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A Full HD camcorder with a built-in Wi-Fi adaptor and good image qualityA Full HD camcorder with a built-in Wi-Fi adaptor and good image qualityBetter Hope Your HTC One Doesn’t Break; Phone Gets Awful Repairability Score
Ever tried to repair a smartphone yourself? Maybe it’s off-warranty (or you voided the warranty) and something needs replacing – the glass, or an internal battery perhaps? With a little care, patience, and tiny screwdrivers, you can get a lot done yourself with certain smartphones. Don’t plan on adding the HTC One to that list, as a teardown of the new handset reveals that it’s a repair nightmare. The only way into this guy is by prying components apart by force, rather than nicely unscrewing and removing them. It may be ...
Sony Xperia Tablet Z Sees Short Delays
Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z was one of the hottest tablets at the Mobile World Congress, seriously impressing us with its sleek, slim, refined design. At the time, we heard that the tablet would go up for sale during the second quarter of the year. Since then, Sony placed the model up for pre-order on its website, and in the UK at least, was forecasting availability in mid-April. All of a sudden, it looks like that’s changed, and the tablet won’t be ...
T-Mobile Dashes Hopes of Discount Phone Loophole
Has T-Mobile just become the hot new retail destination for unlocked smartphones? After all, it’s getting phones like the iPhone 5, Galaxy S 4, and BlackBerry Z10, and it’s looking like this whole no-subsidies installment plan system it’s dreamed up could offer some big discounts over direct off-contract sales. Why, just look at how its pricing for various storage options for the iPhone 5 works out, where even after all those monthly payments are made, the phone costs up to $70 less than Apple’s ...
Not Just for Email: Some Cool Uses for Your Pebble
From the moment the Pebble Kickstarter began, nearly one year ago, it has stolen the spotlight in the smartwatch sector. Although quite simplistic in nature, it is the best implementation of wearable technology to reach consumer hands to date. Pebble will not turn you into a super spy. It won't drastically change your life. And it's not going to knock your socks off with an abundance of functionality, out of the box. It aims to solve a few, simple problems, like allowing you to keep your phone in your pocket more – ...
Here’s How Google Can Win With Its Smartwatch
It’s been almost a month since I’ve been wearing my own Pebble smart watch. Make no mistake, despite a few short-comings, this is the best watch that I’ve ever worn. It gets notifications pushed to it from my Nexus 4. I don’t have to constantly pull my Nexus 4 out of my pocket to check and see if that alert I just received is important or not. Most of the time it’s not. Even still, just having that information readily available is a huge help for me! Those of you who are thinking to yourself ...
Sony Xperia ZL vs Samsung Galaxy Note II (Video)
The idea of comparing Sony’s new Xperia ZL against Samsung’s phablet is crazy in its own way. The Xperia ZL on one side is the perfect incarnation of a device that gives you big features on a footprint you can actually manipulate with one hand. The Note II by contrast is focused on showing the world that bigger is better. One of these products is designed to cater to every customer out there, and the other is clearly out to continue pushing the niche they created with the first Galaxy Note. Who will win in this battle of the large displays? Watch our comparison and find out.
Motorola X Phone: New Rumors Arrive
A couple weeks back, we heard a number of rumors about the Motorola X phone, including the compelling tidbit that the phone would be sold to-order with some degree of customizable hardware options. Now that same source is back with more details about this eagerly-awaited Android. First up, some new info on that customizability. The source now claims that “the options will not be as broad as was originally reported,” though they could still include things as major as ...
Google Translate’s Android App Can Now Be Used Offline, Too
Android users traveling to other countries will no longer need to hook up to the Internet before ordering dinner, due to a new Google Translate feature.
Samsung Confirms Exynos 5 Octa Supports 20 LTE Bands; So Why a Snapdragon in the LTE GS4?
Sometimes there are good technical reasons for why one version of a smartphone runs one chipset, and another version of the very same phone is powered by different silicon. A lot of times, that has to do with wireless connectivity, and especially with the rise of LTE over the past few years, that could mean that LTE-supporting hardware had to be put together with alternate chipsets. You might think that was the same case with the Galaxy S 4 and the Exynos 5 Octa, since the LTE version of the phone, model GT-I9505, runs a ...
Check Out Nokia’s Lumia 521 Getting Ready for T-Mobile
It’s been just over a month since the Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 went official at the MWC in Barcelona, where we had the opportunity to go hands-on with the phones. While neither is particularly high-end, at least they add a little more variety to Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 lineup while providing some new options for budget-conscious users. A variant of the 520, the Lumia 521, has been getting ready to launch on ...
Mod Enables T-Mobile LTE on Jailbroken iPhone 5
Since T-Mobile’s announcement the other day that it’s finally bringing the iPhone on board, we’ve learned a bit about just how this hardware will work. While it’s largely the GSM iPhone 5 already available on AT&T, the phone’s radio compatibility is being tweaked to function not only on T-Mobile LTE, but also on its 3G bands. From what we heard, phones with these capabilities will only be available as newly-purchased T-Mobile models, and existing AT&T-compatible GSM models can’t be ...
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S IV Pre-orders Start in Mid April
Most U.S. carriers haven't even announced when they are going to release the Samsung Galaxy S IV . Still, AT&T took a step closer today, when it revealed when it is going to start taking pre-orders on April 16.
The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 037
We love us some new technology, and we certainly give it its fair shake on today’s episode of the Pocketnow Weekly. But every so often, you need to give a little lip-service to the tech of days gone by. The platforms and devices of yesteryear. That’s right: I’m talking about dead technology. It makes sense, then, that a man going by the twitter handle DeadTechnology is here to help us dust off those fond memories. In his inaugural visit to the Pocketnow Weekly, our own Adam Doud pulls back the veil of public apathy secrecy surrounding the phenomenon of the “webOS ...
Verizon Wireless Now Offering BlackBerry Z10
Verizon Wireless has joined the ranks of AT&T and T-Mobile, as the company is now offering the BlackBerry Z10. The new handset runs on the BB 10 OS and offers a 4.2-inch display and 1.5GHz dual-core processor.