We're all familiar with companies that partner with others to pre-bundle "exclusive" software on their devices. NFL football apps, NASCAR, Internet TV, and more have been included on devices from Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile, just as examples. These types of partnerships attempt to lure fans to switch to the "official carrier" of whatever it may be. Then we began to see other strategic partnerships rise. Partnerships that made more sense. I'm referring to the arrangement between HTC and Dropbox. Back in 2011 Dropbox announced that they'd be giving HTC customers 5GB of storage space in the ...

Google's Android OS has gone through some major changes since its release half-a-decade ago. Some changes have been cosmetic while others have been "under the hood". Cosmetic changes to the user interface usually correspond with major version releases of the OS. As such, if the next version of Android is version 5.0 (which most of us are calling Key Lime Pie) and it follows this pattern, we're in for some pretty significant UI changes. What those changes may be is up for debate, but we can look at what's happening with other OSes to get an idea where mobile devices are headed -- and we ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google's confirmation that they will support sync services for Windows Phone during the next six months as an extension to their past death threat. We later talk about the Galaxy S IV and the probable release dates. Qualcomm apparently leaks Android's next name, but considering how many pastries are left that start with a K, that wasn't a difficult one. Then we talk about the Microsoft Surface RT and bad it's performing when it comes to store returns. We end today's show by talking about the HTC M7 and all the color offerings that are rumored ...

It started off as a rumor initially, coming from people "familiar with the matter", but it seems to have stuck. Motorola is rumored to be working hard on a certain "X Phone", and we're led to believe that it will be a super-Android. More recent reports are bringing the X Phone back in the headlines, this time with new alleged info. According to the report the phone will be a 5-inch, edge-to-edge, no-bezel, device. While not a Nexus device, the new theory claims that this will be the first phone from Motorola which will be a cross-carrier-branded device, hence the "X". That doesn't stop ...

Before Google finally went official with Jelly Bean as the name for Android 4.1, it sure dropped a lot of hints. When the MWC rolled around back in February, and Google set up a nice big bowl of the candies for guests to enjoy, there was little doubt left in anyone's minds as to the name choice, even if it would still be several months before a formal announcement. For now, plenty of speculation has looked to identifying the forthcoming Android "K" release as Key Lime Pie, and while we still don't have anything we'd consider official confirmation, that's not stopping one Google employee ...

There are lots of speculations regarding Google's October 29 event. You can clearly see in the invite that there are four towers to the left in blue and two on the right in red, which could easily indicate Android 4.2, rumored to be called Key Lime Pie (or something else starting with the 'K'). What exactly will Android 4.2 bring to the table is yet unknown but there are reports of multiple user account support, improved security, new Gmail, better settings, etc. TNW reports we can expect " ‘Content in the center,’ which will allow users to access Play Store content from a widget and ...

Now that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is literally days old, I've got to wonder: what's next. I know, I know, Jelly Bean hasn't even been released to the AOSP yet, and Ice Cream Sandwich is only available on a small percentage of devices, but we can still dream, and looking to the future is never a bad thing, right? But what, exactly, will be included within the next version of Android? Will it be another minor version, say 4.2, or will we see a jump to 4.5 to even 5.0? What features will we see? What improvements will be made? Hit play, and let's see if we can figure some of it out! What's in a ...