Join us in this retro unboxing experience where we show many of the phones that have been in Pocketnow's history
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When tablets were clamshells: Sony Tablet P throwback review (Video)
Say the word “tablet” today and you probably picture something like this. Even back in 2011 –the origin year for today’s deep dive into nostalgia– the word conjured up a big slab, not an oversized eyeglass case. But the latter is just what we got with the Sony Tablet P, a bizarre foldable mobile device that better resembled a palmtop computer than any “tablet” I’d ever seen.It was weird – but that’s just why I liked it. The Sony Tablet P was the first review device ...
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Pocketnow Throwback: HTC HD2 (Video)
Even at launch, there was nothing humble about the HTC HD2. With the largest screen ever grafted onto a smartphone, the first-of-its-kind Qualcomm Scorpion SoC, and the heaviest skin ever crafted for a Windows Mobile device (here called “HTC Sense” for the first time), the HD2 was a behemoth – the biggest spec beast ever devised. It married the touch-and-go simplicity of the iPhone with the power of WinMo 6 to produce the best Microsoft-powered smartphone anyone ...
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Throwback unboxing: HTC HD2 (Video)
We’re real suckers for nostalgia at Pocketnow, as those who caught this week’s HTC Mogul throwback are already aware. As we approach the release of the company’s All New HTC One, we thought we’d continue mining the history of HTC for context – and it ...
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How far we’ve come: Google’s Nexus legacy, 2010-2014
Nexus has been a big name in the news again recently, but not for the reasons you might think. Sure, there’s the small matter of all those red Nexus 5 rumors alongside whispers of a device some are calling the Nexus 8. And then there’s the impending Nexus-themed giveaway we’re about to drop on the world – the one so secret we’re not even linking to it yet (this little sneak preview is your reward for ...
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Pocketnow Throwback Review: Motorola Q (Video)
North America, Summer 2006: Talladega Nights is at the top of the box office; Nickelback and Hinder battle it out for butt-rock band of the year; and an acting student named Michael Fisher grows a pretty sweet mustache in an otherwise-sedate corner of Southeastern Virginia. But more importantly, a hotly anticipated and long-delayed mobile phone finally lands on Verizon Wireless retail shelves. It’s a device poised to challenge RIM’s BlackBerry family in the QWERTY keyboard arena. A new Windows Mobile smartphone ...
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Pocketnow Throwback Review: Motorola i930 (Video)
At the halfway mark of the last decade, the Motorola i930 was a beast. It packed a 180MHz processor, 32MB of RAM, a VGA camera, and Windows Mobile 2003 into a 167g casing more than 30mm thick. It was a hard-core, ruggedized device built at a time when rugged feature phones still commanded a premium, and durable smartphones were practically unheard-of. It also packed the fastest walkie-talkie in the industry, and a carrier label that, at the time of the phone’s release in 2005, was among the most-respected brands in the United States: