Pocketnow Weekly 064: Samsung benchmark cheating, iPhone 5S & Galaxy Note 3 review

Fingerprint scanners are all well and good, but what happens when someone decides to lift that print for his own nefarious purposes? Benchmark results are important to some folks out there, but what good are they when major manufacturers repeatedly cheat the system? And the rumored HTC One Max looks to be a beast of a device … but what exactly it being built to compete with? Those are the highlights from the news of the week and letters from the listener mailbag for the week ending October 4, 2013. All ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 063: Apple soars, BlackBerry plummets, and HTC & Beats divorce

The mobile space is full of profound juxtapositions this week as Apple can’t make enough iPhones to meet demand, while BlackBerry can’t keep its head above water long enough to sell existing stock. Meanwhile, Microsoft announces its second round of Surface products, while soon to be-acquired hardware maker Nokia (allegedly) prepares its own Windows tablet – and the horrible marriage of smartphone maker HTC and audio baron Beats finally, mercifully, dissolves. That’s the big news for the week ending September 27, 2013, and all of it -plus iOS 7 literally making ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 058: YouTube app wars, a WP8 HTC One, & the future of phone customization

When companies fight, customers (usually) lose – but podcasters win, big time. On this episode of the Pocketnow Weekly, we’ll be reaping some of the few benefits of the great Google-Microsoft battle of 2013: namely, the ability to piss and moan and armchair-quarterback. Fortunately, we’ve got plenty of ammunition for the discussion, as we’re also fresh from customizing our own Moto X devices, re-reviewing the Surface RT, and observing the initial, wobbly launch efforts ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 031

Rarely has the “lull” between trade shows given us so much to talk about. We kicked off the week with an exciting announcement welcoming two new members to the Pocketnow team, and since then we’ve barely been able to keep news, editorials, and videos on the front page long enough to read them. This feed is on fire. From ever-strengthening rumors about the HTC M7 and Samsung Galaxy S IV, to interviews with newcomers like Jolla, to new looks at old friends with BlackBerry 10, to ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 030

Even if it takes six Skype calls to make a podcast happen, we’re gonna do it for you folks, because that’s just the kind of guys we are. And it’s a good thing, too; while the news cycle has calmed down somewhat in the wake of last week’s big BlackBerry event, there’s still plenty to talk about from the worlds of Android and Windows Phone, from rumors and speculation to … well, no, just rumors and speculation, really. But it’s scintillating stuff, especially if you’re into things named “M7″ and “Nokia Tablet.” All that, ...

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iOS 6 Gets Jailbroken, HTC M7 rumors, Stephen Elop Discusses Nokia Tablet & More – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new Jailbreak for all iOS 6 Compatible devices called Evasi0n. We then talk about the leaked T-Mobile roadmap, which is rumored to include the BlackBerry Z10 and an LTE-based Samsung Galaxy S III. The HTC M7 takes the spotlight next with good and bad rumors, which on the positive side talk about new camera technologies, but on the bad side include a delay to important carriers. Then we talk about the Nokia PureView EOS rumors for Windows Phone 8, which may come sooner than you think. We end today’s show talking about Stephen ...

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