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by Jaime Rivera | June 3, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through all the ARM, Samsung, Asus and Acer product announcements; the list is quite big. Then we go through Verizon's launch of the HTC One, which sadly won't happen yet. Then we talk about the Samsung Galaxy Note III and some details that were leaked. Nokia is next as Stephen Elop teases more Nokia Lumia devices for the rest of 2013. We end today's show talking about Apple, iRadio, and some photos of iOS 7 leaked. All this and more after the break. Product releases: - Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 Series Unveiled: GALAXY Tab 3 8-inch, GALAXY Tab 3 10.1-inch ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 3, 2013 1:08 PMRead OnHTC One news sure has been active lately; we just saw the phone confirmed as the second not-quite-Nexus model announced as a "Google Edition" handset running stock Android, and some separate rumors looked to the possibility of some new color options for the One. Today, however, we're revisiting one of the One's longer-standing rumors, concerning just when Verizon might get around to picking the HTC flagship up for its own network. Just last week, some new evidence seemed to point at the carrier preparing for the One, and now today it's gone ahead and made things official, tweeting the ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 1, 2013 8:54 AMRead OnAlmost a month ago we've seen an alleged leak of Sense 5.1 running on top of Android 4.2.2, in a ROM for the HTC Butterfly. Apparently, whenever the HTC One will get its Android 4.2.2 refresh, it will come bundled with Sense 5.0 (not 5.1), according to this report. Still, there are a couple of things mentioned. Aside from the ability for HTC One users to enable battery percentage display, the report claims that the new ROM will also bring changes to the app drawer and dock. These will come alongside some stock Android features implemented in the HTC One ROM, like the notification toggles, ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 31, 2013 1:59 PMRead OnTopic Google Edition smartphones seem to no only be the trending topic, but also the next big thing. Those preferring a vanilla Android experience, a Nexus experience, if you will, will definitely prefer the Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S 4 and HTC One devices. Without TouchWiz or Sense, and with the latest vanilla version of stock Android, you can basically choose your own Nexus device. Is this the new trend for the future? Will we see more manufacturers adopt this dualist system of offering a device with two different user experiences? Will this mean that OEM personalization will slowly ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 30, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the HTC T6 phablet and some rumored specs that are already floating around. We later go through Google Play Music All Access and how it should land for iOS customers very soon. Moto X is next, and believe it or not, this phone will exist later this summer. We then talk about the future of the Nexus program according to a recent interview with Sundar Pichai. We end today's show talking about the Google Edition HTC One, which has gone official today and should be ready for shipping at the end of June. All this and more after the break. Stories: ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 30, 2013 6:55 PMRead OnEarlier today we got surprise confirmation that Google will sell a stock Android version of the HTC One, just like it's planning to do with the Galaxy S 4. In the comments to that post, we noticed some of you musing about the possibility of taking one of the Nexus-style ROMs this phone will run and flashing it to an unlocked regular HTC One handset. While we don't yet have a firm answer as to just what might be possible, what little HTC has said sounds like good news. The company claims that it's "examining the best way to support early adopters of the One" who would have otherwise wanted ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 30, 2013 12:09 PM
Read OnFor the last few weeks, a Nexus-fied "Google Edition" HTC One has been the rumor that just wouldn't die. HTC initially shot it down, but its momentum just couldn't be stopped, and we heard voice after voice insist it really was on the way. While we hoped to get to the bottom of the story sooner or later, it turns out that the truth just wasn't ready to wait, and today Google has gone ahead and confirmed plans to sell just such a stock Android HTC One next month. The news comes from Google's Sundar Pichai, participating in a discussion at All Things Digital's D11 event. There, Pichai ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 30, 2013 11:39 AMRead OnWe had an interesting bit of synchronicity crop up in the offices of Pocketnow -and in the recording studios of our weekly tech podcast- this week: we're simultaneously in possession of one of the thinnest, newest tablets in the world - and one of the clunkiest, oldest ones. The interesting part about the latter: it never officially existed. We'll talk about that, plus rumors of yet another mini-Galaxy that ain't bashful about skimping on specs, and a Motorola smartphone that's all-American from design to manufacture. We'll also cover rumors of a newer, flatter iOS 7 as well as updates to ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 30, 2013 7:05 AMRead OnCompanies make mistakes. It's part of doing business: if you want to win big, you might have to put yourself in a position where you're open to failure. Smart companies keep their offerings diversified enough not to let one misstep send them spiraling out of control, and most importantly, learn from their mistakes. That's absolutely vital, and lets companies approach new challenges without repeating past errors. This issue seems be at the heart of what's so infuriating about HTC and its approach to its smartphone business. As the One struggles to overcome the might of Samsung's Galaxy S 4, ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 29, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the possibility of a blue or red HTC One. We later talk about Google's new Gmail revamp and what this means to your email experience. Samsung is next as we have some leaked specs of the Galaxy S 4 Zoom and Active and this is both bad and good respectively. Then we talk about Nokia and the leaks of their Amber Windows Phone 8 update. We end today's show talking about Tim Cook's remarks that iOS 7 will be launched at WWDC. All this and more after the break. Stories: - Blue HTC One coming soon, claims report - HTC talks strategic advantage of ...
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by Taylor Martin | May 29, 2013 12:55 PMRead OnI have always valued the stock Android experience over the various customized strains from OEMs, even before Android itself looked anything like it does today – back in the Donut, Eclair, Froyo and Gingerbread days. It's more rustic, rough around the edges … raw. I like to use devices as they were intended to be used, how they were supposed to look and feel from the factory. This is exactly why I don't use cases. They mask the true beauty, engineering mastery, the design, and all the hard work that went into making a phone. It's like saying you want to protect a drawing your kid made ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 29, 2013 8:57 AMRead OnThe mysterious red HTC One will allegedly be joined by a blue HTC One, if today's report turns out to be true. HTC made the sliver version available first, followed shortly by the black variant (though launched at the same time), but a red version was also making the rounds shortly after the unveiling. This red version will be joined by a blue HTC One, claim "sources familiar with the matter". It should happen in the coming months, though it is unknown what shade of blue it will be (our mock-up above is darker). It is also unknown when exactly it will happen but this, coupled with the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | May 28, 2013 7:07 PMRead OnIf you've been following the news yesterday, you'll notice that there's a lot of buzz about the future of a Nexus smartphone. As it turns out, LG doesn't seem to be working on a Nexus 5 yet, and for those of us that have been following the smartphone industry for the last couple of years, one thing we know is that a new device can't be designed, produced and shipped in just a couple of months before its possible launch in the fall. Now let's be fair, LG stated that they're not working on a "Nexus 5" yet, and if the name of Google's next smartphone isn’t Nexus 5, they wouldn't necessarily ...
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by Taylor Martin | May 28, 2013 5:12 PMRead OnWhen HTC announced the Developer Edition HTC One, we were a little surprised. Unlike years past, the company decided to play nicely with one of Android's most unique, defining features, the third-party developers who tweak and mod devices to no end. Samsung stole a bit of HTC's flame at Google I/O, however, when Google's Hugo Barra took the stage and unveiled a Galaxy S 4 running stock Android which will go on sale directly from Google Play on June 26. But reports indicate HTC has a Google Edition HTC One in the works, as well, which has sort of left a sour taste in the mouths of those who ...
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by Stephen Schenck | May 28, 2013 3:33 PMRead OnRumors concerning the HTC One took a few detours in the past several weeks, starting to branch out into the idea of a larger version of the One (possibly the T6), as well as a stock Android version like Samsung's done for Google with its own Galaxy S 4. But if we take a step back, there's still one big outlying HTC One rumor from earlier that we had yet to ever get to the bottom of: a One for Verizon. We still don't have a solid grasp on when the smartphone might actually launch, but today we get another small reassurance that it does indeed exist. A new leak from a computer with access to ...
