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Verizon Nokia Lumia 929 leak hints at December release, limited white color option

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

Leaks can go both ways: sometimes they’re spot on, sometimes they miss, like the Verizon Nokia Lumia 929 leak that hinted the phone should become available on November 21. It didn’t happen, but that’s not going to stop leaks from pouring in. We’re now looking at a “mid-to late December” release on Big Red, and the information comes from a leakster that is also claimed responsible for the picture below. This is allegedly the white version of the Verizon Nokia Lumia 929 ...

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Is the LG G Flex really self-healing? Here’s the real-world test (Video)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Michael Fisher

If you’ve been paying attention to the Pocketnow crew the past few months, you’ll know that one of us is somewhat enamored of the LG G Flex. We spent much of this week’s podcast talking about our week with the unusual phablet, its curved casing a breath of excitement in an otherwise stolid and straitlaced world of right angles. But there’s more to the G Flex than the subtle hint of bananaphone in its ...

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Yoyotech Warbird RS1

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Expert Reviews

Watch your frame rates take flight with this top-notch gaming PC

Eset Smart Security 7

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Expert Reviews

Nearly the best anti-virus protection we have seen

LG G2 Android 4.4 KitKat update to arrive late Q1 2014, says LG Canada

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

Android 4.2.2 was running on the LG G2 out of the box with the occasion of our review but if you dream of having Android 4.4 KitKat on the LG flagship, you’ll have to wait a little bit more, at least according to MobileSyrup, who spoke to LG Canada’s Brand Communications Lead, Court Elliot. According to Elliot, late Q1 2014 is the timeframe for the refresh. That translates to late March, which is definitely later than what other OEMs, like Samsung, HTC, ...

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Unlocked Moto G available for pre-order from Amazon, ships on December 4

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

At the official Moto G announcement event we’ve been told that the phone would be available in the US in early January. There were some regions Europe and Brazil that got it at launch, and others, throughout Latin America, Europe, Canada and parts of Asia, that will get it even later than the US. Luckily, the phone is now available for pre-order on Amazon, unlocked. Not only that, but it will ship, according to the website, on December 4, which is Wednesday. Of course, if you really wanted to ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 072: LG G Flex, Galaxy S 5, & wooden Moto X excitement

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Michael Fisher

We at Pocketnow have a lot to be thankful for this week. We’re busier than ever, our YouTube channel just passed 500,000 subscribers and we’re deep in the planning stages for the new year’s big tech expos. But most importantly, we’re all still in the business of reporting on mobile gadgets, and that’s something we all feel pretty lucky about. On today’s late-Friday edition of the Weekly, we’ll fill you in on some of the fun stuff coming down the pipe: from our forthcoming LG G Flex ...

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Google Nexus 5 SMS attacks, Galaxy Note 3 colors, HTC One Android 4.4 & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Samsung’s new color options for the Galaxy Note 3, even though they’re oddly not being announced everywhere. We then talk about HTC, the company’s 2014 forecast when it comes to sales, and also the Android 4.4 update to the HTC One. The news later cover the recent SMS-based attack that’s becoming a problem for Google Nexus smartphones. Stephen Elop is next as we continue talking about the future of Microsoft. We end today’s show talking about Samsung, its Galaxy S 5, and how we expect it to not include OIS ...

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This is why productivity tablets haven’t taken off

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

I don’t know about you, but I had my first computer back in 1992. It was really my Dad’s, but I was the only one that used it for many reasons that I’ll explain later. It was a clone PC with a 386 processor, 2MB of RAM, an 20MB HDD, and it ran DOS 4.2. I remember every single DOS command I needed to operate it before we upgraded to Windows 3.1, and I would enjoy playing Price of Persia, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nuken, and other titles that made this my only game console for years to come. Still, one of the things I remember most about those times is that computers daunted regular ...

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HTC 2014 forecasts sound dire

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

HTC’s been struggling for a while now to turn its business around and start grabbing a larger slice of the smartphone market, but its luck just hasn’t been working out. Despite a promising start to HTC One sales, we saw the company’s income quickly plateau before diving back down again, ultimately leading to Q3′s substantial losses. Will HTC be able to get back on course and stem any future losses? Analysts aren’t betting on it, and paint the picture of a significantly worse year in 2014. How bad? Well, ...

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Motorola Droid Ultra, Mini see new white versions arrive at Verizon

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

For a day crammed between a holiday and a weekend, you could forgive today for being a bit of no-man’s-land when it comes to smartphone news, with nothing interesting happening besides word arriving of a few more Black Friday deals. In spite of that, we’re seeing some relatively interesting news come down the pipeline, including that of new editions of some popular Androids. We already looked at a couple additional color options for ...

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HTC One unlocked and Developer Edition handsets getting Android 4.4

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

Android 4.4 KitKat may be almost a month old by this point, but when we’re talking about making updates available to existing smartphones, that’s practically still in its infancy. We’ve seen early progress from a number of manufacturers, a list that includes HTC. The company laid out a very regimented schedule for the update’s distribution, first hitting the Google Play Edition of the phone, then unlocked and Developer Edition models, and ...

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SMS-based attack can reset, freeze Nexus-series phones

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

Most of the attack vectors we deal with when we’re talking about Android security are easy enough to avoid: don’t sideload apps from untrusted sources, or start clicking around links on skeevy backwater websites. But then there are those times where we learn of an attack that’s a lot more difficult to hide from, one that could hit your phone regardless of any action on your own part. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we’re looking at today, upon the announcement of a new DoS ...

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Google announces Cyber Weekend deals for Play Store

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

We are smack dab in the middle of Black Friday right now – actually, probably in a bit of a lull, with the early morning (or, let’s face it, dead of night) crowds thinning out and things beginning to get a little more civilized. We’ve already told about plenty of ways you can save on smartphones and tablets not only today, but into the weekend and out to Cyber Monday as well. What we haven’t spent that much time looking at, though, are fully digital deals – and you’d better believe ...

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