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Samsung cellular-enabled Gear 2 smartwatch under development?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

The wearables we have today generally fit into three camps. We have the activity trackers, which may or may not have displays of their own, but generally require a connection to a phone or computer to analyze the data they capture. Then there are the smartwatches like the Galaxy Gear or Pebble that offer a lot of interactivity and can run their own apps, but still rely on a smartphone for data and other needs. Finally we have models like the Neptune Pine that are self ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 088: Moto 360, Android Wear, and hacking a path to Inbox Zero

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Michael Fisher

Inbox Zero. It’s become something of a myth in the Pocketnow Weekly recording studio ever since we started actively courting listener feedback all those months ago. Skip a listener-mail section here, another one there, and before you know it you’ve got a mountain of mail it’d take a whole episode to get through. So that’s just what we’re doing. Just like we did on episode 076, we’re devoting an entire podcast to your ...

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iPhone 6 specs leak, Galaxy S5 delays, Samsung Gear SDK & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Jaime Rivera

We apologize for the delay due to some technical difficulties. Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Microsoft’s announcement of the Surface 2 with LTE for AT&T. Then we talk about the All New HTC One and how we get the first leaked video of HTC Sense 6. Samsung follows the news as the company is struggling to launch the Galaxy S5 on time. We then talk about the iPhone 6 spec leaks, and how we should expect an Ultra-Retina Display. We end today’s show talking about the Samsung Gear, and how other smartphones may benefit from it. All this and more after the ...

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Samsung releases Tizen SDK for Gear 2, hints at compatibility with non-Samsung phones

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Releasing a smartwatch in this day and age is a massive undertaking. You can’t just throw together some hardware, have it pull notifications from your phone over Bluetooth, and call it a day; maybe that flew in years past, but today’s smartwatch users demands a much more fleshed-out experience. Maybe more than anything, we want apps. Samsung switched platforms from Android to Tizen with the release of the Gear 2 (and Gear 2 Neo), and while that gives the company a ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 086: @evleaks

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Michael Fisher

“What would you say to the people who think that what you do is illegal?” ” … I would tell them that I don’t want to answer this question.” When you’re interviewing the world’s most notorious phone leaker, he’s bound to duck a question or two. But cautious though he is, Evan Blass –formerly of Pocketnow and currently known across the web by his pen name

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iPhone 6 orders to foxconn, Google Nexus 6 rumors, HTC M8 photos & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the launch of the HTC Desire 310, along with the rumors of an AT&T HTC Desire 610, and the recent photo leaks of the HTC M8. Then we talk about the iPhone 5c, and how its inventories have completely disappointed Apple. Then we talk about the recent rumors that Foxconn expects 90 million iPhone 6 orders from Apple. We also go through what to expect from Apple’s A8 chip, which is rumored for the iPhone 6. Samsung follows the news as we have rumors of the price tag for the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit. We end ...

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Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit pricing leaks

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Samsung introduced its second-gen Galaxy Gear – this time shortened to simply the “Gear 2” – over a week ago. News of the smartwatch arrived alongside that of the camera-less Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit fitness tracker. Samsung shared details about software features, product specs, and even confirmed that sales of these models would begin sometime in April; really, we had everything we could hope to know except for pricing. While we still haven’t seen any official numbers, some figures have managed to ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 085: MWC 2014 wrap-up from Team Barcelona

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Michael Fisher

Anton D. Nagy chasing a taxi on foot. Jaime Rivera almost burning down a building with a power strip. A Honduran drinking palinca and a Romanian doing a Mexican accent. The tales from our leather-clad Barcelona duo are intense – but their intensity is matched by the hot mobile news that burst forth from this week’s Mobile World Congress, the most epic in recent memory. To wit, that news includes an MWC 2014 Samsung Unpacked event that gave the world the latest Galaxy; a Sony unveiling of similar proportions that built on the Xperia legacy; a press conference that saw the ...

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The best of MWC 2014, from afar

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Taylor Martin

Sadly, Mobile World Congress is now over. This year’s mobile show in Barcelona, Spain was one of the busiest, device-driven shows in recent years. We saw a boatload of handsets, a few tablets, some wearables, and a lot of future products that won’t be available for a while. Needless to say, there was plenty for just about everyone to be excited about at least something: a new Galaxy S smartphone, three new wrist-mounted Gear devices, a new Sony flagship, new additions to the HTC Desire lineup, new Huawei ...

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Is the Gear Fit the cure for the common smart watch?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Michael Fisher

Forty-four videos and untold news stories later, MWC 2014 is finally on the cusp of winding down – but there’s still more to “unpack” from Monday’s Samsung event. After yesterday’s editorials on the ups and

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Samsung Gear 2 vs Galaxy Gear: hands-on (Video)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Michael Fisher

When a company churns out its first smart watch after less than a year’s development, then follows it up with a sequel less than six months later, there’s something funky going on. So what does it mean when a company releases not one, but two sequels to its half-baked initial offering, announcing them alongside a funky fitness bracelet and the headlining Android smartphone for 2014? It says the company is determined to make a meaningful splash in the wearables ...

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Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch announcement comes a day early

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

No, you didn’t accidentally sleep through the weekend and it’s Monday already, when Samsung will be throwing its Unpacked 5 event. While we’ve still got another day to go before we expect Samsung to take the lid off the Galaxy S 5, one of the other big announcements we were looking forward to from the company’s MWC showcase has gone official just a little prematurely, and overnight Samsung confirmed its latest smartwatches, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo That’s right: no more “Galaxy” this time around – ...

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