Google's cut-price laptop gets a retina display makeoverGoogle Chromebook Pixel
Google's cut-price laptop gets a retina display makeoverGoogle's cut-price laptop gets a retina display makeoverPhilips 4K TV reveal expected by late August
TP Vision has confirmed it is focusing on 4K for its next Philips 9000-series TV, which should make an appearance at this year's IFA show in BerlinMicrosoft quiet on Office for iOS as evidence grows of its existence
A Microsoft executive has dodged questions about a possible iPad and Android release of MS Office, despite growing evidence to suggest otherwiseGoogle Glass could end smartphone addiction, according to Sergey Brin
The Google founder has said smartphones are socially isolating and emasculating, and believes that his company's wearable Android computer is the answerUncharted 3 multiplayer goes free-to-play on PS3
PS3 owners can now play Uncharted's multi-player mode for free up to level 15, with micro-transactions for extra gear and weaponsSpotify iOS app overhauled with new UI
Spotify has been updated on iOS, adding a new user interface that should hold off defectors to Google's Play Music servicePanasonic Lumix DMC-SZ9
A big zoom in a tiny camera, and sophisticated Wi-Fi functions too.HTC’s Jason Mackenzie: “We’re David Fighting Goliath”
HTC president of global sales Jason Mackenzie took some time to talk to Brighthand at MWC about the company's plans and how it hopes to combat its underdog status.
Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap
Technically, the Mobile World Congress may finish-up tomorrow, but with all the big smartphone and tablet events over, we’re calling it a wrap. We’ve had a great time the past several days bringing you news of all the new hardware and software companies came to the event to promote, and as we now begin to recuperate and get back to business as usual, we wanted to take a look back on MWC 2013 and everything it brought us. The week leading up to the MWC was filled with rumors, as we should expect, and while some played out, others ...
Galaxy S IV Processor Revealed, Samsung Wallet App, Windows Phone Future & More – Pocketnow Daily
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 as they’ve not got both a retail price and a release date. Then we talk about Windows Phone 8, and how it seems that history won’t repeat itself when it comes to software updates. Then it’s some MWC oddities as we visit the NWC Medias W dual-screen Android smartphone. Samsung’s new wallet service is next, even though it looks exactly like Apple’s passbook. We end today talking about the Galaxy S IV and the processor selection we’ll get when released. All this and more after ...
Does Windows 8 Pro Belong on a Phone?
“Man, I would love to have the full capability of my desktop/laptop in my phone!” We’ve all thought it at one time or another. And lucky for us, the two most prominent mobile platform creators, Apple and Google, are bringing their desktop and mobile operating systems closer with each iterative update. Chrome for Android is just the beginning of integration between Android and Chrome OS. Some have predicted the two will eventually be coupled into one, that Android will eventually envelop the full power of the Chrome browser. And Apple is continually bringing more ...
Windows Phone 8 Won’t Get Left Behind by Future Updates
There are a lot of ways you can look at Microsoft’s decision not to make Windows Phone 8 upgrades available for Windows Phone 7 handsets. You can rationalize that plenty of Android phones get left behind as well, or that technical issues made it smarter for Microsoft to start fresh, but that doesn’t make it any easier to live with for all those early adopters who took a chance on the new platform. While Windows Phone 7.8 may be here to help placate that group, what about current Windows Phone 8 users? Will they find ...
The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 033: The Great MWC Wrap-Up
We think it’s pretty fair to say that MWC 2013 was one part IFA and one part CES: a few stark disappointments peppered among some really amazing stuff. We’ve seen technology this week ranging from the incredible to the absurd – from the third iteration of ASUS’s wild Padfone concept to the improbable debut of a Kyocera Echo lookalike. The big guys have come out to play, too, but they’re a little shy this time around: neither Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 nor Nokia’s midrange Lumias blew the roof off the joint. Even a few has-beens came out to confuse ...
Samsung Galaxy S IV Rumors Return to SoC Choice
Wouldn’t it figure; we just get done giving you a summary of what to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy S IV when a new rumors comes our way, causing us to (once again) question what Samsung’s preparing. Like so many of the phone’s rumors lately, this one is looking at the choice of SoC Samsung uses in these handsets, and attempts to throw Exynos chips back in the running. To recap, at first everyone was talking about the GS4 being powered by Exynos chips, and the Exynos 5 Octa in specific. Then we ...
Sony Releases Firefox OS ROM for Curious Xperia E Users
This week brought us plenty of news about the global launch of Firefox OS, as well as some new looks at native Firefox OS hardware. If you’re interested in the platform in general, but are a bit hesitant to throw down more cash on an upstart OS like this, you might want to think about flashing an existing handset with a Firefox ROM. If you’ve got an Xperia E lying around, Sony has just ...