Watch todays Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Samsung's launch of the Galaxy Note II in more colors. The rumors of the Galaxy Note 8.0 make the scene next as we get some details on specs and a probable release date. Asus may not have been much news lately, but some reports have them working with Microsoft on building a Padfone-like device for Windows Phone 8, and that's hot. The LG Optimus G Pro is next, even though we still think this is just the Optimus G2. We end today's show by talking about the new Facebook Messenger update for iOS which allows calls within the US. All this and more ...

There's no disputing it: in terms of smartphones, Sony stole the show at CES 2013. Granted, that didn't take much doing, but we shouldn't let the lack of meaningful competition rain too heavily on Sony's parade. The devices the company unveiled at its booth a week ago are truly impressive. Those devices are the Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, a duo of high-end smartphones with quite a few specs in common. Each features a 5-inch, 1080p "Reality" display front-and-center, its graphics driven by Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine 2 and powered by a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro with 2GB of RAM. The camera ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through the new rumors of an LG Optimus G2 in the works. Nokia makes the news later as we talk about their probable plans of an Aluminum Lumia in the future. Samsung later takes the spotlight, first with the fact that they're pushing updates to fix some problems with the Galaxy S III, and later because they seem to be going serious with Tizen in a probable Galaxy S device this year. We end today's show talking about how iOS 6 shouldn't disturb according to its settings, but will still do so until January 7th. All this and more after the break. Stories ...

Considering how much money we put into our phones, and just how reliant we are on them, we always want to be careful with our handsets and do all we can to keep them in tip-top condition for as long as possible. Why is it, then, that some manufacturers seem intent on taking steps to make that even more difficult than it needs to be? I'm talking about glass-backed phones, and the slippy, scratch-prone, liable-to-shatter future they spell for any handset that finds itself constructed in such a manner. With the Nexus 4 now the new hottness that it is, plenty of new users are being exposed to ...

The LG Optimus G is a great phone, the best from the manufacturer so far hands-down! It also just so happens that the manufacturer is the one that makes the latest Google Nexus phone, which is as much an LG Optimus G on the inside as it is on the outside, with a couple of Nexus-specific tweaks. While the Optimus G is available on both AT&T and Sprint -- and it is now unlockable -- the company went ahead and posted the below ad in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. The all-caps text says "we make phones not war" and it's a tricky one: whether it is aimed exactly at the ...

Verizon and HTC took the veil off their new 5-inch superphone yesterday in New York City, and we were there to cover it. We took home a review unit that evening, and before we'd even unboxed it, Joe Levi was asking questions. In an editorial on the first-of-its-kind device, Joe speculated that the huge pixel count on the Droid DNA's 1080p display might cause it to run more slowly than comparably specced devices. Devices like the LG Optimus G, which is also powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro backed up by 2GB of RAM, and one of which we just happen to have handy here in the office. Our ...

The LG Optimus G is basically the foundation for the Nexus 4. If you would rather go with a phone that has a couple of LG goodies installed instead of the vanilla Android experience offered by the pure-Android Nexus 4, you can now grab the Optimus G from AT&T. It goes for $199.99 on a two-year contract or $549.99 outright. For the money you get a great phone which scored well in our own review which you should read for all the details if you're considering the device. The 'Bond' phone was recently announced and, as AT&T promised, the Sony Xperia TL is available as of November 2. ...

"The Nexus 4." "The Nexus G." "The New Nexus." "The phone that kind of looks like the Galaxy Nexus, except built by aliens." Whatever special name you have for it, it's finally been confirmed that this year's headlining Google smartphone bearing the "pure Android experience" is coming from the company that we've reluctantly gotten used to calling the perennial also-ran, LG. At first, we weren't exactly bowled over by the news. The device's spec sheet is respectable: it offers a boost over the current Galaxy Nexus, trading that device's poor PenTile-hobbled AMOLED display for a ...