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by Jaime Rivera | May 17, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new BlackBerry Messenger to come in July and why tablets shouldn't be waiting for it. We later go through the leaks of the Nokia EOS, which is claimed that has already been spotted in the public. Then we go through the Samsung Galaxy S4 and how it's dwarfed the results of the Galaxy S III in these last couple of weeks. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 5:01 PMRead On
Last month, Samsung announced the first Galaxy Tab 3 model, a seven-inch tablet. Obviously, more Tab 3 options would follow, and at the time we heard rumors about a few other hardware configurations. One of those included an eight-inch model with some nice specs like an AMOLED screen. As we wait for official word, some new specs have leaked for the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 4:20 PMRead On
We've been talking about streaming music services from Google and Apple for what seems like forever. Google's All Access finally went official earlier this week, while Apple has yet to announce its own offering. Rumors have suggested that it, too, could be nearly ready to launch, and that news might just arrive at this year's WWDC. However, a new report suggests that ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 2:45 PMRead On
A few days back, BlackBerry had a big announcement to share, revealing that it was finally opening up the membership ranks of BlackBerry Messenger, and would start making the app available to smartphone users running iOS and Android. If you were a BlackBerry die-hard for years and have only recently transitioned to another platform, this was great news, letting you ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 17, 2013 12:19 PMRead On
Fans of stock Android have been enjoying a fair amount of good news lately. We just learned of that special Google Edition of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 the other day, and today we get to see Sony continue with its own support for Android development, releasing an AOSP project for its Xperia Tablet Z. You might remember that Sony did the same thing last month for the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 16, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the white Nexus 4 launch rumors along with a possible launch date for Android 4.3. Then we talk about the recent dispute between Google and Microsoft over the custom-made YouTube Windows Phone 8 app. Then let's talk about Google hangouts and how AT&T is spoiling the fun for everyone. We later go through the rumors of a ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 16, 2013 6:03 PMRead On
We've been talking about two smartphones in particular these past few weeks: the HTC One and the Galaxy S 4. You may have noticed. We've kept our focus on these phones for an especially long period because they're flagship devices - the high-end superphones representing the best of the best their manufacturers can offer. As we've discussed at length in venues like ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2013 4:21 PMRead On
Google's just-announced Hangouts app is the new hottness (unless you're AT&T, apparently), so it's no surprise that Google is excited about spreading the word. To that end, it's thrown together a video demo showing some of what Hangouts is capable of, and how it lets you connect with your friends. In the process, Google just might have revealed a new Nexus ...
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by Taylor Martin | May 16, 2013 4:09 PMRead On
Though the Google I/O 2013 opening keynote may not have yielded all the awesome things we wanted, such as new hardware or even a new version of Android, but we walked away with at least one new service worth getting excited over, at least for music fans. Google Play Music All Access. Google Play Music All Access is two things: a name that is entirely too long and an ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 16, 2013 12:50 PMRead On
It's not common to see Larry Page on stage for a Google event, regardless of how big it is. Usually Eric Schmidt or Sergey Brin have been the ones that have shined the most for their showmanship, and as I watched the Google I/O keynote yesterday, Larry changed that, and he said something that really struck a nerve - "We should be doing what nobody else is doing". He ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 16, 2013 9:32 AMRead On
As we've heard at the beginning of the month, Microsoft might be ready to announce it's second generation of Surface tablets in June. Then came those ugly rumors according to which we'd have to wait until 2014 to see some Microsoft slates and we're now, more recently, hearing confirmations that it might still be June for the second-wave Surface RT tablets. Whether our ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 16, 2013 8:51 AMRead On
We have reviewed the ASUS Fonepad recently, as it was unveiled at MWC this year, but apparently an ASUS Fonepad with a spec bump has been announced. The initial version, also the one we reviewed, packs a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor alongside 16GB of internal storage. The new, improved flavor, is now powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2460 processor and brings 32GB ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 16, 2013 7:04 AMRead On
Competition is one of the most powerful forces driving the mobile industry. It fuels innovation, keeps prices reasonable, and opens up worlds of options. Whether we're talking about OEMs, carriers, or the companies crafting mobile platforms, competition is awesome. That said, having more options isn't necessary always a good thing, and when there's already a healthy ...
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by Joe Levi | May 15, 2013 10:54 PMRead On
The keynote of Google I/O 2013 has come and gone. This would have been the time when Google announced a new version of Android. Instead they went into great detail about new features that are coming to Google Play Services. To bring everyone up to speed, Google Play Services are a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) -- hooks that developers use to make ...
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by Taylor Martin | May 15, 2013 8:02 PMRead On
Today was the day we looked to Google to blow our minds, to sweep us off our feet with some new, revolutionary product. The Google I/O 2013 keynote kicked-off at 12:00 PM local time, and stretched on for a tiresome three and a half hours. Between 12:00 and 1:15 PM, we were watching intently – even through the bits aimed at developers that flew over our collective ...































