Obama selfie complaints, Apple worried of Android, WP 8.1 changes & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Nokia’s push for wireless charging by bundling it with the Lumia 930. Then we talk about Windows Phone 8.1 and all the positive changes you can expect. HTC is next as we see the company working on a new Butterfly model with a regular camera. Apple follows the news as the trial against Samsung has revealed how worried the company is about Android. We end today’s show talking about how the Obama administration is not happy with Samsung’s silent selfie. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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Obama administration not happy with Samsung’s silently sponsored selfie?

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Samsung has gone through incredible lengths to make its Galaxy line-up popular. Recently we saw how the company sponsored Ellen DeGeneres to make a selfie popular by getting a ton of popular actors involved in the shot, and the company succeeded in making it the most re-tweeted photo in history. Still, you’d think that the sponsorship ends there, and the company was just getting started. This happened during the White House’s recognition of the Boston Red Sox, where President Obama as asked by David Ortiz if he would mind taking a selfie with him. President Obama accepted, and ...

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Google Play Deals, iOS 7.1 launch, Microsoft Cortana video & more – Pockentow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new Google Play deals due to its anniversary celebration. Then we talk about Microsoft’s Cortana, which just got featured on a leaked video. Samsung follows the news as we discover that the company is removing benchmark boosters from its phones. Apple follows as we expect iOS 7.1 to be launched very soon. We end today’s show talking about Nokia and its plans to provide us kinetic charging for our smartphones. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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Samsung’s infamous benchmark booster removed in KitKat updates?

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Samsung gained a lot of controversy last year with the launch of its Galaxy S 4. If you remember, the device defeated every single device it competed with in benchmarks, but that was until it was unveiled that Samsung was using some extra code that made the device look good on the tests. A lot of this drama has been forgotten, but so have benchmarks from most of the tests that even we use, as it’s clear that credibility is questionable. New reports claim that the company has removed this extra code from the Android 4.4 KitKat updates that are being pushed to its Samsung Galaxy S 4 ...

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LG G Pro 2 vs Galaxy Note 3: hands-on comparison (Video)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Thought we were wrapped-up with LG’s new phablet, the G Pro 2, following our hands-on with the Android yesterday? Not even! In addition to bringing you footage of the new smartphones, tablets, and wearables making an appearance at the MWC this year, we’re also doing our best to bring you early comparisons between this new gear and models with which you may be already familiar. Today we put the G Pro 2 up against the pope of phablet-town, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3. Even with the G Pro 2′s larger display it ...

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HTC Desire 816 vs Galaxy Note 3: hands-on comparison (Video)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

We are almost done putting HTC’s new Desire 816 5.5-inch Android through some early hands-on comparisons, having already checked it out against HTC’s One lineup, and now we’re switching manufacturers to see hot the 816 looks when compared to the phablet everybody wants to beat, last year’s Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Make no mistake: the Note 3 is going to outshine the 816 at most of the stuff we’d ...

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Samsung Galaxy S 5 vs Galaxy Note 3: hands-on comparison (Video)

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The Galaxy S 5 versus the Galaxy S 4 may be the most obvious comparison to make between Samsung’s all-new flagship and its previous models, but with the big 5.1-inch display, might it make sense to also see how the GS5 looks against a full-on phablet? That’s just the thought we had in our minds as brought along a Note 3 to this evening’s Unpacked event, armed and ready to see how the GS5 compares to Samsung’s current phablet heavyweight. This year puts us in an interesting position, as ...

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Sony Xperia Z2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S 4: hands-on comparison (Video)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Is Sony’s new Xperia Z2 a phablet? It used to be that the five-inch mark served as the unofficial gateway into phablet territory, and as the the Z2 trades-in the Z1′s 5.0-inch display for a 5.2-inch panel, it’s edging-in to that space; remember, the original phablet, the first Galaxy Note, only had a 5.3-inch screen. Then again, a lot’s changed since those days, and is a phablet today better described as something like the Z Ultra, ...

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HTC M8 event, Samsung LED innovation, No Windows Phone for MWC & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Nokia X event that’s now being teased for MWC. We then talk about the HTC M8, its possible event for March 25th, the new leaked renders, and we even talk about a new program called HTC Advantage. Samsung is up next as we go through the news of the company removing the block between third-party accessories and its Galaxy Note 3. Then we go through Samsung’s new LED-flash technology for its future smartphone line-up. We end today’s show talking about Windows Phone’s possible absence from MWC. All this and more ...

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Samsung finally gets around to fixing all those Galaxy Note 3 accessories it broke

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Just about a month ago, Samsung had begun distribution of its KitKat update for the Galaxy Note 3, and as users installed the new software, we started hearing reports about phone accessories that no longer functioned. As it turns out, the update started detecting whether or not S-View-style cases were Samsung-approved, and disabled the corresponding software functionality if they weren’t legit. While it looked like a real jerk move, it wasn’t unexpected, as

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Office for iPad, Galaxy Gear 50% off, Apple and Samsung CEO meeting & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Our apology for the late upload due to technical difficulties. Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Best Buy’s insane price-drop of 50% off the Samsung Galaxy Gear, aside from other AT&T’s deals. We then talk about the new iBeacon deployment at two MLB stadiums for a game in March. Apple and Samsung follow the news as both company’s CEOs met last week to discuss patents. Then we talk about Samsung and its new patent that plans to bring signature unlocks on the Galaxy Note line-up. We end today’s show talking about Microsoft Office for iPad, and ...

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Boost MAX vs Galaxy Note 3 (Video)

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To date, essentially all manufacturers who have attempted to mimic Samsung’s success with the Galaxy Note line of oversized smartphones have done so by packing as many great specifications as possible inside the phone and slapping a premium price tag on it to boot. But not everyone who wants a smartphone-tablet hybrid wants or needs an over the top smartphone. And they may not want to pay premium prices to get such a phone. Much smaller phones, like the Moto G, have impressively replicated the performance and experience ...

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We’re not shills, we just get amped on geeky stuff

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I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve been called a fanboy or how many times I’ve been told I was unwittingly paid by [insert manufacturer name here]. Seriously, if anyone knows the account number for the checking account holding the insurmountable back pay I never received for publicly plugging and recommending products (whilst also cutting others down to size), feel free to share. After all, I’m the fanboy who deserves it, right? Joking aside, I’ve never known a fanboy who willingly and openly carried the operating systems he allegedly hates. ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 5 news recap of 2014

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything. Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Sunday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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iPhone surpassed the Samsung Galaxy line-up in sales last quarter

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Apple’s results last quarter have proven to shock more than few of us. Just recently we learned that the iPad actually gained global marketshare for the first time in a while last quarter, which is extremely difficult in a world full of $200 tablets. Now it seems that even the iPhone broke some records in sales last quarter when compared to its direct competition. Two quarters ago, Samsung’s 38% of US smartphone market share had surpassed Apple’s 34%, something which proved to be ...

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