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by Jaime Rivera | August 9, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about how NVIDIA's CEO has begun teasing the future of Microsoft's Surface tablets. Samsung is next as "confirmed" reports say that the Galaxy Note III will launch with Android 4.3. New leaks also talk about a possible change in manufacturer for the future Nexus 10. Then we go through some new reports that the future Nexus smartphone will be made by Motorola. We end todays' show talking the new ads that have reached Google Maps. All this and more after the break. Stories: - NVIDIA CEO teases the second-generation Surface - Samsung Galaxy Note III ...
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by Jaime Rivera | August 9, 2013 6:59 AMRead OnSamsung may not be the best company this year when it comes to updating any of their last-year smartphones with Android 4.2.2, and we're sure that many of you holding a Galaxy S III or a Galaxy Note II understand this level of frustration, but still, there's no denying that the company is doing a good job in launching each new smartphone with the latest version of Android. We've seen it with ever smartphone that they've launched since last year, and if they keep that trend, that should mean good news for the Galaxy Note III. Samsung's press event to launch their new iteration to the Galaxy ...
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by Stephen Schenck | August 5, 2013 11:14 AMRead OnBack at the beginning of July, we caught wind of a rumor suggesting that Samsung's next phablet, the Galaxy Note III, would make its debut on September 4. Really, that was all sorts of not surprising, since we've been looking forward to the Android launching during this year's IFA in Berlin. Still, it was nice to have a precise date rather than the whole of the expo to anticipate the Note III. Then just a few days ago we heard that very same date mentioned again for the phablet's unveiling – while still nothing official, it was sounding more and more likely. Today we get all the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | August 2, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google's announcement of the Android Device Manager, which finally helps you recover your lost or stolen Android. Later we talk about the BlackBerry Z30 along with a Porsche Design Z10 that just got leaked. Google and the Moto X are next as there seems to be a Google Edition of the phone in the works. Apple takes the spotlight next as the leaked parts for the next-generation iPhone don't include a biometrical scanner, as has been suspected. We end today's show talking about all the recent leaks of the Samsung Galaxy Note III. All this and more ...
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by Stephen Schenck | August 2, 2013 11:53 AMRead OnEvery once in a while, reflections play a big part in bringing us some new smartphone news. Remember the big Lumia 920 scandal when a reflection revealed that its supposed optical stabilization demo was being faked? On certain rare occasions, we even manage to catch a glimpse of an unreleased smartphone thanks to a reflection in a sample pic. That's the very boat we find ourselves in today, with what sure seems to be a Galaxy Note III revealing itself on Google+. Samsung model SM-N9005 is one we've associated with the Note III before, checking out an earlier sample pic on Picasa last ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | August 2, 2013 8:33 AMRead OnA September 4 Samsung Galaxy Note III announcement date is not at all impossible, given the fact that previous iterations were all introduced at the August/September IFA, in Berlin. We are expecting the South Koreans to unveil the next Note phablet at the same trade show, this year. According to this latest report from Korea, we will not only see the new Samsung Galaxy Note III on September 4 -- two days before the official start of IFA 2013 -- but the manufacturer is also planning on unveiling a smartwatch on the same day. There were lots of leaks, reports, and rumors, surrounding the ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | July 31, 2013 4:36 AMRead On
We're not sure what to make of all the recent Samsung Galaxy Note III rumors and leaks, since the South Koreans are doing a great job, usually, at keeping things under wraps. Sure, we've seen some prototypes pictured in the past, but they might have nothing in common with the final product expected to be unveiled at IFA 2013, at the beginning of September. Now this pair of images, allegedly depicting prototype Samsung Galaxy Note III internals, seem to show, for the first time, the interior of the upcoming phablet. Not much can be seen, and what could be interesting is covered (like the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 26, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Android 4.3, some hidden features discovered, and we also walk you through how to get it early on your Nexus device. The Samsung Galaxy Note III is next as it seems that Samsung is still not sure of what screen size they'll provide on it. The Sony Honami is next as it now gets compared to the Xperia Z and they do seem very much a like. Steve Ballmer takes the stage next as he states his disappointment over the Surface RT and the lack of sales of Windows 8. We end today's show talking about the Google Nexus 7 hitting retail stores a couple of ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 26, 2013 2:59 PMRead OnAs we wait form Samsung to launch the Galaxy Note III, we've been trying to weed through the tangled mess that has become the rumors surrounding the phablet. There's just so much information going around, some of conflicting, that's it's been a real chore trying to get a solid read on the Android. Earlier today we were talking about disagreements over just how large the Note III will really be, a recurring theme in these rumors. Today we get to check out some new evidence that sure seems to imply that Samsung has been testing at least three different screen sizes for the Note III. This ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | July 26, 2013 5:08 AMRead OnAs with LG's G2, the Samsung Galaxy Note III does a lousy job at hiding from the headlines (and from the camera). Of course, as we said with the occasion of the previous leak, these images might be the real deal, or they might have nothing in common with what we'll see at IFA; Samsung is known to conceal its products pretty well. On that note, the device above is claimed to be the Galaxy Note II follow-up. Furthermore, a recent Samsung Galaxy S III note leak report claims to have knowledge from Samsung insiders that the device will have a 5.7-inch screen, opposed to previous rumors of 5.99 ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 25, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about some more launch-date plans for the LG G2, which you already assumed after so many leaks. Then let's continue with Samsung as it seems that the Galaxy Note III won't have the fingerprint scanner after all. More rumors of a Nokia 6-inch phablet resurface and we hope it's great. We later talk about the Consumer Reports verdict on the camera of the Nokia Lumia 1020, which we don't agree with. We end today's show talking about the Samsung, HTC and Sony plans for upgrading their smartphone line-up to Android 4.3. All this and more after the break. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 25, 2013 2:52 PMRead OnFor some reason, the idea of giving smartphones fingerprint scanners has been all over rumors of upcoming hardware, and the bulk of that focus has been directed towards Apple and Samsung: a fingerprint scanner has long followed rumors of the iPhone 5S, and we saw some leaked software resources from Samsung back in May that sure seemed to imply that it was working to adopt the same technology. Recently, it's been sounding like all this fingerprint enthusiasm might have hit a snag, upon reports arriving that Apple was running into production issues that might ultimately impact handset ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 24, 2013 11:17 AMRead OnThe idea of smartphones with not 1GB, not 2GB, but 3GB of RAM has been kicking around for the longest time. So far, we've yet to see any such beasts, but it finally may be time for that to change. Rumors have been back-and-forth on the possibility of the upcoming LG G2 arriving with 3GB of memory, while they've been a little more consistent for the idea of the Galaxy Note III getting the same. Of course, it's easy to talk about 3GB phones when we don't have to sweat all the details – even if you wanted to make a phone like this, how exactly would you go about doing it? Enter Samsung, ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | July 23, 2013 4:51 AMRead OnLast week we've seen a set of purported Samsung Galaxy Note III pictures but they weren't quite telling. Today, on that exact same note, we're seeing new Samsung Galaxy Note III alleged pictures, this time, while not very telling, nonetheless, better than the previous ones. First of all, this is claimed to be a prototype of the Note III. As we know pretty well, Samsung is doing a good job at concealing the actual design and aspect of its phones (from different designs to snap-on cases). That being said, the product which will be hopefully unveiled at IFA 2013 might not look like the one ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 19, 2013 7:04 PMRead OnThere are a lot of reasons to be excited about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note III. We might end up seeing one of the first implementations of this next-gen Exynos 5 Octa Samsung's been teasing. And then there was all that talk about multiple hardware versions, giving users a choice of materials and display types – maybe even using some of that unbreakable screen tech developed for flexible OLED panels. But one thing we haven't really been too concerned with is the Note III's camera. Nevertheless, it's the focus of our latest GN3 leak, with what sure appears to be a shot it took turning ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 18, 2013 3:14 PMRead OnSamsung may still seem to be working on new versions of the Galaxy S 4, but when we're talking about what's next for its Android lineup, nothing's more anticipated than the Galaxy Note III. There have been a lot of rumors about what sort of hardware we might hope to expect, and we might very well start getting some answers next week when Samsung details what it's up to with this just-announced Exynos 5 Octa refresh. One thing we haven't had yet is a good look at a believable Note III candidate – sure, there have been a lot of attempts, but nothing really convincing. Today we get to see ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 9, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Sprint's official dates and price tag for the HTC 8XT, which promises to bring a good Windows Phone offering to the carrier. The Galaxy Note III is next as rumors have Samsung working on as many as 8 variants of the phone to satisfy carriers. Google is next as the company has fixed the security exploit found on Android, but still, the patch was only sent to partners and not end-users. New images of the iPhone 5S and budget iPhone surface and show us all the color options that will be available. We end today's show talking about rumors of a ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 9, 2013 4:14 PMRead OnYesterday brought us an interesting new rumor about Samsung's Galaxy Note III, suggesting that the phablet might be available in a wide variety of hardware configurations – possibly with four key configurations of varying body materials, display types, and camera choices. Samsung's no stranger to releasing multiple versions of one device, so the idea didn't seem so far-fetched. Today we might already have some support for the idea, upon the discovery of a whole bunch of Galaxy Note III model numbers. This whole thing got started by the apparent discovery of some User Agent Profiles on ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 8, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Apple's 5-year celebration of the App Store along with all the free app deals that they're offering. LG is next as they've just sent out press invites for their G2 event on August 7th. Samsung Galaxy Note III hardware takes the spotlight next as there seems to be more than two variants of the same phone this time. Then it's all about the Moto X as we've got more hardware pics, and we also have some press renders of the Droid Ultra. Nokia ends the show today as we have leaked press renders of the Lumia 1020 along with photos of Joe Belfiore ...
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by Stephen Schenck | July 8, 2013 10:57 AMRead OnLast month, we heard a rumor about Samsung's expected Galaxy Note III, claiming that the phone might be released with an LCD display, alongside a version of the Note III using one of Samsung's favorite AMOLED panels. The idea wasn't so crazy, as we're well used to seeing Samsung create multiple hardware variants for the same device. This week we see rumors along this line take things a little further, with claims that the phone could arrive in up to for different configurations. Beyond just display types, this report claims that we'll also see changes made to the phablet's camera and its ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 4, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily in the comfort of your 4th of July celebration as we talk about Jay-Z's new album reaching select Samsung Galaxy smartphones. We later talk about more Samsung as we go through the future of their Tizen platform. The Galaxy Note III is next as we discover more information about the probable internal specifications. Nokia takes the spotlight later with the Lumia 925 camera technology being explained. We end today's show talking about the Nokia Lumia 909, or 1020, which is apparently the final name of the EOS project. All this and more after the break. Stories: - ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | July 4, 2013 10:29 AMRead OnThis might sound as a "me too" thing for many out there but in fact it's just natural evolution of smartphones. We've heard yesterday that the LG G2 might be the first smartphone to pack 3GB of RAM, for improved multi-tasking and performance, and we're now hearing it might be soon followed by another flagship. The Samsung Galaxy Note III, expected to be unveiled at this IFA 2013 in Berlin (or around August/September), is also rumored to pack 3GB of RAM. The Korea Economic Daily seems to have the aforementioned information on good authority. Other rumored specs for the upcoming Note phablet ...
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Read OnUpdate 2: We have us a winner! Please join us in congratulating Julian Brecevic of Australia, who'll be taking home this giveaway's LG Optimus G! Thanks to all those who helped propel our review count to stratospheric levels, almost tripling it from 29 to 89! We know some of you were upset about the iTunes-only qualifier, but we'll have more giveaways in the future, and some of them will be broader. Again, thanks so much for listening - and stay tuned for much more in the weeks and months ahead. Update: We're still waiting to hear back from our prospective winner, folks - once he replies ...
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by Taylor Martin | July 2, 2013 2:26 PMRead OnDesign and build materials are more important than ever in the smartphone space. The vast majority of smartphones these days are of the same form factor, a svelte, rectangular slab. And they're generally made of one or a combination of standard materials: plastic (also referred to as polycarbonate) and aluminum. The Oppo Find 5 is also made of steel, and Motorola's RAZR series features a Kevlar backing. Years ago, we wouldn't have paid much attention to what each phone was made of. But no longer is there a huge difference in functionality or specifications between each flagship phone. And ...
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by Jaime Rivera | July 1, 2013 7:37 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new reports that have the iPhone 5S sporting LTE-Advanced as one of its features. Verizon and HTC are next as we have a possible launch date for the HTC One on big red. Then we go through the Galaxy Note III's possible launch date, which also matches the dates that IFA is happening in Berlin. The future Google Nexus 7 takes the spotlight next as an executive at ASUS has spilled all the specs we should expect. We end today's show talking about the Sony Honami, and how 4K-resolution video might reach this phone and our pockets very soon. All ...
