Google had no new mobile hardware to show off at Google I/O this year, and while that left most of the tech world feeling pretty despondent, we didn't walk away empty handed. Google announced its new music streaming service that integrates seamlessly with its digital content store, Play Music All Access. The minute it became available, many of us here at Pocketnow ...

I've been an advocate of using Google Wallet since I've been able to run the app on my smartphone. Walking into the local convenience store, phone in hand, and paying for my Monster Energy Drink by tapping my phone to their reader was, for lack of another phrase, science-fiction realized! The cashier smiled and chuckled a little -- a guy trying to use his phone to ...

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 ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has proven to be the tablet that many of us dreamed, but that sadly hasn't made the dent that many of us expected in the market. If you think about it, it's the perfect form factor for S-Pen functionality by offering a display size that's not too big, nor too small to actually be used with one hand as you write on it. A big reason for its ...

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 ...

Back in March, we heard about an interesting new twist on software keyboards, upon learning of the Indiegogo funding project for Minuum. Unlike nearly every other keyboard out there, Minuum elects to place all of its letters in one straight row. That frees up a ton of screen real estate, and users are also able to move the keyboard around as they see fit – no need to ...

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 ...

Have you tried out Google's new All Access streaming radio yet? Some of the early adopters playing around with the service had noticed that it sure seemed to be pulling down a lot of data – fine for those of us on unlimited or high-tier plans, but not great news for someone looking to keep their monthly use down. While Google did offer users some control over the ...