The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast: MWC Preview from Barcelona!

In the far-off reaches of Barcelona, two men fight for the right to party tell their tale. Battling narrow urban canyons, strange fast-food condiments, kielbasa-selling mobile-phone salesmen, and seagulls with voices only seagull mothers could love, they fight tooth and nail to share their story. The story of the wonders of mobile technology. You won’t hear about all of the weird encounters that have greeted Anton D. Nagy and Michael Fisher since their arrival in Spain for the 2013 Mobile World Congress, but you’ll definitely get a taste of what it’s been like on the ...

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HTC One Event Tomorrow, Galaxy S IV Dates, Ubuntu Tablet & More – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Galaxy Note 8.0 one more time, hoping this is actually the last because so many rumors without a device tend to bore. Then we move to the Galaxy S IV, which now has a new and earlier release date rumor. LG is next as we talk about their new Optimus G Pro and the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor included. Nokia is next as apparently MWC 2013 will show us four smartphones to be released, and no tablet. We end today’s show talking about the Ubuntu Tablet that’ll be released tomorrow. All this and more after the break. ...

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Galaxy Note 8.0 Retail Launch Rumors Continue

With the Mobile World Congress just around the corner, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 should just be a matter of days away from going official. While we’re obviously looking forward to getting the official full story on the tablet, we can’t help but be drawn to all the rumors that continue to attempt giving us an early idea of just how the Note 8.0 will arrive. The latest to come our way concern the tablet’s European retail launch, a subject ...

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Samsung Displays Galaxy Note 8.0 in New Galaxy Note 10.1 Promos?

Thanked to some early pics, we already know what to expect the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to look like, and even though we’ve heard Samsung confirm that the tablet will debut at the MWC this month, we hadn’t yet seen any official imagery of it. Well, it looks like either someone slipped up, or Samsung is just interested in giving us a little preview, as what could be the Note 8.0 ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 029

One man returns from a mission to Canada, and is greeted by friends. Friends with questions, observations, and inflammatory declarations about the future of a very special smartphone. A smartphone called BlackBerry. Yes, it’s a special edition of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast, covering all the ups, downs, and all-arounds of the new Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphone platform, BlackBerry 10, as well as the sleek black slab of potential it’s riding on, the Z10. Join us as we welcome an old friend back into the smartphone space by discussing things like Peeking, Balance, Hub, ...

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No Samsung Unpacked Or Any Official Unveiling Event At MWC 2013?

Ever since the May 2012 launch of the Galaxy S III in London we’ve voiced our beliefs that the next iteration of the phone will follow a similar trend. Samsung’s special event for unveiling key hardware is dubbed “Unpacked” and a recent report seems to confirm what a company executive hinted recently: there will be no Galaxy S IV at MWC in Barcelona. Apparently there will be no Unpacked event at MWC next month and, according to “people familiar with the matter” there will be ...

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