Galaxy Note 7 Requiem, Samsung’s future, and Pixel updates | #PNWeekly 222

It’s official. The Note 7 is properly discontinued. Looking at the fallout of a failed phone launch which could cost Samsung billions. Where does Samsung go from here? Also, let’s talk about Pixel updates, iPhone 8 patents, Blackberry pre-orders, and OnePlus 3 back-orders. This week we’re joined by Ricky Villacrez from GSMArena to discuss these stories and answer your questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on October 13th (click

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Cyanogen Inc. shifts C-suite, idea for OS following downsizing

While the CyanogenMod community is still chugging along, its corporate cousin, Cyanogen Inc., has barely done so. Its idea for a better Android has not been making enough rounds at manufacturers and carriers and the company has suffered job cuts and a rumored strategy shift.Well, the strategy has indeed ...

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British startup Wileyfox unveils fresh trio of inexpensive Cyanogen OS phones

With a cheeky name like Wileyfox, cool matching logo, and one of very few still ongoing Cyanogen Inc. alliances, the inexperienced but ambitious British makers of the affordable Storm and Swift smartphones couldn’t escape our radar again, as they just took the wraps off the low to mid-end Spark family.Meant primarily for domestic sales, the three new Wileyfox devices range in price from £90 to £130, and all run Android Marshmallow-based Cyanogen ...

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AT&T, Cyanogen and ZTE reportedly prepping Google-eluding Android phone

When will device manufacturers and mobile operators learn there are only two ways to go in terms of the operating system a phone has to use to become commercially successful? It’s either iOS, which of course isn’t an option for anyone but Apple, or Android. Down the line, Windows could be a decent alternative too… if Microsoft ever decides to take the platform seriously.Meanwhile, Samsung tried and

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Cyanogen OS apps get ported to Cyanogenmod

A portion of the Cyanogenmod community thought of the formation of Cyanogen, Inc. as a departure of what they stood for. Others saw commercialization of a great Android ROM as progress. After some time technically apart, they’re apparently coming back together (well, one is coming to ...

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Cyanogen OS working on adding deep Cortana integration

Cyanogen may be synonymous with Android – and more specifically, custom Android-based ROMs – but earlier this year we learned about an interesting partnership that was coming together, as Microsoft and Cyanogen Inc. signed a deal that would see Microsoft apps and services appear on Cyanogen OS devices. At the time, we were understandably curious about just where that pairing would lead, and today we’re hearing about one very interesting development that could be about to spring from that ...

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Cyanogen gets new hardware partner, as ZUK confirms international sales

Ever since evolving from a grass-roots unofficial Android ROM to a legitimate company, making big deals with smartphone manufacturers, we’ve seen Cyanogen hook up with a number of different phone-makers. From Oppo, we’ve seen it work with OnePlus, and more recently companies like Yu. This week we get word of one more, as startup ZUK announces its own partnership with Cyanogen.ZUK may be a new name in the smartphone ...

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OnePlus teases forthcoming One Lollipop update

As you’ve probably seen by now (and if you haven’t, take a look), the first images purporting to be from OnePlus’s OxygenOS leaked overnight. Whether they’re legitimate or not, we can’t yet say, but with new information about OxygenOS promised for February 12, one week from Thursday, we’ll know soon enough. In the meantime we’ve got some news about the other software option for the ...

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Cyanogen blindsides OnePlus with side deal: no CM support for One in India

You ever get the feeling that OnePlus can’t catch a break? Despite the strong reception its One handset has found, a storm cloud of issues has followed the phone since its release, with complicated invites or pre-order-based sales leading the charge. This past week, though, things had been looking up. We just told you about this great Black Friday sales opportunity, and a few days back got word that OnePlus had recruited ...

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What Google buyout interest means for the future of Cyanogen

This past year’s been a huge one for Cyanogen Inc., seeing not just the formal incorporation of the company, but its involvement in the release of new Android hardware, like the OnePlus One, or its dealings with Oppo (as with the N1, above). Will the next year bring similarly big things to Cyanogen’s table? Well, it sure looks like interest in the company is higher than ever, as we get word of a new round of funding and ...

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Cyanogen Inc. clashes with OnePlus over treatment of women

OnePlus has already managed to attract a lot of criticism for the way it’s introduced its first smartphone, the OnePlus One. From the invitation system, to that smash-your-phones contest, to issues with scalpers, or even botched run-ins with regulatory agencies, it sometimes feels that this company is making every mistake it can – but then again, as an upstart, it has some growing pains to work through. The latest ...

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Cyanogen adds fresh blood with hiring spree of new execs

Last September saw the team behind CyanogenMod gather up its resources and formally incorporate, founding Cyanogen Inc. That’s paved the way for new business opportunities, like the official Oppo N1 CyanogenMod support, and eventually the CyanogenMod-from-the-ground-up OnePlus One. As the company

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OnePlus One release date revised by the company

As invites start rolling out to early supporters of OnePlus, the company has revised the release date estimate for their flagship One smartphone due to an upcoming software update related to recently-discovered OpenSSL vulnerabilities.Invited people are ...

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Why didn’t I put CyanogenMod 11 on my Nexus 5 sooner?

The Nexus 5 was unveiled on October 31st of last year, and offered for sale through Google’s Play Store the same day. In those several months I’ve run the stock version of Android, though about half way through I rooted it and run several apps that require those elevated privileges. That’s pretty significant. It’s the first personal phone that I haven’t run a Custom ROM on since my very early days with Windows CE. Even back then I ran “cooked” ROMs on my Pocket PCs. Since then, running a Custom ROM has gotten significantly easier. Rooting toolkits ...

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Cyanogen Inc. new identity revealed, as the company is slightly rebranding

CyanogenMod went commercial back in September, Cyanogen Inc. was formed, and we have since heard of the team being hard at work on bringing their take on Android to phones like the Oppo N1, and others. However, as the company explains, it is growing, and, in order to reflect that, and the direction it’s heading in, it needs an evolution of its ...

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