Samsung cooks up new color options for the Galaxy Note 3

The Galaxy Note 3 may be no Moto X, but Samsung still provides its users with plenty of options to help customize the Android’s look. Besides a whole rainbow of colors available for official cases, the phone itself is offered in three different shades: white, black, and pink. Between all the possible combinations of phones and cases, that’s a lot of choices to consider. Now we get word that even more variety is on the way, with Samsung revealing a pair of new Note 3 color options. First up, we have rose gold, which looks a ...

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Nexus One Android 4.4 KitKat available via custom ROM

Oh, that Nexus One from the beginning of 2010!… If you still have one, and you should be proud if you do, you’ll be glad to find out that Google’s latest and greatest, the KitKat version of Android, is now running on the classic, thanks to the community hard at work. They’ve managed to port Android 4.4 to the One and it takes the form of a custom ROM. It’s not all perfect, but what did you expect? Bugs include, and we quote, some display issues, inability to take screenshots, enabling ART will cause a bootloop, WiFi hotspot only works on open, Camera preview ...

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Stephen Elop less likely to become Microsoft CEO, claims report

The speculation continues regarding Microsoft’s future CEO, who will take the place of retired ex-CEO Steve Ballmer. Last we heard about the topic it was Alan Mulally, current Ford CEO, that was mentioned as a future possible “caretaker” CEO for Microsoft, after which he would most likely hand it over to someone like Stephen Elop, Tony Bates, Kevin Turner, or Satya Nadella. This latest report from Bloomberg mentions Alan Mulally and Satya Nadella as the main candidates the Board is looking at. Unnamed sources claim that Tony Bates and Stephen Elop are still on the list ...

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Samsung Galaxy S 5 camera without OIS rumored

Optical image stabilization slowly becomes a must in smartphone photography. There were rumors that the Note 3 might have it — and it didn’t — and then there were rumors that the Galaxy S 5 might have it, but the are contradictory reports in the issue. Last we heard about the future possible camera on the GS5, it was a rumor saying that OIS might not be in after all. The ISOCELL camera might be in though, as ...

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Pocketnow Live S02E06: LG G Flex, Moto G, Android 4.4 KitKat, Nokia Lumia 1520, 2520

Click this link to join the hangout! . Topic A lot has happened since we’ve last seen and talked to each other last Friday. Motorola announced the dirt-cheap Moto G, which might not have the flagship specs of the Nexus 5, but it tries to deliver the same pure-Android experience, at an even better, lower price-point. Then there was the Android 4.4 KitKat update which was pushed out to Nexus tablets (though our own 2012 Nexus 7 didn’t yet ...

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