Blackphone vs BlackBerry, Galaxy Alpha, and another OnePlus screwup | Pocketnow Weekly 109

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Updated with links to the high-quality version of the podcast below! Thanks for joining us for the live show, everyone, and enjoy the HQ downloads in the Links section.One of the nice things about a mobilized mob of fanatics is … well, nothing. For the purposes of intelligent discourse and civility, there’s nothing cool or helpful about a bunch of heated fanboys rabidly denigrating a new product because it happens to threaten their preferred smartphone. We’ve talked about

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HTC Zoe (Beta): hands-on with “the postmodern social network” (Video)

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

It’s official: HTC Zoe is now available to many Android handsets running version 4.4 or higher, HTC name stamp or no. This is HTC’s first step in bringing the Zoe experience to devices outside its branded offerings, and it also marks the app’s transition into more of a social network than a mere enhanced gallery – so we decided to put it under the lens in a quick HTC Zoe walkthrough video.Keep in mind that the app available now is an open beta; HTC acknowledges that it’s not perfect, but is ...

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