Pocketnow Weekly 090: Windows Phone 8.1 Cortana, Galaxy S5 sales & more

Microsoft gets itself a striking new digital assistant, Nokia prepares sharp new smartphone hardware, Samsung and HTC kick off a new round of rasslin’, and Pocketnow team members start an informal book club! It might be a scatterbrained itinerary, but at least it’s action-packed – and that’s just scratching the surface of this week’s epic two-hour mobile technology podcast. Join us as we debate the merits of Windows Phone 8.1 Cortana, the forthcoming Nokia Cyan update, and the Samsung ATIV SE before moving on to non-Build topics ranging from BoomSound to ...

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Nokia Lumia 1820 rumors show a QHD display and Snapdragon 805

Even though most of us were skeptical about the future of the Nokia Lumia line-up, given the lack of Lumia announcements all year, the company did a great job in putting our concerns to rest today with the announcement of the Lumia 930, Lumia 630 and Lumia 635. The good thing is that these aren’t the only Nokia Lumia devices that have been rumored in the last couple of weeks, and some new information that leaked today spills the beans on another Lumia flagship. We’re talking about the Nokia Lumia 1820 that we heard about just a Nokia Lumia 1820 rumors show a QHD display and Snapdragon 805 appeared first on Pocketnow.

iPhone 6 delays, Microsoft Office for iPad, GS5 Active & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Microsoft Office for iPad announcement, and what does this mean even for iPhone and Android smartphone users. We then talk about the rumors of a Nokia Lumia 1820 and a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini, S5 Active and S5 Zoom according to case makers. HTC follows the news as the company intends to break sales records this year with the new One. Apple is next as we come across this cool patent of transparent texting. We end today’s show talking about the possible delays in the launch of the iPhone 6 this year. All this and more after the ...

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Lumia 1820, Galaxy S5 variants hinted at by case maker? Maybe, maybe not

Whatever happened to the Nokia Lumia 1820? We’d been talking about it since last year, and for a while we were hoping it might make an appearance at MWC, but then it dropped off the face of the earth. Was there still a chance this guy might be headed for launch, or were we barking up the wrong tree all along. As if from out of nowhere, the 1820 is back on our radar this evening, with a case maker’s website alluding to the smartphone, along with a few rumored Samsung ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 5 news recap of 2014

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything. Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Sunday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 081: Lenovo buys Motorola, Galaxy S5 fingerprints, & interview with special guest Ryan Negri

When you can kick off a tech podcast with a string of expletives taken right from your publication’s teamwide chat records, you know it’s been a crazy week in the news. The Lenovo Motorola deal, announced late yesterday afternoon, threw our whole week -and perhaps our whole world- into disarray, and we’re grateful for the chance to sit down and talk it through on today’s show. But the news doesn’t stop there. Galaxy S 5 speculation is still coming fast and furious, with details like Samsung’s rumored fingerprint scanner beginning to take shape; ...

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Windows Phone 8.1 devices expected from Nokia at MWC, including Lumia 1820, 1525, 1520V

MWC 2014 is always the most exciting show of the year, and manufacturers are preparing to show off their latest and greatest (while others are continuing to stay away from the show floor and focus mostly on their own special events). Thankfully, a lot of phone and tablet makers will be there, including Nokia, which already sent out official press invites. The Nokia X (ex Normandy) is expected to be there alongside some other phones rumored, like the ...

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Nokia MWC event invites go out; what can we expect?

We’ve got a month and a day to go before the Mobile World Congress is officially underway. You had better believe that you’ll be hearing a whole lot more about what to expect in the weeks to come, but today we start things off with an early press event announcement, as Nokia shares news of a press conference scheduled for Monday, February 24. What will the company likely be bringing along to share? Well, we’ve already heard a couple Nokia MWC rumors, like how it might mark the launch of a Lumia 1820 ...

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Nokia MWC event invites go out; what can we expect?

We’ve got a month and a day to go before the Mobile World Congress is officially underway. You had better believe that you’ll be hearing a whole lot more about what to expect in the weeks to come, but today we start things off with an early press event announcement, as Nokia shares news of a press conference scheduled for Monday, February 24. What will the company likely be bringing along to share? Well, we’ve already heard a couple Nokia MWC rumors, like how it might mark the launch of a Lumia 1820 metal-bodied handset ...

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Nokia Lumia 1820, Lumia 2020 to arrive at MWC 2014, claims report

It is not certain how long Nokia will continue to release devices, in the light of the Microsoft buyout of its Devices and Services division, but we really hope the Abu Dhabi-announced gadgets are not the last ones. There’s a recent rumor circulating on the internet that might give us hope that there will be at least one more push from the Finns. The Lumia 1820 is claimed to be an upcoming flagship, with a metal unibody design and build. A certain “Lytro-style” camera is also rumored, but we already know that Nokia is about to unleash its

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Latest Windows Phone 8.1 teaser hints at Nokia-less Lumia model

Last week, we started noticing the arrival of Windows Phone 8.1 leaks from a previously unknown tipster. We started out with a general look at the platform’s screen organization, and subsequent leaks attempted to reveal more and more of the UI. This week, Xeŕo steps things up a notch with a render of an unknown Lumia model, along with a look at what could become of that branding. Now, before you start getting too excited here, this ...

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