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by Michael Fisher | December 28, 2012 2:50 PMRead OnOnly seven billion remain following the Great Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, and three of them have joined forces in this new dystopian future-world to talk technology. Closing out 2012 is a tough endeavor, but thankfully the pre-holiday news explosion quickly gave way to a post-holiday news respite, and the resulting abbreviated topic list gives us a little breathing room at the tail end of this year. In this episode, we talk about the future of Windows RT tablets, the rumored Apple iOS-running smart watch, Motorola's mysterious "X" project, first impressions from a week with the Galaxy ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 28, 2012 3:11 AMRead OnWhile we're still waiting for official numbers as far as activations are concerned for this Holiday season both from Google and Apple (and, why not, Microsoft too), analytics company Flurry has published its own figures which talk about a whopping 17.4 million devices, up 332% from the average December baseline. You can also compare this number with Christmas 2011 when 6.8 million devices were activated. The interesting bit here is that tablets seem to have overtaken smartphones on December 25th, 51% to 49%. Leading the pack are Apple and its iPad, iPad mini, joined by Amazon and ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 21, 2012 7:53 AMRead OnAt the end of November figures from Kantar showed that Apple regained the number one position in the US, pushing Google's Android back to the second place. A more recent report of sales data for 12 weeks ending November 25, 2012, shows that Apple has reached its highest ever smartphone share in the US. Previous (October) numbers showed Apple’s iOS on the top spot with 48.1% marketshare in the States followed by Android, falling from 63.3% to 46.7%. The most recent figures show Apple at 53.3% (up 17.5% year-on-year) while Android continues its decline to 41.9% (down 10.8% ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 20, 2012 7:12 AM
Read OnIt's that time again when we slowly need to get used to writing a new number when mentioning dates; luckily thanks to our smart devices we don't need to go out and look for a 2013 wallet calendar, unless we really want to. It's that time when we look back at what happened this year, with all the goods and bads, and anxiously look forward to what next year might bring. As usual here at Pocketnow we're happy to tell you what we think, and we're excitedly waiting to hear your opinions, in our upcoming series which will contain both 2012 recaps and 2013 predictions. We'll have something for ...
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by Adam Z. Lein | December 19, 2012 10:15 AMRead OnI know what you're thinking… Are you kidding?! They've got tons of apps! Didn't you really mean to say that Windows Phone doesn't have enough apps? That is the general mantra among Windows Phone criticism, but when someone says that, they usually mean that Windows Phone doesn't have a handful of apps that they used on some other device and wasn't able to find on this new device. They didn't actually install hundreds of thousands of available apps to come to that conclusion. Regardless, really I was thinking more about tablets. Apple's iPad certainly has a lot of apps too, but ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 16, 2012 2:44 AMRead OnOne of the key disappointments for many when seeing Apple unveil the iPad mini was its relatively small resolution. While it is on par with the iPad 2 (and on an even smaller screen), competing products like the Nexus 7 offer somewhat higher resolutions (and on screens almost one inch smaller). According to the rumor mill Apple is planning on bringing the Retina display to the iPad mini (not that this would be a surprising move, also something we've continuously heard in the comments). Taiwan-based backlighting industry sources also claim that -- aside from a possible 2048 x 1536 ...
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by Brandon Miniman | December 13, 2012 8:35 AMRead OnFor the iPhone owners among you: the Apple Maps ordeal is over with the release of Google Maps for iPhone. No longer will you search for a restaurant in your area and be taken to a place that is hundreds of miles away. No longer will you be subject to the limitations of Apple Maps and wish you could see a street view or public transit information. Our first impressions of Google Maps are very positive, and we've found a handful of hidden gestures that we show you in the below video. As a recap of the gestures, you can: double tap to initiate a single-finger zoom, use two fingers to ...
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by Jaime Rivera | December 13, 2012 12:25 AMRead OnIt seems like the end of another embarrassing era for Apple is finally over. Those of you that have gotten lost looking for a Target in a residential area like some of us were fooled recently is now a thing of the past. Google was kind enough to give Apple a pat in the back today, and they've now released their Maps application for iOS. Now, this is not just the return of the previous Google Maps we knew. This is a whole different ball game. It includes Turn-By-Turn navigation and works on the iPhone, though they do mention compatibility with the iPad if you're willing to deal with the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | December 12, 2012 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Nexus 4 and how Google may kill our possibilities of using LTE in he future. Then we go through Microsoft's claims of growth when it comes to app submissions for Windows Phone 8. Then we go through Joe Levi's tutorial on how to install Google Now on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. We later talk about Maps on the iPhone 5, brought to you by Google, of course. We end today's show talking about Time Magazine's recent verdict and making the iPhone 5 the gadget of the year. All this and more after the break. Read more here: - Google May Be ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 11, 2012 3:33 AMRead OnThere were lots of rumors regarding a possible Apple move in the opposite direction of Samsung as a supplier and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) has been mentioned in several reports as a viable option for replacing the South Korean manufacturer. The quad-core chips made by the Taiwanese firm are claimed to be more efficient, being built with the 20 nanometers process. A new report has surfaced according to which the rumored switch, slated for late 2013/early 2014, has been accelerated. TSMC could start shipping chips to Apple "starting as early as the second quarter of ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 5, 2012 2:39 AMRead OnWhen Apple released iOS 6 we knew that YouTube will go missing -- and it's been removed since Beta 4 -- alongside Google Maps, but Mountain View was quick to react and released a dedicated application which only supported the iPhone and not the iPad. Then then iPhone 5 came along and the app was displaying black bars at the top and bottom of the larger screen with larger resolution but all of these are sorted out now. The new version of YouTube not only adds support for the iPhone 5 -- getting rid of the black bars and displaying nice, full-screen videos -- but it now also supports Apple's ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 4, 2012 2:16 AMRead OnYesterday Apple announced that the iPhone 5 will become available this month in 50+ additional countriesand now it's time for Cupertino's iTunes online store to make its way to the same number of markets. Russia, Turkey, India, and South Africa are joining other regions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. The iTunes Store is now accessible in 119 countries for those who want to purchase content like music while more than 700,000 applications in the online market are available in 155 countries for iPhone and iPad users. Apple also just ...
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by Jaime Rivera | November 26, 2012 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through the recent news of the Samsung Galaxy Note II and its staggering sales figures. We then talk about the ATIV S Windows Phone and how much longer we'll have to wait for it. LG made the news again with a possible Optimus G2 and its 1080p display for 2013. Then we talk about Apple's sales results this holiday season, which continue to surprise. We end today's show talking about Microsoft, the possibility of an Apollo+ Windows Phone 8 upgrade along with the bad news of no specific date for the Windows Phone 7.8 upgrade. Links: - Microsoft Working ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | November 26, 2012 4:22 AMRead OnAccording to the latest numbers released by Gartner for the third quarter of 2012, Android is leading the OS competition with more than 70%, followed by a distant Apple iOS and its close to 14%. Despite these figures Apple has managed to be the undisputed leader of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping, according to an IBM research. Overall, online sales grew year-on-year 17.4% on Thanksgiving Day and 20.7% on Black Friday; out of all these, mobile consumers accounted for 16.3%. Apple has managed to top the charts with the iPad and the iPhone, as follows: the iPad accounted for 9.8% ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | November 24, 2012 3:33 AMRead OnThis is one of those rumors we've seen in the past, like the one where Samsung reportedly terminated its supply contract with Apple or the one concerning the alleged 20% price increase the South Korean manufacturer imposed for processors. Today's rumor refers to batteries and the report comes from China Business News. It claims that Apple has to turn to its alternative battery manufacturers -- Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery -- for the iPad (and MacBook Air) after Samsung reportedly halts supply. However, previous reports were all debunked and information denies ...
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