iOS 7 Design Rumors, Nokia going Lytro for Lumias, BlackBerry Tablet Plans & More – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about AT&T’s current trade-in program to make your 2013-smartphone purchase more compelling. We later go through BlackBerry’s CEO statement regarding tablets, and why this is both ironic and revealing at the same time. Later it’s Nokia’s turn as we discuss their probable plans to bring Lytro-Camera technology to future smartphones. Microsoft is next as we go through their new Windows Phone Facebook app in beta. We end today’s show talking about iOS 7 and all the rumors regarding Jony Ive’s influence over ...

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HTC One vs HTC One Camera Performance After the Update

Last week, we caught wind of an upcoming software update for the unlocked version of the HTC One. Firmware version 1.29.401.13 finally made its way to our devices and we took the UltraPixel camera for a spin both before and after the update, as we wanted to have a firsthand look at the effects of the update. Although only a 4-megapixel camera, we found in prior tests that the

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Did Microsoft Just Hint at New Windows Phone 8 Resolution Support?

We just got done telling you about the new Facebook beta for Windows Phone 8 that Microsoft is trying to get some users interested in beta testing. That’s great news on its own, but in revealing the new version of the app, did Microsoft just show its cards regarding the rumored new resolution support for the platform? The screenshots of the Facebook beta Microsoft provided sure look nice, but they don’t seem to accurately reflect how the app appears on currently-available Windows Phone handsets. Check out the ...

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Is the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Too Easy to Damage?

While phones with a lot of metal like the iPhone 5 or HTC One may look nice, they have a reputation for taking on dings and scratches pretty easily; for as cheap as plastic may feel, it can also be a whole lot less likely to receive minor damage. We’ve heard Samsung sing the praises of plastic as a smartphone material not just due to its resilience, but also because of how it makes the manufacturing process quicker and easier. That’s why we’re a bit surprised to learn of the Galaxy S 4′s ...

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Thinking About a New AT&T Smartphone? Carrier Announces $100 Trade-In Offer

Whether you’ve got your eye on the iPhone 5, Galaxy S 4, or HTC One, AT&T has a nice lineup of smartphones it would love nothing more than to sell to you. In order to help sweeten the deal, the carrier has announced a new promotion to give you $100 or more for your old clunker of a smartphone. As long as the trade-in phone is less than three years old and in good working ...

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Microsoft Wants Your Help Making a Better Facebook for Windows Phone

As Windows Phone users are no doubt aware, unlike the Facebook apps on iOS or Android that are developed and published by Facebook itself, it’s Microsoft behind the Windows Phone version of the app, instead. That’s meant that it’s always been a bit “off” from the experience you’d get on those other platforms. Microsoft is apparently getting tired of its version playing second (or third) fiddle, so it’s started a project to speed up the app’s development and get new features to ...

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BlackBerry’s Thorsten Heins Calls Tablets “Not a Good Business Model”

One of the big unanswered questions regarding BlackBerry 10 and the direction the company’s heading has been what role tablets will play. We’ve heard conflicting comments from various company execs that have made it hard to get a solid read on what might some day arrive as the follow-up to the PlayBook. Today we get a little insight into why this might be such a contentious issue, after hearing some very anti-tablet comments from CEO Thorsten Heins. In a recent ...

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Samsung Locks-Down Galaxy S 4 Bootloaders

Remember when the Galaxy S III launched last year? When the Samsung flagship finally came to the US, most carriers got the handset with an unlocked bootloader; only Verizon’s was locked-down. That was upsetting, sure, but knowing Verizon, not exactly uncharacteristic, either. Since then, the playing field hasn’t exactly been trending towards more open hardware, so perhaps we should be just as unsurprised to get word that the Galaxy S 4 as it’s coming to all the US carriers is ...

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