The Best Galaxy Note You Didn’t Buy (The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 after the boom)

Let's remember the beauty that came with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 after it got a new name and lost its explosive personality

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Lumia 1020 Throwback! Can HMD & Nokia disrupt like this again? (video)

We’re seeing rumors of a Nokia 10, an exciting number for us old Lumia fans. Could this finally be our follow up to the Lumia 1020? Can HMD and Nokia disrupt the industry again with something so innovative as the Lumia 1020 was back in its day?

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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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5 essential mobile phone features (that no one cares about anymore)

I recently paid a visit to my childhood home in rural New York, and because I’m not a normal person, it stirred memories of telecom from days gone by. Between updating my parents’ smartphones and walking around to determine which corners of town were still waiting for LTE, I saw quite a few older handsets strapped to the belts of the predominantly pragmatic locals, mixed in with the tourists’ generally flashier iPhones and Galaxy S6s. It got me thinking about mobile phone features from years past, features we considered indispensable in the days of old but don’t ...

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LG pulls a Samsung, screens get touchy-feely, and we go dark with Blackphone | Pocketnow Weekly 108

Updated with time codes, new streaming portals, and links to the high-quality version. Skip past the YouTube embed and download your very own copy of this week’s podcast. Enjoy!Thanks to our new Blackphone review devices, we’re already halfway off the grid … or at least, halfway buried under Post-It notes littered with passwords, which is almost the same thing. Before we get too stealthy, though, we’re hosting us a little show. Some of you might know it as the mobile technology podcast that’s gone 108 episodes without missing a single week (accurate). ...

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Pocketnow Throwback: Dell Venue Pro (Video)

Looking for our original Dell Venue Pro review from 2011? Check it out here. Wondering about the tablet family with the same name from 2013? Peep this. Want a sweet nostalgia trip? See below.•There was a time when manufacturers still pushed the boundaries of industrial design, when Windows Phone was the newest smartphone platform around, and Dell still called ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 087: the calm before the #ANHO

The All New HTC One won’t grace us with its presence until the end of the month, and at this point we’re beginning to wonder if HTC will have anything left to reveal at the announcement. From a sales guide to promotional materials to yet another undercover hands-on video, the leaks surrounding one of the year’s most anticipated Android handsets refuse to let up – and we’re here to talk about them in our latest pre-#ANHO podcast! Before that, of course, we’ve got the usual news of the week, including a duo of Samsung tablet reviews, rampant speculation about ...

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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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HTC Mogul / HTC Titan: Pocketnow Throwback (Video)

The summer of 2007. In the United States, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, and Fall Out Boy topped the pop charts; the final installment in the Harry Potter series became the fastest-selling book in history; and the films Oceans 13 and Live Free or Die Hard proved there was still money to be made in Hollywood sequels. Meanwhile in quaint Norfolk Virginia, I was preparing to leave my job at wireless carrier Sprint Nextel, and as such, I was in the ...

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RETROMOTO: a look back at Motorola’s golden oldies

As we prepare to say goodbye to the “Google-ified” Motorola we’d only just gotten to know, it bears remembering that the brand hasn’t been issued a death warrant. Motorola under Lenovo may well flourish, after all, so it’s premature to start planning the funeral. Still, two ownership changes in two years is a lot for any company, and from the inevitable brain drain of personnel losses to the unpredictable nature ...

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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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iPhone (1st-gen) Throwback

Isn’t it amazing how one single product can either dent or shape an industry? A couple of decades ago nobody conceived of the idea of having a computer at home until Apple and Microsoft focused on giving us what we still didn’t know we needed. The same could be said about Personal Digital Assistants, that took years to become popular, until Palm figured-out the right formula for success. Digital music struggled for years until Apple gave us the iPod, and before 2007, smartphones were a niche for business people. Love it or hate it, the iPhone has changed the way we see ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 063: Apple soars, BlackBerry plummets, and HTC & Beats divorce

The mobile space is full of profound juxtapositions this week as Apple can’t make enough iPhones to meet demand, while BlackBerry can’t keep its head above water long enough to sell existing stock. Meanwhile, Microsoft announces its second round of Surface products, while soon to be-acquired hardware maker Nokia (allegedly) prepares its own Windows tablet – and the horrible marriage of smartphone maker HTC and audio baron Beats finally, mercifully, dissolves. That’s the big news for the week ending September 27, 2013, and all of it -plus iOS 7 literally making ...

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