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Pocketnow Weekly 075: 2K screens, iris scanners, and learning to use a Jolla

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Michael Fisher

Just what use would an iris scanner be on a smartphone? When will 2K displays take over the smartphone world (and why should we care)? How exactly does one spell “Magotes,” anyway? If these questions have ever crossed your worried minds -and even if they haven’t- the second-to-last episode of the Pocketnow Weekly’s 2013 season is right up your twisted alley, friend. But even if you’re not interested in such tomfoolery, there’s still plenty here to ping your pong. In this episode we talk headline-grabbing rumors like the Galaxy S 5 and wooden Moto X, yes ...

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LG GX announced in Korea, brings 5.5-inch display and Snapdragon 600

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

After the G Flex more recently, the South Korean manufacturer unveiled the LG GX, in case you are into fairly large screens. The LG GX announced today packs a 5.5-inch IPS display with Full HD resolution, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, 13-megapixel camera, and a 3,140 mAh battery. If the above specs sound familiar, that’s because they’re taken from the LG Optimus G Pro. The GX also packs LTE compatibility as well as VoLTE features, but the phone ...

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Google’s Android Device Manager goes mobile, microUSB flash drive & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google’s Android Device Manager reaching mobile devices through a native application. LG is next as we’ve got some rumors of an LG Gx device, even though it looks a lot like the Optimus G Pro. Sony follows the news as the Xperia Z1 Mini has just stopped by the FCC for US approval. We then go through some rumors of Windows RT disappearing in the second half of 2014, along with the Modern UI of Windows Phone 9. We end today’s show talking about the first smartphone compatible USB flash drive made from Sony. All this and ...

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LG Gx rumored as new 5.5-incher, but sure sounds a lot like the existing Optimus G Pro

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

Is LG working on a new Android phablet? That’s a big, fat “maybe” as we get a look at a leak purporting to show off an upcoming LG “Gx” model, but find ourselves questioning some of the details surrounding the find. Those low-res images above were just posted to a South Korean message board, apparently revealing a holiday-themed advertising campaign for the phone. Is what we’re seeing legitimate, or did someone just cook this up in Photoshop? Let’s take a look at why we’re suspicious. Layout-wise, that Gx sure appears

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