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by Jaime Rivera | May 3, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Acer Iconia A1 and why it's a device you should consider. Then we talk about the Motorola X Phone, which was recently spotted on AT&T in some tests, and is most likely another ugly phone. Later we move to Nokia as we see the Lumia 928 camera being tested and being quite good. We then move tot he BlackBerry R10, which was also leaked in photos as more of a mid-tiered device. We end today's show talking about Google Games, or the probability that Google is really bringing a Game console in the future that also runs some proprietary ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 3, 2013 4:56 PMRead OnWe all know that Samsung and Apple are two of the heaviest heavyweights when it comes to smartphones, and any time we're hearing about profits or market share, they're going to be leading the pack. Still, do we appreciate just how large they've gotten, and how quickly their sales have risen? It can be easy to get swept-up in the here and now of sales data, but taking a look back on how all the big smartphone companies have been performing over the past several years can offer us some new insight into the scale of Apple and Samsung's success. The chart above comes from revenue data from ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 3, 2013 11:25 AMRead OnThe latest BlackBerry on everybody's minds is no doubt the Q10, eager to see what a classic BlackBerry design and that hardware QWERTY keyboard can do to drive interest in the new platform. The Q10 isn't the only device we've seen rocking that form factor, and some rumors and leaks have supported the idea that the BlackBerry R10 could eventually arrive as the budget alternative for BB 10 fans who still want a hardware keyboard. Today we get another look at the handset, this time in bold red. While the general layout matches the Q10, it doesn't take long to notice where the R10 is distinct; ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 30, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about AT&T's current trade-in program to make your 2013-smartphone purchase more compelling. We later go through BlackBerry's CEO statement regarding tablets, and why this is both ironic and revealing at the same time. Later it's Nokia's turn as we discuss their probable plans to bring Lytro-Camera technology to future smartphones. Microsoft is next as we go through their new Windows Phone Facebook app in beta. We end today's show talking about iOS 7 and all the rumors regarding Jony Ive's influence over it. All this and more after the break. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 30, 2013 12:50 PMRead OnOne of the big unanswered questions regarding BlackBerry 10 and the direction the company's heading has been what role tablets will play. We've heard conflicting comments from various company execs that have made it hard to get a solid read on what might some day arrive as the follow-up to the PlayBook. Today we get a little insight into why this might be such a contentious issue, after hearing some very anti-tablet comments from CEO Thorsten Heins. In a recent interview, Heins declared, "in five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore," going on to call them ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 15, 2013 3:57 PMRead OnWas the BlackBerry 10 launch a success? Here we are, two and a half months since the Z10 first went up for sale in the UK, and there still isn't a hard answer. Last week, we heard some claims that users just weren't digging the Z10, and were returning the handset to retailers in record numbers. BlackBerry wasted no time striking back, calling that story straight-up false and insisting that returns were totally on-par with what any smartphone manufacturer should expect. Now we have another voice chiming-in, attempting to confirm BlackBerry's own take on the situation. Of course, BlackBerry ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 12, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new no-bezel project from Pantech dubbed Vega Iron. Then we talk about the Motorola X Phone, and that delay you were already expecting to hear about. The Pebble smart watch is next as their SDK gets released. Then we go over BlackBerry's recent issues with the media as apparently their Z10 is being returned as quick as it's bought. We end today's show talking about the HTC First, Facebook Home, Chat heads and everything you need to know about Facebook's new home on Android. All this and more after the break. Stories: - HTC First Unboxing ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 12, 2013 10:35 AMRead OnIt's one of the worst things that can be reported about mobile hardware: too many customers are returning their purchases. Fanboys and haters will say what they will, but when people are actually buying your product, giving it a real chance, and still returning it, that's very much not good. We've talked about these sort of rumors in the past with products like the Surface RT, but today our target is BlackBerry and its new Z10, with the company refuting recent reports of excessive returns. After an analyst suggested that Z10s were being returned in unusually high numbers, the company ...
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by Michael Fisher | April 9, 2013 7:01 AMRead OnWe've put the HTC One through its paces, comparing it against nearly every smartphone -or at least, nearly every flagship- in the modern landscape, but there was a straggler left behind: the tenacious BlackBerry Z10. Today, we set about to rectify that omission. Tune in to the video below to watch us compare HTC's newest -and almost certainly best- Android offering with the slab of black soft-touch that BlackBerry has bet the company on. We'll be comparing build quality, UI, test notes, the camera, and the all-important ecosystem in this showdown, though not necessarily in that order - and ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 7, 2013 9:34 PMRead OnThe BlackBerry Z10 is not only the company's boldest move since the dawn of push email, but also one of the better devices of 2013. It would be one of the best if the platform was a little more mature, but still, we'd call this one of the best re-inventions to come to mobile in the last decade, at times when almost every other company that tried to do it is no longer existent. New leaked photos now show that aside from the leaked roadmap that we saw a couple of days ago, the existing BlackBerry Z10 is also getting more color options as well, or at least, it seems so. The reason why we're ...
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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 Jaime Rivera | April 5, 2013 8:13 AMRead OnAs expected, it was only a matter of time before BlackBerry made their Q2 promise with the BlackBerry Q10, and yes, we hate all these "Qs" as well. The company was really mysterious about the launch date of this device, and it could be arguable that they wanted to make sure the Z10 took off before shipping another handset to the market. As of today, pre-orders for the Q10 are available at Carphone Warehouse, and even though there are is not a specific date for shipping, the store confirms that it'll reach your doorstep on the end of April. For UK customers, this device will be sold to ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 5, 2013 7:08 AMRead OnAfter the recent leaks of the BlackBerry roadmap for 2013, we did notice that aside from the Q10 that should be released at the beginning of Q2, we should also receive an R10 some time in the fall. Sadly, even though we thought the R-Series was going to be bigger and better than the Q-Series, some leaked photos prove otherwise. Apparently these photos are of the BlackBerry R10, and by the looks of it, there's no additional premium here to what you'll get on the Q10. On the contrary, this looks to be more of the BlackBerry Curve successor, which was always more of a budget-minded device ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 4, 2013 4:15 PMRead OnWell, the BlackBerry 10 roadmap from last week may have turned out to be a big fake, but that doesn't mean that all the upcoming devices on it are just as bogus. Take that R10, for instance; there was talk going around last year of an R-series of BlackBerry 10 phones. Now we get some new info on just how that R device could arrive. Supposedly, the R phone (which we're guessing would be the R10, though that's still unconfirmed) is pretty much a lower-end Q10. It could have a non-removable 1800 mAh battery and be constructed from lightweight plastic. The phone would support microSD ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 4, 2013 11:40 AMRead OnBack in the second half of 2011, we started hearing about BlackBerry's new music service, and after some time in beta, we saw the public launch of BBM Music. It was a decidedly odd way to run a subscription music service, as rather than serving as a radio, it used social networking to let you amass a personal library of tracks, which you'd see change each month as you and your BBM Music contacts selected fifty tracks for yourselves. That seemed like a lot of work to get access to music, especially for a paid subscription service, so we had our misgivings. Well, BBM Music may have plodded ...
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