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Android
by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 8:27 AMRead OnRumors 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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Android
by Joe Levi | May 24, 2013 7:29 AMRead OnGoogle 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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Android
by Michael Fisher | May 24, 2013 7:02 AMRead OnSprint'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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Android
by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 5:11 AMRead OnAfter 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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Android / Windows Phone
by Anton D. Nagy | May 24, 2013 4:39 AMRead OnTopic 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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Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 8:01 PMRead OnMicrosoft 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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iOS
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 7:20 PMRead OnAre 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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Multi-Platform
by Jaime Rivera | May 23, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch 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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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 6:48 PMRead OnBack 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 ...
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Android / Windows Phone
by Taylor Martin | May 23, 2013 6:27 PMRead OnNokia is a name that is synonymous with great build quality and hardware, awesome mobile cameras, and now Windows Phone. Nokia penned a deal with Microsoft in 2011, pushing its efforts to improve Symbian as a leading smartphone OS and the MeeGo project with Intel to the back burner. As we've learned, however, Nokia's decision to go all-in on Windows Phone ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 5:28 PMRead OnThe Google Galaxy S 4 will be here in just over a month, but even if the idea of that flexible, hackable GS4 has you salivating at the thought, there are a number of serious limitations that could stand in the way of your being able to enjoy the handset. Beyond the fact that the Google GS4 will (at least at first) be a US-exclusive, it's also incompatible with CDMA ...
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iOS / Windows Phone
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 4:38 PM
Read OnMicrosoft continues to try and stir-up interest in its tablet offerings, taking the latest step of putting up a page on its site to let visitors do a spec-by-spec comparison between the iPad and a number of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets. A small controversy has ensued following the page's publication, as some people try and claim that Microsoft is misleading the ...
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Windows Phone
by Taylor Martin | May 23, 2013 4:18 PMRead OnWhen someone uses a particular platform for any given time, they become invested in the ecosystem – the apps, the built-in and related services, and the way everything syncs up perfectly and seamlessly. You become invested in the platform and the user experience. And switching to any other platform is certainly more difficult than just a context switch and getting ...
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Android
by Stephen Schenck | May 23, 2013 3:23 PMRead OnWe've still got over a month to go until Google starts selling its own special edition of the Samsung Galaxy S 4, ditching the familiar TouchWiz and Samsung software touches for a stock Android experience. While nothing new is happening with the phone's hardware, we've nevertheless been curious to learn about just how it will arrive, and a new listing over at the ...
