Apple WWDC developments, Galaxy S6 Active, and rumored Motorola hardware | Pocketnow Weekly 152

Is a vegetarian “hamburger” rightfully called as much, or is it just a vegetable patty? Did Scrubs season nine really count, or were we essentially watching a brand-new show? And where are all these seemingly bizarre questions coming from? We’re headed into not-so-uncharted but still very much off-the-beaten-path territory this week as we gear up for a Pocketnow Weekly podcast without regular host Michael Fisher at the helm.We know – barely even worth doing, right? Well, we’ll see about that, and while things certainly won’t be the same, we’ve got ...

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Galaxy S6 Plus, Moto X 2015, and choosing your next phone | Pocketnow Weekly 151

Update: Signed. Sealed. Delivered. Actually, more of these two-person convos would work out well for editing! See you next week!Barring any surprises, the next big smartphone launch of the year will come from Motorola – and right on time, we’ve got some potential Moto X 2015 leaks to share. Alongside that sits the Galaxy S6 Plus, a (possible) monster of a Samsung handset recently leaked by none other than MKBHD himself. And alongside all this newness we’re taking a moment to pour a little out for the oldness, with the sixth anniversary of Palm’s landmark launch date, ...

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iPhone wins big while Windows Phone runs on empty | Pocketnow Weekly 133 (Podcast)

Updated with links to download and stream the HQ audio version of the podcast. We hope you enjoyed this Weekly. And we’ll see you right back here next week!It’s a mighty fine month to be an iPhone, a pretty terrible one to be a Windows Phone, and an interesting one (as always) if you’re an Android. The first month of the new year brought equal parts delight and dismay for mobile users everywhere, and we’ll be talking about both ends of the spectrum –and covering the rest of the mobile tech news space– on today’s podcast.We’re also putting in our ...

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Windows Holographic, BlackBerry’s app entitlement, hackers hacking your calls | Pocketnow Weekly 132

Windows 10, Windows Holographic, and an 84-inch Microsoft Surface – say whaaaaat? A Galaxy S6 Edge with dual curves and an HTC M9 with a square camera? Get outta town! Hackers hacking the very fabric of the cellular network to listen in on your calls to grandma? Shut the front door.And hold on to your hats, because that’s not all. BlackBerry’s CEO seems to think net neutrality entitles his smartphones to more third-party apps, Google might be dipping its toes in MVNO waters once more, and Sharp –bless it– refuses to let flip-phones die!The techno-world is going plum ...

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HTC @ MWC, YotaPhone 2 review, Project Ara | Pocketnow Weekly 131 (Podcast)

Updated with links to stream and download the high-quality audio version of the podcast, as well as time-codes to navigate your way through the podcast. We hope you enjoyed this week’s show, and we’ll see you right back here for Episode 132 of the Pocketnow Weekly next week!A coming HTC event, a two-faced smartphone, new 4G tablets, and a smartwatch with a rotating bezel. From the big to the weird to the dull to the small, it’s a new and varied news cycle and that’s just the kind we like to come back to. Fresh from the holidays and from the roaring insanity of ...

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All the mobile hotness: what to expect from CES 2015 | Pocketnow Weekly 129 (Podcast)

Updated with the HQ version of the podcast. Thanks for tuning in – we hope to see you next week from CES 2015!The mercury is dropping, the champagne corks are popping, and the annual complaints about PR pitches are flowing freely in the Twittersphere. All that can only mean one thing: another CES is just around the corner, and it’s time to talk about what we’re expecting from America’s largest consumer electronics show!As always, we’re keeping our focus confined to mobile – and joining us on this special CES pre-show is another luminary in the mobile tech ...

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Transparent phones, aluminum Nokias and a Q&A free-for-all | Pocketnow Weekly 128

Updated with the high-quality audio version of the podcast (methods to both download it and stream it), as well as timecodes and more. As always, we thank you for your listenership, and we hope to see you right back here again next week!Everyone needs a break. When the year is winding down, the news cycle is as cold as the snow outside, sickness is in the air and holiday travel looms in the distance like a brake light-studded Christmas tree, it can be tempting to just pull the ejection handle and say “sorry!” to the whole podcast affair, just once.But this is the Pocketnow ...

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OnePlus One mini, BlackBerry Classic, Windows Phone ups & downs | Pocketnow Weekly 127

Updated with links to the high-quality version of the podcast (both to stream and download it), as well as timecodes to let you jump through the podcast. As always, thanks for listening, and we’ll see you right here next week!“Bring us alternate topics,” you said. And boy oh boy, have the waning days of December delivered.On today’s podcast, we’re joined by Daniel Bader of MobileSyrup for a firsthand account of the BlackBerry Classic launch and an acoustic retelling of MobileSyrup’s BlackBerry Classic review, told as only a true Canadian can tell it. ...

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Note Edge review, Gorilla Glass 4, Cortana goes Euro | Pocketnow Weekly 126

Updated with links to download and stream the Weekly 126. Additionally, we’d like to apologize to our listeners this week, as the recording quality isn’t quite as good as usual because of multiple technical difficulties. We hope you enjoy the episode, however, and we’ll see you right back here next week!It’s the sleekest slice of the future this side of the Galaxy Round and LG G Flex, and we’ve got it on the air. This week on the Pocketnow Weekly, it’s the Galaxy Note Edge review (podcast edition) and we’re eager to take all your questions just ...

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Oppo R5, DT Ignite, and the great Jumbophone debate! | Pocketnow Weekly 125

Updated with links to download and stream the high-quality audio version, plus timecodes. Thanks for listening, folks – we’ll see you next week right here!Around these parts, even the slow news weeks sizzle with excitement – and that’s just fine with us. On the rundown for this edition of Pocketnow’s once-a-week mobile technology podcast: a bevy of Motorola rumor and speculation, new odd smartphones from YotaPhone and Alcatel ONETOUCH, and ominous developments in the land of carrier meddling. On top of that, Brandon Miniman returns this week as our podcast guest! ...

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Octagonal Androids, luxury smartwatches and SO MUCH MAIL | Pocketnow Weekly 124 (Hangout)

Updated with the HQ audio version of the podcast (download and streaming links) as well as timecodes so you can navigate the whirlwind that is our podcast with ease. As always, thanks for listening, and see you next week!An octagonal Android smartphone, a lawsuit over the term “Milk,” and a phone camera that flips up like a deranged pancake. Oh, and luxury smartwatches. (Luxury smartwatch faces, anyway. Illegal ones. Or something.) Companies have waited until the end of the year to spring all the nonsense on us, it seems – and we’re lapping it up like the grateful tech ...

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Nokia N1, Samsung Gear S, Gorilla Glass 4 and more! | Pocketnow Weekly 123

Updated with links to stream and download the high-quality audio version of the podcast, as well as timecodes for all the stories mentioned. We hope you enjoyed – see you next week!Is Nokia’s new tablet just an iPad ripoff – or just what Android needs? Will Gorilla Glass 4 finally stop you from shattering your smartphone? And is the Gear S a good enough smartwatch to make the dumbphone obsolete? These are the pressing questions on the docket this week as the mobile industry prepares to end a wild year on a weird note, and we’re gonna tackle them one by one in the ...

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Sweeter Android, musical YouTube, Microsoft-ier Lumia | Pocketnow Weekly 122

Updated with high-quality download and streaming links, as well as timecodes. We’ll see you next week!Android gets sweeter, YouTube gets more musical, and Lumia gets more Microsoft. Those are the headlines this week in tech news and views (backed up by a lot of crazy happenings from Samsung, LG, Sharp and more) and by sheer force of will, we’re going to try covering them in 90 minutes or less on the fanciest podcast this side of Tuxedo Alley.Joining us this week to help with that monumental task is Joshua Vergara of Android Authority, a veteran of our live recording session ...

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Android Lollipop release, Nexus 9 review, Lumia 830 live unboxing | Pocketnow Weekly 121

Updated with timecodes and links to download and stream the high-quality audio version. As always, thanks for listening, and see you next week!The Android Lollipop release is finally here, and it’s the most beautiful thing that’s ever happened to Google’s mobile platform. We’ll talk about that with the assistance of some Nexus 9 review units in our Gadgets in Hand segment, and we’ll touch on when you can expect Lollipop to land on your device. Before that, though, it’s been a big week if you’re in the market for an Apple Watch or a Microsoft ...

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Nexus 6 sells out in minutes, DROID Turbo goes ballistic, Microsoft Band sneaks out early | Pocketnow Weekly 120

Updated with links to stream and download the high-quality audio version of the podcast. We hope you enjoyed, and we’ll see you next week!If you want your very own huge Google smartphone, great news! Preorders are open right no– oh, never mind; they’re sold out already. But not to worry! If you missed out on claiming your own Nexus 6, we’ve got other mobile happenings to sate your salacious smartphone and smartwatch desires: an Oppo with a motorized camera, a fitness band Microsoft maybe wasn’t quite ready to announce, and a new Droid made of something called ...

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