Galaxy S 4 Announced, HTC One Going Verizon, Optimus G Pro Gets Better & More – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about LG’s new strategy to compete with the Optimus G Pro against the Galaxy S 4, and yes HTC is in the same wagon. Then we move to some leaks suggesting that Verizon won’t wait for the HTC One, and will launch it close to the rest of the carriers. Windows Phone 7.8 is up next as the new update rolled out today should fix all its bugs. We then talk about the US launch of the BlackBerry Z10 and which carriers get it first after their second event planned. We end today’s show talking about Samsung’s announcement of the ...

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Galaxy S 4 Leaked Photos Fake, Verizon Goes All LTE, iOS 2013 Launch Dates & More – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about all the controversy regarding the leaked Galaxy S 4 Photos, which turned out to be fake. Then we move over to LG since their new Optimus G Pro Quick Covers do a better job than the flip covers on the Galaxy S III. Verizon is next as we talk about their plans to phase-out CDMA and go fully LTE aside from dropping fees in the process. Then we talk about Apple and the possible release dates for the iPad 5, iPad mini 2 and iPhone 5S. We end today’s show talking about Nokia’s new plan to convince Instagram to join Windows Phone. ...

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LG Announces Optimus G Pro Quick Cover With Magnet Action

Posted on by Anton D. Nagy

LG dropped the Optimus G Pro upon the world at this year’s Mobile World Congress and it has a rather narrow window — at least until the end of August, when IFA happens — to try and steal the show from the already established Samsung Galaxy Note II phablet. We’ve taken a close look at the LG device and we’ve also stacked it up against its direct competitor while

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Didn’t Make It To MWC 2013? Here’s Everything You Missed (Video)

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Mobile World Congress 2013 was, as promised, a boatload of fun and a bucket of hot tech-geek action. While we didn’t see everything we wanted to, we were treated to an avalanche of smartphones and tablets running everything from Android to Windows Phone to Sailfish to FirefoxOS. We got a gander at some really impressive form factors too, at sizes ranging from the conventional to the fantastic. If you were off the internet for the duration of last week, or if you simply couldn’t deal with ...

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Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap

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Technically, the Mobile World Congress may finish-up tomorrow, but with all the big smartphone and tablet events over, we’re calling it a wrap. We’ve had a great time the past several days bringing you news of all the new hardware and software companies came to the event to promote, and as we now begin to recuperate and get back to business as usual, we wanted to take a look back on MWC 2013 and everything it brought us. The week leading up to the MWC was filled with rumors, as we should expect, and while some played out, others ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 033: The Great MWC Wrap-Up

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We think it’s pretty fair to say that MWC 2013 was one part IFA and one part CES: a few stark disappointments peppered among some really amazing stuff. We’ve seen technology this week ranging from the incredible to the absurd – from the third iteration of ASUS’s wild Padfone concept to the improbable debut of a Kyocera Echo lookalike. The big guys have come out to play, too, but they’re a little shy this time around: neither Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 nor Nokia’s midrange Lumias blew the roof off the joint. Even a few has-beens came out to confuse ...

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LG Needs a Proper Optimus G Successor

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The first Optimus G was a pretty nice little smartphone from a company that’s really been hard to feel enthusiastic for over the years. At least, between misses like the oddball Optimus Vu and the low-to-midrange L series it dumped on the market last year, it was starting to feel like it had been a seriously long time since there was an LG smartphone worth getting excited about. Ultimately, the Optimus G was itself overshadowed by the Nexus 4, a cheaper version with the benefit of Google’s software support, but had that not ...

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LG Optimus G Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy Note II (Video)

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The question on everyone’s mind right now is whether the LG Optimus G Pro is good enough to make customers buy it instead of Samsung’s six-month old Note II. Both South Korean phablets have 5.5 inch displays but the LG Optimus G Pro has a higher resolution, as well as a higher megapixel rating for the camera. We’re looking at the two competitors in the video below and we’re emphasizing on specs, features, as well as build quality and size. Obviously the Optimus G Pro doesn’t have a stylus, like the Note II’s S-Pen, but for those who are not fans of the ...

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LG Optimus G Pro Hands-On (Video)

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We’ve already established that the LG Optimus G Pro is not going to be a Samsung Galaxy Note II killer — and you can either agree or disagree — but it will definitely be a great competitor since some of its specifications outclass the Samsung phablet in its second iteration. The Optimus G Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU clocking at 1.7GHz and has a 5.5-inch Full HD display. These two factors will be crucial when it comes to battery life since it is rated at 3,140mAh, ...

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LG Shows All Its New Phones Together at MWC

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LG really hadn’t left us with any us with anything to be surprised by at the MWC this year; over the last couple weeks, we’ve heard it model-by-model reveal pretty much everything it was intending to show at the Mobile World Congress in advance. The F series were the last holdouts, but even they’ve gone official. Now LG is rounding everything all up and showing off its full new lineup. The F series includes the Optimus F3 and F5, both mid-rangers, but with some decent specs, especially for the F7. The

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Live from Barcelona: Pocketnow is at MWC 2013

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We’ve been on-site for a full day in Barcelona, making preparations to cover one of the year’s biggest mobile technology shows. Last night, we let you in on the fun and frustration of our pre-show planning on a special episode of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast. Later today, we’re hosting a special MWC-focused episode of the Pocketnow Live broadcast. But right now, we’d like ...

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HTC One Event Tomorrow, Galaxy S IV Dates, Ubuntu Tablet & More – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Galaxy Note 8.0 one more time, hoping this is actually the last because so many rumors without a device tend to bore. Then we move to the Galaxy S IV, which now has a new and earlier release date rumor. LG is next as we talk about their new Optimus G Pro and the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor included. Nokia is next as apparently MWC 2013 will show us four smartphones to be released, and no tablet. We end today’s show talking about the Ubuntu Tablet that’ll be released tomorrow. All this and more after the break. ...

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LG Confirms Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 for Optimus G Pro

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 is just one of the company’s new SoCs announced at the CES (along with the even more powerful 800, and several lesser models), and LG looks like it’s going to be the first kid on the block to get the new chip into one of its phones, announcing that the 5.5-inch full HD Optimus G Pro will launch with the Snapdragon 600 under its hood this week. We’ve already seen

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 031

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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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