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by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 3:29 PMRead On
There have been a bunch of leaks attempting to show off components which will supposedly find homes in the iPhone 5S, but a lot of what we've seen so far has been a little... meh. That is, we've seen buttons, connectors, and other tiny parts, but not so much in the way of more substantial hardware. If you've been craving something more significant, we just might have ...
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by Joe Levi | June 18, 2013 10:50 AMRead On
Several months ago Waze, the insanely popular GPS navigation company, was in the middle of negotiations over selling their company to the highest bidder. Facebook reportedly want to buy Waze for the social aspects of the company. Google apparently didn't want Facebook to become a competitor in that industry, so the two companies got into a bidding war. What would this ...
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by Jaime Rivera | June 17, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Nokia EOS rumors as the codename RM-877 has just left the FCC and everything points to a July 11th launch. Next it's all about the Moto X, and even though the news are ok, they're not really what we'd call good. We then talk about some leaked photos of a possible gamepad for iOS 7 devices made by Logitech. The Galaxy S ...
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by Michael Fisher | June 17, 2013 2:52 PMRead On
The modern world of smartphone audio is perhaps best summed up by country-music singer Loretta Lynn: we've come a long way, baby. For much of the decade or so that smartphones have existed, the devices have been plagued by underwhelming audio performance, a symptom of too-small speakers paired with anemic software drivers, permitted only to suckle the tiniest bit of ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 17, 2013 9:33 AMRead On
Twitter's Vine has found itself becoming one of the bigger hits of 2013, and after iOS users getting all the fun of posting their short clips online for months, there's now an Android Vine release to get even more users in on the action. Despite the good times so far, Vine may have a bit of a fight in store for it, as some rumors suggest that Facebook is nearly ready ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 17, 2013 8:54 AMRead On
We've seen a big uptick in interest lately towards bringing a proper console-quality gaming experience to smartphone users. While the processing power has been there, the larger issue has been about control – touchscreens are fine for plenty of things, but traditional gaming ain't one of them. On the Android front, we've seen projects like NVIDIA's Shield attempt to ...
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by Joe Levi | June 17, 2013 7:20 AMRead On
Since many of today's smartphones and tablets don't have removable batteries, and staying tethered to an electrical outlet isn't a viable option, there's got to be another solution. Hold tight as we look at three portable batteries that you can use with your Android, iOS, Windows, or BlackBerry today! As our smartphones and tablets become a more powerful part of our ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 14, 2013 2:03 PMRead On
Topic Pocketnow Live kicked off twenty Fridays ago. We can't even believe it ourselves that we're at the twentieth installment of a show that is highly popular not only among our viewers, readers, audience in general, but also among members of the team. Episode 20 is also the Season Finale. We're wrapping up Season One with the team that kicked it off. Worry not, we're ...
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by Michael Fisher | June 14, 2013 1:41 PMRead On
We recently had the opportunity to review the Sony Xperia Tablet Z, an experience we enjoyed primarily because of the device's innovative hardware: a 6.9mm-thick, 495g chassis that manages to squeeze water- and dust-resistance onto its list of features. Pocketnow is currently in the midst of reviewing the BlackBerry Q10, a peculiar blend of yesterday's design cues with ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 14, 2013 11:09 AMRead On
How long have iOS users been waiting for the arrival of Microsoft Office? We got our first real evidence that development on the project was underway all the way back in February 2012. Over the months that followed, we heard additional launch rumors, and caught some additional glances at signs revealing Microsoft's ongoing efforts. Most recently, a new set of rumors ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 13, 2013 4:23 PMRead On
Synthetic sapphire crystals have one big thing going for them: they are fantastically resistant to scratching. That might make them seem like the ideal material for a smartphone display – and we've already seen them in luxury phones like those from Vertu – but they're also not without their problems: they're expensive to produce, and though they have excellent ...
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Pocketnow Weekly 048: Galaxy S 5 rumors meet Nokia EOS leaks in back alley, nasty knife fight ensuesby Michael Fisher | June 13, 2013 2:43 PMRead On
Before we begin, we'd just like to say something to everyone who's going to call us out for click-baiting with that "Galaxy S 5" title: your allegations are completely founded and true. But look here: even though Galaxy S 5 rumors are (to say the least) premature and indicative of a serious problem with our nasty-fast industry -an issue we discuss on the air- they're ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 13, 2013 4:59 AMRead On
It took Apple quite some time to make an iPhone with a larger screen. Now some even larger iPhone rumors are popping up on the interwebs and Reuters is citing some sources who are allegedly familiar with matters. Let's break the rumors down into categories. As far as size is concerned, the larger iPhone rumors are talking about the possibility of 4.7-inch, even ...
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by Joe Levi | June 12, 2013 5:18 PMRead On
It should come as no surprise, smartphones are getting thinner. Just when you thought they couldn't get any skinnier, manufacturers will shave a millimeter or two off their next device, just so they can claim the title of having the "thinnest phone on the market" -- even if they don't. Some manufacturers make their claims when measuring the thinnest part of the phone, ...
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by Adam Doud | June 12, 2013 12:00 PMRead On
Here's a thing I don't get. Restrictions. Restrictions are, as a rule, kinda bad. There is little in this world more frustrating than the absolute declaration of “This shall not be done”. It's rather like those memos you get at work. You know the ones. The ones that say “From now on you can only use these two phrases to end a phone call – blah and blah” (Bear ...































