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by Michael Fisher | April 18, 2013 2:01 PMRead OnWe didn't expect to run the Weekly with a skeleton crew two weeks in a row - and it's a good thing we didn't have to. Mere minutes into this week's Tony-and-Michael-only podcast, Taylor Martin arrives to save us from the spectre of a fun, but low-energy, two-man show. In its place: jokes, laughs, and a lot of industry insight you're gonna wanna put your ears on. We talk phone batteries that can jump-start your car, what place Twitter has in music, whether we should be excited about Motorola's X phone or Nokia's aluminum Catwalk, and the strengths and weaknesses of Windows Phone, Facebook ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 17, 2013 10:57 AMRead OnIt's been about a month now since Samsung's big New York Galaxy S 4 launch event, which means that it's finally time for details on the phone's US retail availability to start arriving. We just saw AT&T get started with pre-orders, and today Samsung follows up with its own announcement of the GS4's launch on carriers in the States, joined by a few of those companies chiming-in with their own details on just when their customers will be able to get their hands on the Android flagship. Samsung itself doesn't really have anything new to say in today's announcement. It goes over the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 16, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG's press invites for an event on May 1st, and what we expect to be released. Then we talk about the iPhone 5S and its possible 12-megapixel camera and HDR video recording capabilities. Facebook is next as chat heads reach iOS on the iPhone and iPad, even though they aren't as great as on Android. We later talk about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 pre-orders and where to begin. We end today's show talking about how the government of Taiwan is now investigating Samsung over their assumed practices to stir attention away from the HTC One. All this and ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 16, 2013 3:02 AMRead OnIf you're looking for Samsung's latest and greatest and you're on AT&T, or planning to be, you can now go ahead and pre-order the Galaxy S 4 from the carrier. According to the wording on the page your unit will be shipped on April 30, 2013, exactly two weeks from now. You can choose between White Frost and Black Mist color variants, both 16GB flavors. $199.99 is what it'll cost you on a two-year contract, $449.99 with a one-year agreement, and $639.99 outright. If somehow you have not heard about the features on the phone, this particular carrier variant packs a 1.9GHz quad-core ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 15, 2013 7:56 AMRead OnIf you're waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S 4 to reach your carrier you might be interested in this leak as there is currently no information out there (that is solid enough to consider) to get you through the waiting. We're looking at a leaked Staples store training document that seems to have the answer for US carriers and their S 4 devices. AT&T: April 26. T-Mobile: May 1. Verizon: May 30. Those are the dates but there's also a bolded word right above them: tentative. However, the information seems to match previous rumors and device reservations, according to the document above, ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 15, 2013 7:39 AMRead OnApril 19 is the official date at which those interested in the AT&T flavor of the HTC One can get their unit but there were some lucky owners that managed to get the device early. A couple of these One users took it to XDA Developer forums to share their bootloader unlocking method and success. HTC will unlock the bootloader of the AT&T One via its HTCDev website. There are two downsides though: first, upon unlocking, you will lose all your data. Second, after unlocking, some apps (Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer and Sound Recorder) are being wiped, which, by itself, is no ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 12, 2013 8:43 AMRead OnAs Mark Zuckerberg introduced Facebook Home, Peter Chou unveiled the HTC First on April 4 and AT&T promised it would be available starting April 12, which is today. The phone packs a dual-core Snapdragon 400 SoC clocked at 1.4GHz, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 2,000mAh battery, five-megapixel main camera, 1.6-megapixel front-facerand a 4.3-inch 720p display. Following the source link below you'll be able to grab your own; it goes for $99.99 with a two-year contract or $449.99 outright. You'll also be able to choose your favorite out of four color options. Source: AT&T
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by Stephen Schenck | April 10, 2013 4:18 PMRead OnLG joined the rest of the Android big boys at the 1080p table this year with the launch of its Optimus G Pro. More of a big brother to the Optimus G than a proper successor (we're looking forward to the Optimus G II for IFA 2013), the handset still represents the best of what LG currently has to offer. If you haven't been swayed by the Galaxy S 4 or the HTC One and still have your eye on the G Pro, you could have your chance to snag one in just about a month, with rumors suggesting that AT&T will start selling the Android on May 10. For the US release, the G Pro will have a 5.5-inch ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 9, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 along with our full review. Then we talk about Windows Phone 8 and its possible adoption of 1080p displays in the future. Nokia is next as there are rumors of another flagship device coming to AT&T. Google takes the news afterwards, first as we talk about the new Google Play Store debuting and we even tell you how to get it now. We then talk about Google's surprising yank of at least 60,000 apps from the store due to bad quality. We end today's show talking about Europe's recent accusations against ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 9, 2013 12:32 PMRead OnAdDuplex has its latest round of Windows Phone data available, painting a broad picture of the current state of the WP market: which devices are most popular, where, and which carriers have the largest Windows Phone user bases. While the overall picture isn't very surprising (Nokia dominating with HTC picking up the slack), one juicy little tidbit did surface while data for the report was tallied, revealing a previously unknown Nokia handset. Nokia model RM-877 appears to be preparing for a launch on AT&T. The numbering is consistent with other up-and-coming Lumia phones that we've ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 5, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the recent patents that reveal a Street-View like service coming to maps on iOS. Then we talk about the Nokia Catwalk, and the good and bad things revealed on its specs. Then it's pre-order day starting with T-Mobile USA bringing their iPhone 5, then Samsung Bringing their Galaxy Note 8.0 to the UK. Then we've got BlackBerry Q10 pre-orders in the UK followed by some R-Series rumors that underwhelm. We end today's show talking about HTC, first because of their pre-orders on AT&T and Sprint, and second because their Developer Edition is now ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 5, 2013 4:58 PMRead OnWindows Phone has seriously not been having good luck with phone updates recently. There was that whole business with Microsoft stopping the distribution of Windows Phone 7.8 updates back in February, and now we've learned that another release has had to be withdrawn, this time with Nokia and its most recent Lumia 920 update for AT&T. 920 firmware 1308 started going out last week, delivering a bunch of fixes and tweaks that make the release sound like a pretty strong update. If that was all the update did, we wouldn't be talking to you now, so you had better believe that with all that ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 4, 2013 1:22 PM
Read OnAll week, we've been wondering about Facebook's Android event today. Would it just be about software? Would we see the rumored Facebook phone? Leaks over the past few days have suggested a mix of both, revealing the HTC First and some glimpses at Facebook Home software. Today Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to set the record straight, formally announcing Facebook Home for Android. Zuckerberg makes it clear that this isn't about new hardware, or new operating systems, but also "building something that’s a whole lot deeper than just an app." Facebook Home will sit between the OS and the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 4, 2013 8:22 AMRead OnIt's finally here, slowly that is. After almost a full month since Sprint launched their Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to the LG Optimus G, the software update is now reportedly reaching AT&T customers. Sadly we haven't been able to confirm this officially, as AT&T hasn't sent out any press notifications about it. What matters is that some customers are already reporting that it is arriving to their devices. LG really surprised us last October with the Optimus G. None of us here had any positive things to say about the company until this device was released. LG proved they had ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 3, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we see the first leaked photos of HTC's Facebook Phone and the UI. Then we talk about AT&T and their pricing plans confirmed for the Samsung Galaxy S 4. Then it's Nexus 7 talk as Google and Asus are teaming up again to build it. iOS 7 is next as we talk about the delays that are plaguing it. We end today's show going through the history of the cell phone, which turns 40 today. All this and more after the break. Stories: - Facebook Home Shown in Action on HTC First - AT&T Updates its Galaxy S 4 Pricing Details - Asus And Google Work On a New Nexus ...
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