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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 030

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Michael Fisher

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, ...

Update News: Thunderbolt ICS Now Arriving, T-Mobile Confirms No Lumia 710 WP7.8

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

We’ve got a few updates on phone updates (no pun intended) which we’ve already talked to you about before, concerning the long-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update for the HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon and the lack of Windows Phone 7.8 for Nokia’s Lumia 710 on T-Mobile. Right at the end of January, we got a big surprise when we saw that Verizon had posted documents on its HTC Thunderbolt support page indicating that the phone’s Android 4.0.4 update was finally going to arrive. The update was ...

Windows Phone 7.8 Problems: Data-Draining Live Tiles, Lumia Audio Issues

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

It wouldn’t be a mobile OS update without a few unexpected bugs, and Windows Phone 7.8 is no exception. With WP7.5 users all over making the switch to this WP8-lite, we’re already hearing reports of a couple problems users are running into, including volume problems for Nokia owners, and some big data consumption issues with certain apps. Oddly enough, both these issues sound like re-hashes of old problems. Last year, we saw

8 Reasons Why Windows Phone 7.8 is Better than Windows Phone 8

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Adam Z. Lein

Windows Phone 7.8 has been released and most of us with first and second generation Windows Phone 7 devices are able to upgrade. If you didn’t receive the upgrade automatically, there are ways to install it manually. Some have been waiting for this for a long time since it brings a few new features including the new start screen with resizable live tiles. Of course Windows Phone 8 has been available for a bit longer, and it offers many dozens more improvements over the 7.8 update for older devices, but it turns out there are a few areas where Windows Phone 7.8 is still a little ...

T-Mobile Apparently Won’t Bring Windows Phone 7.8 to Lumia 710 Users

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

A couple days back, we saw the long-awaited arrival of Windows Phone 7.8 updates for existing models, with news coming in that first Nokia, and then HTC were making the update available to their users. If you didn’t want to wait for your phone to get its official chance to upgrade, we even shared with you the technique for forcing Windows Phone models to accept the update. Still, ...

BlackBerry 10 Announcements, Nokia’s MWC Event, Surface Pro Issues & More – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Nokia’s MWC 2013 Press event details. We later go through some more Nokia news as we now have Windows Phone 7.8 information for legacy Lumia devices. The white Nexus 4 takes the spotlight next, but with the tough reality of getting the black model, we don’t know if we should celebrate. Microsoft is next as we discover that the Surface Pro can barely provide you with storage if you stick to the 64GB model. We end today’s show by talking about BlackBerry 10, the Z10 and Q10, aside from some bloopers at the end. All this ...

Leaked Carrier Email Reveals Windows Phone 7.8 Update Arrival Date

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

There have been a ton of compelling rumors over the past few weeks concerning just when Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.8 update would finally become available, ranging from broader windows to some very specific dates. The most recent to come our way had us looking forward to January 31, but now a new leak makes it seem that the updates will start going out one day earlier, on January 30. WPCentral managed to get its hands on an internal AT&T email that lays ...