus 7 tablet, the second-generation, will start shipping around the end of the second quarter. It should land on shelves the ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 24, 2013 8:01 AMRead 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 same time. It’s a huge frenzy, commenters go nuts, ...
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by Joe Levi | May 24, 2013 7:29 AMRead On
Google introduced some very cool things at I/O 2013, primary among them was a renewed focus on services. In addition to talking a lot about new Google Play Services which will bring a whole new set of features and functionality to every Android handset and tablet from Froyo on up, we were also shown "Auto Awesome" and Hangouts (the replacement for Talk). Auto Awesome ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 24, 2013 7:02 AMRead On
Sprint's Kyocera Torque is a real monster. A rugged phone for the rough-and-tumble construction crowd, the phone features mil-spec toughening to the 810G and IP67 standards for dust, shock, extreme temperatures and pressures, solar radiation, blowing rain, salt fog, and immersion for up to 30 minutes in up to a meter of water. When we reviewed it several months back, ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 5:11 AMRead On
After we saw the "Google Edition" Samsung Galaxy S 4 on stage at Google I/O, the rumor mill started going crazy about a Google Edition HTC One. Despite the official, and unequivocal, denial from HTC, these rumors returned to the headlines, and they're persistent. For today's dose of hear-say we recommend both your skeptical hat and your pinch of salt. According to the ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 4:39 AMRead On
Topic Jolla unveiled their first phone this week, together with "the other half", which brings an interesting concept to the mobile world. HTC's executives are leaving the company which makes us wonder whether this is a good or a bad things. Samsung officially sold 10 million Galaxy S 4 units through its global channels and unofficial sources talk about 5 million HTC ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 8:01 PMRead On
Microsoft finds itself in a somewhat unique place in the electronics industry, with products in both the smartphone and console gaming spheres. Sure, Sony hits both those notes, but there's a big difference between manufacturing smartphones and having direct control over a smartphone platform. In theory, that should lead to some fantastically tight integration between ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 7:20 PMRead On
Are you ready for the latest round of gossip about Apple's upcoming gear? This time we get to hit all the big players, with details showing up that concern the flagship iPhone 5S, the rumored cheaper iPhone, as well as the next iPad. Some if this is minor stuff, like a tweaked shape for the rear microphone near the iPhone 5S's camera. The 5S could also get a bigger ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 23, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG's demo of a smartphone with no bezel, and the possibilities of it ever happening. We later talk about Samsung, the sales results of the Galaxy S 4 and their future Developer Edition. We later go through how the Facebook phone is now being pulled away from the UK because of the obvious bad results on sales, even though ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 6:48 PMRead On
Back in March, we heard about an upcoming Huawei flagship that – if the rumors were true – would take the top spot as the world's thinnest smartphone. We had heard similar rumors earlier in the year which ended up missing the mark, so we didn't give it an overabundance of attention. Since then, more evidence has arrived showing-off a 6.2-millimeter thick handset ...































