OnePlus One review, Fire Phone hands-on, Microsoft’s future and more | Pocketnow Weekly podcast 105 (Hangout)

Update: Edited podcast with download links has been added below the YouTube embed, courtesy of our excellent podcast editor, Jules Wang! Get to downloadin’, folks!The big guys have enough time in the limelight. It seems every week we’re spending 80% of the podcast talking about the huge players in the mobile space, along with their commensurately huge smartphone and tablet offerings. While we’re not ignoring those established forces in this episode, we are devoting a bit more time to newcomers: from Amazon to ...

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Windows Phone 8.1, Lumia Cyan updates head out today

It’s been a few months since Microsoft made its big Windows Phone 8.1 announcement back at Build in early April, and WP users everywhere have been patiently (and some not so patiently) waiting since to get their hands on full WP8.1 updates. Sure, the Preview for Developers offered many of you an early peek at the changes, but that came without phone-specific software updates that promise to really make the WP8.1 experience shine. Evidence had

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Nokia leak appears to reveal schedule for Cyan firmware, Windows Phone 8.1 updates

Just a few hours back we shared with you the latest info to help give us a sense for when to expect Windows Phone 8.1 updates to begin arriving for existing WP8 phones, with chatter out of Australia suggesting that things could get underway as soon as later this month. While we weren’t 100% confident with just how reliable that news might be, it’s still something we’re quite interested in, as despite ongoing availability of the 8.1 Preview for Developers, Microsoft has yet to announce any hard ...

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Nokia’s Cyan update takes screen brightness more seriously?

Even though Windows Phone 8.1 is already a popular thing fro most of you that are daring to give it a try in its beta stage, a lot of things aren’t yet perfect. Obviously each branded smartphone is missing its load of proprietary updates to make it work better, and that’s where Nokia’s Cyan update kicks-in for Lumia customers. Some recent images have just leaked of what to expect, and the improvements are quite cool. One of the most significant ones noticed today is that you’ll have a smarter way to tweak the screen brightness of your display. We’re not just ...

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