Galaxy S 4 Active drowning, Verizon launches, iPad mini 2 display leaks & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Microsoft Office reaching Android, and why we’re not celebrating. The iPad mini 2 is up next as new reports have the device with the same pixelated display that we currently know. Verizon makes the news next as recent leaks mention the launch dates for the HTC One, Moto X and even the Droid Ultra series. The Moto X and its magic glass, which is supposed to make the display unique. We end today’s show talking about how people are complaining about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active, and how it drowns for many. All this and more ...

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Verizon leaks: HTC One, Moto X, Droid Ultra series dates

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The Moto X goes official in under a day, but when does that mean you’ll actually be able to get your hands on the Android? Rumors have seemed split into two camps, with the bulk looking to late August availability, but there also being talk about the phone going up for sale tomorrow, right on launch day. Today we get some new support for one of those ideas, as well as get some insight into when Verizon could be getting the HTC One and all those other new Motorola models. The latest Verizon leak ...

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Motorola shares more details of its X8 “mobile computing system”

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It’s been just over a week since we saw Verizon and Motorola launch the new Droid Ultra series, powered by an unexpected source: the new X8 from Motorola itself. Nowadays, we may not view Motorola much as a company that makes processors, but it’s always had business in integrated circuits, and don’t forget that its 68K chips were at the heart of Apple’s Macintosh computers for years (not to mention a huge number of arcade machines and video came ...

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Motorola Droid Ultra announced, Lumia 625, LG Smart watch – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the announcement of the Motorola Droid Ultra line-up for Verizon, and what this means for competing devices. Nokia follows the lead as they’ve also launched their “big new thing” with the Lumia 625, even though the specs are anything but big. HTC is next as we’ve got some more rumors on the carriers that will receive the codename Zara and T6 (One Max). LG takes the spotlight next with some new trademarks that include a smart watch and a tablet. We end today’s show talking about Google’s event tomorrow ...

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The new Droid Ultra line: three awesome features we want in every phone

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The new Motorola has arrived … or something like that. The Moto X still isn’t officially official, although we received an invitation to an August 1st press event titled Moto X. But today, in a joint press event with Verizon, three new Motorola handsets were announced: Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini. Gone is the RAZR branding, to no surprise, but Motorola hasn’t severed ties with its ...

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More Droid Ultra details: RGBC cameras, future of Droid family

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With pre-orders now open for the just-launched Motorola Droid Ultra, Maxx, and Mini, we’re continuing to get new information about these models. We knew they would have 10-megapixel cameras, but have now managed to confirm that these will indeed be the RGBC components we heard rumored, and we’ve also discovered a little about what Verizon’s planning for the future of its Droid brand. We first started hearing about

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Verizon announces Motorola Droid Ultra, Maxx, and Mini, running new X8 chips

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Last week, Verizon sent out invitations to an event scheduled for today, and it sure seemed to be implying that we’d finally see these Motorla Ultra-series devices – the Ultra, Maxx, and Mini we’ve been talking about for weeks now – go official. Sure enough, the carrier has just announced the trio, all running some new Motorola silicon. The phones run what Motorola calls its X8 Mobile Computing System, but don’t let that lead you to believe we’re ...

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Motorola Droid Ultra family naming will just confuse consumers

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Last week Pocketnow’s Jaime Rivera wrote about why Verizon should kill the Droid name. Verizon did something for Android that Google and other OEMs were having a hard time doing: marketing the brand. The entire platform was up against Apple’s killer product: the iPhone. HTC, Samsung, Motorola, and others were building smartphones ...

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Google event next week, Future Nexus 7 price, Lumia 1020 in red & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the recently leaked renders of a possible red Nokia Lumia 1020, and the carrier it might be going to. Then we talk about the Nokia phablet that’s been rumored for the last couple of months, and you won’t like the news about it. The future Nexus 7 is next as it seems that it might become more expensive in its future iteration. Verizon’s Motorola Droid Ultra takes the spotlight next as it seems they might get announced next week. We end today’s show talking about the Google event scheduled for next week as well, and ...

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Leak reveals Motorola Droid Ultra in red

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Think of it as a mash-up of some of today’s earlier stories: we learned of an upcoming Verizon event that sure seemed like it could be the launch of the Droid Ultra, Mini, and Maxx, and then we got to see a leaked render of an AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020 in red. Put ‘em together and what have you got? An all-new leak, this time showing of the previously unknown red version of the Droid Ultra. We’ve ...

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Verizon announcing Droid Ultra smartphone line in about a week?

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Rumors addressing upcoming Motorola smartphones have lately been split into two camps: it seems like the bulk of the info we’ve been dealing with has concerned the Moto X, but recently there’s been a flurry of activity dealing with a few new Droid models for Verizon. Picking up where the RAZR HD and its kin left off, it’s been looking like we could be about to see the launch of a Droid Ultra, Maxx, and Mini. Leaked advertising material has been

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Pocketnow Weekly 052: ’twas the day before the Lumia

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It’s not every day you schedule a podcast the day before one of the biggest Windows Phone announcements in the platform’s history – but given our plans to host a special-edition Pocketnow Live event covering Nokia’s NYC event tomorrow, we thought it best to get the Weekly out of the way ahead of time. That doesn’t mean we don’t talk Nokia – indeed, we’ve got Chief News Editor Stephen Schenck on the air with us this week to discuss what it’s been like to follow the story of the EOS/1020/909, probably one of the most widely-leaked devices ...

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Motorola Droid Ultra family news: new render, camera sample, leaked ad, launch rumor

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Curious about some of the new Motorola Droid models we’ve been hearing about? We recently had to take some of our focus away from the Moto X when a number of rumors and leaks started detailing a new wave of Droid-branded Androids, apparently set to be the follow-ups to last year’s Droid RAZR HD models. Those have included the Droid Ultra, Maxx, and Mini. We’ve already seen renders of the first two, and today we get a look at the Mini, as well as a ...

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Apple App Store deals, Nokia Lumia 1020 renders, Moto X chassis & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Apple’s 5-year celebration of the App Store along with all the free app deals that they’re offering. LG is next as they’ve just sent out press invites for their G2 event on August 7th. Samsung Galaxy Note III hardware takes the spotlight next as there seems to be more than two variants of the same phone this time. Then it’s all about the Moto X as we’ve got more hardware pics, and we also have some press renders of the Droid Ultra. Nokia ends the show today as we have leaked press renders of the Lumia 1020 ...

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Motorola Droid Ultra render leaks, along with rumors of extra-sensitive camera

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This weekend was a busy one for Motorola leaks, and following up all that Moto X action from the previous week, we got a couple new looks at other upcoming Androids from the manufacturer. First up we had a supposed render of the Droid Maxx, followed thereafter by a shot of what just might be the Droid Ultra. The latter is back on our radar today, with the arrival of a render of its ...

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