Sometimes, you push obligations back for too long and they just pile up, week after week after week, until they never get done. Well, when we started the Pocketnow Weekly technology podcast just over one year ago, we decided that listener mail -your mail- was going to be a big part of it, and it’s consistently added flavor to the show. But the last few weeks have been so packed
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Let me hit you with some opinion, mobile fans. Let me ask you to consider the following hypothetical. This will require you to use your imagination. You ready? Okay, here goes: Big platforms aren’t cool. You know what’s cool? New platforms. Yes, I’m generalizing. Yes, I’m paraphrasing The Social Network‘s faux-Sean Parker to make a point. And no, I don’t really think that Android, iOS, and Windows Phone are somehow “uncool.” But they are kind of predictable … right? They’re “comfortable.” They do what we want them to ...
Ever recorded a 90-minute podcast full of Skype-related artifacts and drop-outs, only to find once you wrap it up that you used the wrong mic? If so, you know the pain we’ve experienced cutting together today’s episode of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast. Sorry for the levels on this one, folks; it’s unfortunate, and we’ve done all we can to normalize them, but you’re probably going to be twisting your volume knob an awful lot over the course of this here episode. On the bright side, if you manage to endure, you’ll be treated to some excellent discussion on ...
Shortly after we started seeing Ubuntu for Phones showing up on some of our favorite Android-powered smartphones and tablets, we started hearing rumors and rumblings about its origins. Specifically, people started saying that Ubutuntu for Phones is “based on” CyanogenMod custom ROM. At first blush one might think that based on comments like these: “Indications for Ubuntu porting to other devices is quite simple since it has the same basis as CyanogenMod 10.1 with Ubuntu Interface Touch running in a ...
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Ubuntu phones that may be coming as early as October 2013. Then we move to the LG Optimus G Pro, which seems to be LG’s next phablet and also Galaxy Note II twin for a possible MWC launch. Then we talk about new Nokia Lumia models that are probably close. Facebook takes the spotlight next because there seems to be another smartphone in the works under the codename of HTC Myst. We end today’s show talking about Samsung’s possible new endeavor of launching the Galaxy S IV with Floating Gestures. All this and more ...