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by Jaime Rivera | November 5, 2013 9:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about some Google Now updates that have just reached iOS. Then we talk about Kazam, the company that was started by a couple of HTC employees that left the company recently. Then we go through the expansion of Moto Maker to other carriers, not just AT&T, which should happen in the next coming days. We later talk about the LG G Flex, how it can bend, and what this could mean to your experience owning the phone. We end today's show talking about rumors of a possible 12.9-inch iPad, which hints to an iPad Pro. All this and more after the break. ...
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by Stephen Schenck | November 5, 2013 12:25 PMRead OnBack in June, we got word that yet another company was interested in setting up shop in the smartphone market. On its own, that might not be that interesting, but this group, calling itself Kazam, was made up of former HTC employees looking to branch out on their own. As such, we've been curious to see just what sort of phones the company might come up with, and find out if it had a shot at really becoming a success of its own. We'd largely forgot about Kazam over the past few months, but today the company comes back on the scene with a bang, announcing the seven Androids that will form ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 27, 2013 7:11 AMRead OnHTC has been losing a number of high-profile employees lately, and while CEO Peter Chou insists that it's nothing more than regular turnover, the exodus – or at least the appearance of one – has been getting a fair bit of press. Last week, we heard that a couple of the guys who had left were going to join forces and launch their own smartphone company. Former HTC UK head of sales, Michael Coombes, and the company's UK marketing head, James Atkins, shared news of their new venture: Kazam. While we didn't learn anything in specific about hardware or software the company might release, we ...
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by Jaime Rivera | June 18, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the announcement of an AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 for the next coming days. Then we go through the other official announcement of the Sony Xperia Z for T-Mobile in the US. The HTC One is next as analysts already see the phone as the third best selling smartphone in the United States. We later talk about a new company called Kazam, which was launched by some ex-employees from HTC. We end today's show talking about Huawei and their confirmation that they plan to acquire Nokia. All this and more after the break. Stories: - Samsung Galaxy ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 18, 2013 1:00 PMRead OnThere have been a couple reports in recent months of HTC dealing with a wave of prominent executives breaking their ties with the company. As HTC works out its HR issues internally, we were left wondering what would be come of all those employees who walked away. As it turns out, at least two of them think that they have the know-how to play the smartphone game for themselves, and have announced the launch of their new company Kazam (image unrelated), which will develop smartphones for the European market. We often talk about how the key to smartphones sales has really become promotion, ...
