LG G Flex torture test, Galaxy Note 3 lite, FTC approves Microsoft+Nokia & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily a we talk about the Microsoft-Nokia deal, which just got approved by the FTC. Then we talk about Meizu and its new smartphone with a display that exceeds current standards. Samsung is up next as we go through the new color variants of the Galaxy Note 3, along with a possible lite version of the Galaxy Note 3 in MWC. Then we talk about the Oppo N1, its release, and what to expect of the CyanogenMod variant. We end today’s show talking about the LG G Flex, and our first ever torture test. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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Oppo N1 availability: December 10, $599 or €449

On September 23 Oppo announced the N1, and, aside from the sexy swiveling camera, the phone-maker is offering future owners a choice for the OS: either Oppo’s own ColorOS, which is basically Android 4.2, or CyanogenMod. According to the latest information from Oppo’s Google+ page, the phone will be available for purchase starting from December 10, 2013. It will set you back either $599, or €449, depending on where you purchase it from. However, there’s no word on whether the CyanogenMod-powered ...

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Limited Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Edition ships next month

Back in September, Oppo launched an extremely unusual flagship, its N1. What’s so weird about this phone? Well, aside from the rear touch panel and the rotating camera, the handset has official CyanogenMod support. At the time of Oppo’s launch announcement, we learned that users would have a choice between running CyanogenMod or the company’s own ColorOS. While that’s very true, today we hear about a special ...

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iPhone weekend sales, new Microsoft Surface tablets, CyanogenMod Phone & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Apple’s sales results for their new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C over the opening weekend. We then talk about the first CyanogenMod phone to reach the market, the Oppo N1. BlackBerry is next as the company seems to have a buyer, but more with the idea of helping the company and not tearing it apart, aside from the news of the cross-platform BBM hitting a delay. Then we go through the rumors of a Nokia Lumia 929 phablet. We end today’s show talking Microsoft’s launch of the Surface 2 and new Surface Pro. All this and more ...

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Oppo launches the N1, complete with CyanogenMod option

Microsoft’s not the only one with new hardware this morning, and Oppo finally introduces us to its N1 Android, along with some unusual camera design and a special ROM tie-in. Oppo’s been teasing this phone since last week, and although we were expecting innovations like a rear touch panel, we got a few additional surprises. Let’s start with the basic hardware layout: The N1 has a 5.9-inch 1080p ...

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iPhone 5S and 5C launch, CyanogenMod Phone, Xperia Z1 issues & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about our iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C first impressions after our review has begun. Then we talk about Microsoft’s idea to build phablets using Windows RT. We later talk more phablets, but this time because of the Nokia Lumia 1520. We then move the spotlight to Sony and the sad news that you can’t unlock the bootloader on this device, or you can’t yet at least. We end today’s show talking about the Oppo N1 possibly becoming the first CynanogenMod phone in the market. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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Will the Oppo N1 be the first phone with a corporate Cyanogen Inc. tie-in?

Earlier this week, the CyanogenMod team shook-up the custom ROM community with its announcement that it had incorporated itself, and going forward would be doing business as Cyanogen Inc. Tons of questions remain about how this move will affect the project and its open-source roots, and despite any concerns we may have, the future sure looks promising for this new venture. When announcing the news, the company talked about plans to team up with a hardware maker to deliver phones running CyanogenMod software. But just who would that ...

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Oppo N1 rear touch panel teased, LG G2 can get envious

Oppo has been teasing its upcoming phone, the N1, but apparently, its killer feature will be an LG G2 feature killer from the start. If the G2 has rear-mounted buttons, as we’ve discussed at length here on Pocketnow, the N1 will apparently have a rear-mounted, wait for it, touch panel. Just below the camera, on the back, as you can see in the image above, will be a touch panel which will recognize finger gestures in four directions: left, right, up, and down. While these could be used for so many things (scroll, zoom, swipe, ...

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