Can Android TV succeed where Google TV already failed?

About four years ago (has it really been that long?!), Google teamed up with some partners (Toshiba being the most notable among them) to deliver a set-top box to consumers, powered by Android – sort of. The specs didn’t look that great and seeing the product in action didn’t instill much confidence, but the concept… the concept was amazing!The same Google that housed all the videos on YouTube, brought paid movies and TV through its Play Movies library, and enabled services like Netflix and Hulu to run on our smartphones and tablets was tucked inside a box that ...

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A Nexus 6 in two sizes would be a great idea

By now we’ve heard the rumors, we’ve seen the mockups, and we’ve oogled over the guy who made a “Nexus 6″ out of a block of wood just to show us its size. If all this holds true, the Nexus 6 (or whatever it will be called) is going to be big. Or is it?The Nexus 5 wasn’t a small phone when it was released, but by today’s standards, it’s not overly large. We may be sitting on the edge of a screen ...

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New sources support rumored Nexus 6 launch this month

It sure looks like Google’s got two upcoming Nexus devices in the works, a Motorola-made phone, and an HTC-made tablet. This week, HTC sure seemed to confirm the latter, and rumors have suggested that this Nexus 9 could launch in just about one week, on October 15 or 16. But what about the phone? The presumptive Nexus 6 also seems very much real, having been spotted out in the ...

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Google Nexus 6 wish list

We’re all getting just a little excited now that the traditional release of the next devices from Google is just around the corner. Center among them, we suspect, will be a new smartphone to replace the Nexus 5 from last year. We’ve heard plenty of rumors, some contradictory, but what do users want? Here is my Nexus 6 wish list.Battery LifeAll of us have been complaining about battery life for years. The bigger the screen and ...

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Who is the Motorola Shamu for?

The LG-built Nexus 5 is a wonderful phone. Before it landed, many complained that the screen would be too big, and the overall size of the device would be prohibitively large for a smartphone. In the year since its been around, however, the Nexus 5 has proven to be very usefully sized, without being too large to comfortably carry. Now that we’re getting close to when we suspect the “Nexus 6” will launch, we’re hearing rumors that it may be ...

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Detailed Nexus 6 rumors attempt to confirm name, hardware specs

The last week has been chock full of leaks attempting to reveal the Motorola phablet under development as codename Shamu, believed by many to be the device that will become Google’s next Nexus phone. But even with this hardware showing up in the flesh, a host of questions about the device and how it might launch continued to puzzle us. Last night, some new details about purported plans for the phone emerged in a new ...

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Motorola “Shamu” allegedly pictured next to LG G3

It’s that time of the year again. Nexus season is upon us, and in full force too – after reports that the Nexus program would be coming to an end in favor of Android Silver, and then reports confusing us further by calling the other reports false, we’re finally seeing somewhat-concrete evidence affirming the existence of a new Nexus. We saw a rather large leak from 9to5Google last night detailing Shamu allegedly, and now ...

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More Motorola “Shamu” details get leaked alongside render

Nexus hardware rumors have picked up as of late, after scares from late last year and earlier this year that the line of Google-made smartphones and tablets had seen its fate sealed. Along with the constant flow of rumors concerning the HTC Nexus 9, we’ve been hearing steady whispers of a Motorola Nexus phone as well. Today, a report from 9to5Google (along with a follow-up piece from Android Police) looks to corroborate what we’ve ...

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Notes, headphones, and what sucks – week 35 recap: Week in Review

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 Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Retail sources talk Google Nexus X launch plans

Earlier this week, rumors about Google’s follow-up to the Nexus 5 took a turn. We had already been talking about the idea of Motorola manufacturing this hardware, and after rumors bounced around the theory that we could be looking at a 5.9-inch phablet-sized handset, they settled back at a slightly more mainstream 5.2-inch screen size. But all of a sudden, it looked like we might not be getting the Nexus 6 we assumed would we be on the menu, and instead

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Motorola’s new Nexus gets a name, possible release date

Rumors have been flying that Motorola has been chosen to make the next Nexus iteration, and most (if not all) called the phone the Nexus 6 – it’s the sixth Nexus phone to be made, and it’s also rumored to have a 5.9-inch screen size. Today we’re seeing a report that looks to partially shoot down these earlier rumors, as the Motorola Nexus X name leaks for ...

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I want a Moto X and so should you, here’s why

Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside recently confirmed that the Motorola “X Phone” is not a figment of our imagination, nor a wishful hope. “It’s going to be called the Moto X (and) it’s going to be broadly distributed” later this year. There you have it: it’s not the “Motorola X Phone”, it’s not the “Motorola Nexus X”. The new phone, when it’s released, will be called the “Moto X”, and I want one. Hello Moto! GeoLocation & Situational Awareness The letter X is often associated with location. “X ...

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