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by Stephen Schenck | April 11, 2013 3:29 PMRead OnWith Android hardware and software getting more and more competitive, all eyes are on Apple to see what the company can come up with in order to tilt the balance of fate a little more in its own direction. Now some analysts are talking about the possibility of a new digital wallet system being iOS 7's "killer app," expanding on what Passbook currently offers and including support for mobile payments. We've heard rumors about NFC and the iPhone before, yet Apple has seemed steadfastly resistant to the technology. That makes a degree of sense, as Apple may not want to introduce a new feature ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 11, 2013 10:56 AMRead OnWhat parts does Apple intend to build its next iPhone out of? Last month, we had the opportunity to take a look at a couple components purportedly intended for use in the iPhone 5S. As we get closer to when we're hoping Apple will actually announce its next phone (or phones), we're expecting to see even more of such leaked component shots, hopefully revealing a little about the phone's construction. Today, we get a new batch of pics to share with you. At least one of these, the dual-head vibrating motor assembly, appears to be the very same part featured in last month's leak. The home ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 10, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about T-Mobile's bold iPhone trade-in plans to give you an iPhone 5. Then we talk about Samsung's new ad campaign for the Galaxy S 4, with a different twist to last year. Then we go through a new Google Giveaway of nexus devices, with a very ironic strategy to allow you to participate. Later we talk about the iPad 5 display leaks, and what this means to the next flagship tablet from Apple. We end today's show talking about Office for iOS and Android, and the bad news behind the probable new release date. All this and more after the break. Stories: - ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 10, 2013 3:13 PMRead OnMicrosoft Office has been threatening to expand to new mobile platforms for what seems like forever. Images purporting to show Office on the iPad arrived well over a year ago, and since then rumors have suggested that a release for iOS and even Android could be not too far off. Most recently, we heard the iOS Office mentioned in conjunction with rumors about a Windows RT version of Outlook - specifically, that iOS Office would arrive following the Outlook RT release. With the latter apparently ready to go, we were hoping that we'd see Office arrive sometime this year. A new roadmap now ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 10, 2013 12:46 PMRead OnT-Mobile finally gets an iPhone of its own this Friday, letting Apple fans enjoy the full speeds of the carrier's network for the first time ever. As such, T-Mobile is really invested in making this launch a big success, and that means showing the other carriers that, even late to the table, it can still sell a whole mess of iPhones. To help draw customers, it's offering a trade-in deal for previous iPhone owners, but is this promotion really a good deal? Normally, the 16GB iPhone 5 for T-Mobile will run you $100 outright, and demand monthly $20 payments for two years. If you trade-in an ...
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by Joe Levi | April 8, 2013 9:53 AMRead OnWe live in a world of vast technological choices and options. That's a good thing. Without options we'd be left with just one solution to choose from. Quality, features, and functionality would be limited, and the choices we'd have would likely be of poor quality. At least that's the way a monopoly usually works. Instead we have three (or four) primary choices for our mobile operating systems (with more on the way). We can get hardware from any one of a dozen OEMs. We can install software on our devices to enable us to do things that would have seemed to be "science fiction" a decade ago. ...
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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 6:29 PMRead OnWe just got done telling you about Apple's recent legal issues that have led to the company deciding to remove some functionality from VPN On Demand in iOS. As it turns out, that's not the only place where Apple's been taking some features away from users, as it now appears that you can no longer reset your Photo Stream from iCloud. Photo Stream is largely automatic, but if you wanted to take more control over your recent pictures showing up there, Apple offered a feature accessible through its iCloud website that would let you lay waste to the lot of it, and clear all images from your ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 5, 2013 4:11 PMRead OnDo you use your iPhone or iPad for work, school, or anything else that requires a VPN connection? Considering how many iOS users are out there, no doubt a load of you rely on VPNs for something or other, and you if do, you may have been enjoying the VPN On Demand feature in iOS 6.1. However, a company called VirnetX wasn't too happy about how Apple was going about its automatic VPN system, and took Apple to court over the matter. As a result, Apple is modifying how VPN On Demand behaves. Basically, the VPN On Demand "Always" setting is going to have its functionality severely reduced, and ...
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by Joe Levi | April 5, 2013 7:30 AMRead OnWill the next iPhone have a curved screen? If a recent "leak" is to be believed, it's definitely a possibility. When you team that up with a recent patent application from Apple, that reality may arrive sooner than later. But why is a curved screen such a big deal? When the Samsung Nexus S came out with its curved screen I was under-impressed. Sure, the curved glass fit your face better than a flat slab, but the screen itself wasn't curved, just the glass. Later, the Galaxy Nexus followed suit, again with curved glass, not a curved screen. Both phones were somewhat unique in this ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 5, 2013 6:30 AMRead OnIt doesn't matter how hard you try, iOS Maps is useless. It doesn't matter if you're going through 3D Aerial view, ever since Google was able to launch maps for iOS, most people can't recall the last time they ever used Apple's counterpart. Obviously Apple is not sitting in its laurels, and we do know they've made significant enhancements to the platform ever since its launch. New patents suggest that Apple wants to go a little further with the service and provide "Street View" functionality just like Google does on their Maps service. The patent is called "3D Position Tracking for ...
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by Joe Levi | April 4, 2013 2:17 PMRead OnI'm "Joe the Android Guy™", not just on Pocketnow, but to my friends and family as well. Under my roof, we're an Android household. My wife and two oldest kids use the Galaxy Nexus (the kids are stuck on WiFi, so they're not that spoiled), my wife has a Motorola XOOM, my middle child uses a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (when he's not grounded from it), and I have a Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. My extended family, however, have a combination of "dumb phones" and iOS devices -- only a few use Android. Those using "dumb phones" are happy to make and receive phone calls and text messages. They don't need ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 4, 2013 1:00 PMRead OnOf all the numerous rumors circulating about Apple's next iPhone, one that's recurred a number of times and seems relatively sensible is that the iPhone 5S will be a relatively modest improvement over the iPhone 5 and focus more on upgrades to internal components than anything like a radical new design. Well, apparently not everyone's on that same page, as a couple images have arrived that purport to show off the iPhone 5 with a sloping, tapered construction. Cards on the table: we do not have high confidence that these images are legitimate. While there are no glaring red flags, they're ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 4, 2013 9:05 AMRead OnApple has been blocking Microsoft's SkyDrive app from updates since June of 2012 because both companies couldn't settle over Microsoft's ability of selling storage through the app. As we all know, Apple gets a 30% cut over anything that any service sells through an app. As was expected, Microsoft sold storage through the app, and didn't agree with paying 30% of it to Apple. Starting today you may download the update to the SkyDrive app, which now brings support to the iPhone 5 and iPad mini. It also brings a fresh new look and feel, and you can download photos at full resolution and even ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 3, 2013 9:29 AMRead OnBlackBerry is definitely doing all they can to land new customers for their BlackBerry Z10. Obviously their launch is still in diapers on every other carrier in the US, so it makes sense for the company to figure out new and creative ways to get you to try what the BlackBerry 10 OS is all about, if you're still thinking about making the switch. Their temporary solution is to give you a quick glimpse of what BlackBerry 10 is all about, without forcing you to go to a store to try it out. The way this works is that if you visit http://blackberry.com/glimpse and then hit "try it" from your iOS ...
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