Will there be a Google Phone? N is for Nougat, and Note 7 bells & whistles? | Pocketnow Weekly 207

Posted on by Juan Carlos Bagnell

What do we know about this rumored first party Google Phone? What bells and whistles might we get on the Note 7? And we’re introducing a new series on this site where editors can battle against each other for your amusement! These stories and we’ll be tackling your questions and comments. Make sure you’re charged and ready for episode 207 of the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on June 30th (click

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AT&T Lumia 1520 rises out of inventory purgatory with sales (in 2016)

Posted on by Jules Wang

In the US, Windows 10 Mobile (neé Windows Phone) has lacked a phablet option ever since the Nokia Lumia 1520 left the AT&T scene. But it was never forgotten as it came time to update its software to Microsoft’s next milestone. It has now risen from its grave.The Lumia 1520 is back in only Matte Black from AT&T for its original $584.99 full retail price. That’s $19.50 per month on AT&T Next. As a reminder, there are AT&T variants of the phone available ...

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Windows 10 Mobile also headed for AT&T Lumia 1520

Posted on by Jules Wang

As Verizon has upgraded its exclusive Lumia Icon, AT&T has also upgraded its giant of a Windows Phone.The Nokia Lumia 1520, to be complete about it, can now be moved off of Windows Phone 8.1 and up to Windows 10 Mobile (.107) through the Upgrade Advisor app. AT&T’s support listing for the device says that you’ll need to be on Wi-Fi to load the 750MB package.If you own a ...

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Italian carrier issues new Windows 10 deadline for old Lumias: next week

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

There have been more false starts to the highly anticipated Windows 10 Mobile rollout for WP 8.1-powered Lumia devices than anyone imagined in their darkest nightmares, so it’s getting harder and harder to trust even Microsoft when it ...

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Microsoft shows off Windows 10 on smartphones

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

While we’re eager to see what Windows 10 means for tablets, PCs, and consoles, probably the most exciting part of Microsoft’s Windows 10 event for our phone-obsessed mines is what it means for smartphones. Joe Belfiore has just started diving in to the latest Windows 10 preview for phones, showing us what it’s like to use the platform on a Lumia 1520.Right from the start, we see a new look for the start screen, with improved support for custom backgrounds. Phone settings get a major ...

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Lumia 1520 color options expand to European countries

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

The Lumia 1520 is not only the largest Windows Phone money can buy, but it’s also one of the most powerful models to reach the market. We highly praised Microsoft for the existence of the Lumia 1520, even though a ton of people agree that it’s far too big for the average user. That said, the launch of the Lumia 1520 on AT&T left certain exclusive rights when it came to color options, and that just ended.If you ...

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Lumia Denim to bring 4K video recording to some devices soon

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

One of the coolest Windows Phone features is also one of the least famous among existing customers. The fact that Bluetooth LE didn’t originally work on Lumia smartphones was a bummer, but it was great to see this happen after the Lumia Cyan update. That option to see hardware improvements through software updates is great, even though it does make some of us wait for features to reach specific devices at times. Such is the case of 4K video recording, but one that will be solved very soon.The

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Dropping the iPhone 6, reviewing the Moto X, and drooling over HTC Rumors | Pocketnow Weekly 114

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Updated with the high-quality edited version of the podcast, which you can stream or download down below (or through your favorite podcatcher app). We hope you enjoyed; we’ll check back in with you next week!If you ask us, the first thing you should do on iPhone launch day is take a long, hard look at the competition. Not because the iPhone is a bad product, but because everyone else tends to step up their game when Apple brings a new phone –or two– to the yard. And that’s more true than ever this year.With that in mind, we’ll talk about all kinds of smartphone ...

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HTC One M8 for Windows vs Nokia Lumia 1520: spec showdown

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

The HTC One M8 for Windows has just gone official, so it’s time to start comparing it to the Windows Phone cream of the crop. Without a doubt the Nokia Lumia 1520 is part of this elite group of Microsoft phones, so we should compare it to the new guy, no? This is HTC One M8 for Windows vs Nokia Lumia 1520.On paper, the One M8 for Windows does a stellar ...

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Oneplus One watch, a waterproof One M8, & signing away your rights to Facebook | Pocketnow Weekly 107 (Hangout)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Updated with high-quality audio and links to download and stream below! Enjoy!Round smartwatches, roundly terrifying TOS agreements, and roundtable smartphone discussion: ’round here, it doesn’t take much more than that to get a mobile podcast together, and –assuming the Hangouts gods will it– we’ll be proving it to you in less than four hours.On today’s episode, we’re returning to a new favorite in the segments list, plumbing the depths of the podcast inbox to let you know what phone you should buy. We’ll also tell you who won last week’s ...

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AT&T confirms WP8.1 updates getting started for select phones

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday we shared we you a post from an AT&T community manager on one of the company’s forums that seemed like it might be saying that Windows Phone 8.1 updates for some of the WP8 handsets in the carrier’s stable might be on their way this week. At least, maybe; we could also read the same statement as simply acknowledging that sales of native WP8.1 devices had arrived. And considering how

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Nokia Lumia 1520 – After The Buzz, Episode 37 (Video)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Most new device launches go the same way: usually the press gets review units before they’re widely available, and we get to use them for a few days -or a week if we’re lucky- as we work on our review.Then press day arrives. The embargo on media coverage lifts, and everyone posts their reviews and videos at the same time. It’s a huge frenzy, commenters go nuts, and it’s a giant explosion of frantic opinion-sharing activity.For about … a day. And then it all goes away. Sure, there’s followup coverage as people find bugs and hidden features, but after that initial blast, not ...

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Lumia 1525 hardware rumors land, as Surface Mini could be nearing launch

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

So far today we’ve been dealing with a higher-than-usual concentration of news surrounding Windows and Windows Phone, checking out rumors both about Android-running Lumias and Android app compatibility for pure WP8 devices. While that last report drifted into software territory, we’re swinging back over to the hardware side of things as a couple new rumors discuss new Windows Phone and new Windows RT ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 095: Apple Beats, fleece phones, & the great kickstand war

Posted on by Michael Fisher

You know those weeks where you’re like, “hey – what if we didn’t have a weekly podcast eating up half a day in production time? Can you imagine the kind of boost our review coverage could get from that time?” Yeah, us either. Because this is the Pocketnow Weekly, and we’re not breaking our perfect streak a month before our hundredth episode. This is podcasting, Jack. Serious business. We’ve even got us an EXPLICIT tag to prove it. We ain’t playin’ around.  In this week’s installment of the world’s most meandering tech ...

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