Yesterday we told you about Verizon's efforts to start offering LTE service on its newly-acquired AWS spectrum space, with the first markets going live later this year. Like T-Mobile did for phones like the Note II when it switched-on its own LTE network, Verizon revealed plans to activate this AWS mode on specific handsets through a future firmware update, giving them access to higher-speed data. At the time, the only phone we knew would be getting such an update was Samsung's Galaxy S 4. Today, we can expand that list a bit, and thankfully for once it's a cross-platform affair. Both the ...

Nokia is easily the most exciting smartphone manufacturer around when it comes to cameras. Sure, Apple generally nails things with the iPhone, and HTC is stepping-up its own imaging game, but between optical stabilization and the massive 41-megapixel sensor on the PureView 808 (and maybe soon, EOS) Nokia's making the big pushes that really capture our attention. About a month ago, we started hearing that Nokia might have a new card up its sleeve, and could be planning to bring refocusable light-field cameras to its smartphones lineup. Now some new comments from a Nokia exec add fuel to ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the red aurora Samsung Galaxy S 4 and why you shouldn't be excited. Then it's more Samsung news as some leaked photos of their Tizen phone have emerged. Google is next as the company seems to be collaborating with Microsoft to fix the compliance issues with the YouTube app on Windows Phone 8. More Google news continues as leaked photos of the Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 leaked recently. We end today's show talking about the Google HTC One that continues to be rumored along side with some new rumors of a phablet HTC One in the works. All this ...

Just the other day, we saw Microsoft release an update to its recently redone Windows Phone YouTube app, removing one of the features Google found objectionable. As you might remember, the app initially generated controversy due to how it allowed users to download videos to their phones, and how it played clips without the advertisements YouTube attached to them. Microsoft dropped the download feature, but insisted that it couldn't very well get those ads working unless Google wanted to open up and share some YouTube APIs with the company. We've been waiting to hear what Google's response ...

Microsoft finds itself in a somewhat unique place in the electronics industry, with products in both the smartphone and console gaming spheres. Sure, Sony hits both those notes, but there's a big difference between manufacturing smartphones and having direct control over a smartphone platform. In theory, that should lead to some fantastically tight integration between Windows Phone and the Xbox 360, and we really have seen some nice features, like SmartGlass. Where are things headed from here, though? While he was pretty tight-lipped, Microsoft senior marketing manager Greg Sullivan did ...

It's become a trope in mobile tech: write an article about Nokia, and someone will leave a comment suggesting that all the beleaguered company needs to do to return to prominence is build an Android phone. Mark my words: it'll even happen on this article, despite the contravening headline. And, fanboys being fanboys, a flame war (or at least a small brush fire) will erupt. As Emperor Palpatine might say, "it is unavoidable." You don't know the power of the (nonexistent) Nokia Android phone. While I disagree with the premise that a Nokia-Droid would save the company, I understand its ...

While we didn't get a chance to see Nokia's rumored EOS, a 41-megapixel PureView Windows Phone handset, at the company's press event the other week, hope remains that this smartphone is still in the running to make its debut soon. We've recently looked into rumors from sources claiming to have had a glimpse at the hardware, but weren't left with a clearer idea of when the phone might launch, other than maybe sometime this summer. Today we start narrowing that down, with a specific launch date rumored. Supposedly, the EOS could arrive during the second week of July, with July 9 mentioned as ...

The probability for a Nokia phablet is still unknown. However, such a device has been nonetheless subject to rumors in the past, alongside the mystery EOS PureView Lumia device. If a six-incher made by Espoo will become a reality, that would happen only in 2014, according to a recent report. Information coming from "industry sources" might go either way, so we're wearing our skeptical hat for this. It might seem like a logical move though. After the success of jumbophones, especially from Samsung, said sources claim that Nokia is reportedly in discussions regarding such handsets for next ...