Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Galaxy S 4 carrier availability and the irony that TecTiles no longer work for it. Later we go through some Galaxy Note III rumors and the fact that apparently it’ll be a bigger and better phone. Some Sony Xperia phones are next as the company plans to apparently give the phablet category a try. Then we talk about Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and yes, that’s not Android 5.0, we know. We end today’s show talking about Google Now and what it means for it to only launch on iOS and not on legacy Android devices. All this and ...
Recent findings suggest that Android 5.0/Key Lime Pie may not debut at the Google I/O conference next month, and that Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will get the reveal instead.
I need a beer, and I’m sure many of you need a drink as well. If this was five years ago, I’d be by my second pack of cigarettes, and it has to do with how furious I am right now. Let me explain why: For starters, I wish I could express in words how long it took me to love Android. My first device was a Google Nexus One, and man, even though I started off at the right foot, it rarely ever felt that way. What a gorgeous phone and what a great experience overall, as long as I didn’t turn it on. Froyo and Gingerbread were just stale and cartoony no matter how much I tried to ...
It’s sounding likely that this year’s WWDC could bring news, not of any number of new iPhone or iPad designs, but of iOS 7. With Jonathan Ive leading the charge for what’s been called a new “flat design,” this could really be quite the shake-up for the platform. As we wait for confirmation of the release, some new rumors and comments continue to paint the picture of some major changes ...
Remember Samsung’s TecTiles, promoted alongside the NFC support that came with last year’s Galaxy S III? The little NFC-enabled stickers could be set up to help you automate tasks, tapping one to do anything from checking-in on FourSquare to enabling WiFi when you set your phone down on your desk at home. While they took a little work to configure, Samsung had been becoming one of the really ...
Sprint has announced that inventory for the Samsung Galaxy S IV is "now flowing into Sprint sales channels," bringing the device in limited quantities to brick-and-mortar stores.
Gaga? Dogo? When it comes to codenames attached to rumored Sony Xperia smartphones, we’ve heard some pretty unusual monikers. Today we get some new gossip about two such models, as well as some upcoming Sony display tech. Let’s start with Togari, because that’s one name we’ve heard a couple times before. Last we heard, Togari was supposed to be a big 6.4-inch 1080p phablet. Today we don’t get any new info on its specs, but do hear a little about ...
Last week we learned that, in spite of Samsung creating multiple hardware versions of the Galaxy S 4 in an effort to avoid Exynos 5 Octa shortages affecting stocks, US carriers were still feeling the effects of a GS4 shortage, and a number of them were scrambling to adjust launch plans. T-Mobile, for one, had to push back the start of online sales, while we heard that Sprint was going to have to kick things off online and phone-only, with not enough units available to also ...
Promotion can make or break a smartphone, so let’s take a moment to checkout two recent entries from some of the industry’s heavyweights: a new Lumia 920 ad from Microsoft, and a clip from the Galaxy S 4′s Indian launch that makes even the over-the-top US event seem restrained in comparison. The Microsoft ad really pulls no punches, and in just a short span of time manages to fire off plenty of volleys at all the quirkiness of both Apple and Samsung designs, as well as some ...
Launched in the midst of much higher-profile devices, one of the best mid-range smartphones – one that stands for much more than just another mid-range phone – has suffered from a terrible case of bad timing. After spending 11 days with the phone, our full review of the HTC First went live one week ago today. When we first caught wind of the First, there really wasn’t a lot to get excited about. It was, in a sense, the elusive Facebook phone; its specifications were mediocre; its build and design were ...
Just like Samsung’s upcoming tablet designs, the last few months have been rife with rumors of the next Galaxy Note phablet. While we had heard plenty, that all got tossed a curve ball last month when Samsung announced its new Galaxy Mega models; were these the giants that some of those Note III rumors had actually been discussing? With those now public, we’re back on the trail of the Note III, with new rumors about specs and a number of prototype designs. Now, ...
A company co-founder credits an update earlier this year for the massive growth in popularity of Path, a social networking app for both iOS and Android.
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