Fresh off of a minimal but eventful Google I/O, TK Bay joins Joshua Vergara to give some insider thoughts from the show that JV could have easily attended. (More to that story in the first part of the show.) Meanwhile, out in Brooklyn, theunlockr himself David Cogen reacts to the Pixel 3a and why the phone might be more compelling than its original, more powerful counterpart. Color us all a bit surprised that a midrange smartphone impresses us this much. It's all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! W...
May 12, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep 357•Transcript available on Metacast Our podcast crew talks about all of the devices that have leaked one way or another this past week as Joshua, Jaime, and Brandon finally say goodbye to Hangouts and move to a pre-recorded version of the podcast. Come watch and listen to the discussion regarding all of the phones that we're about to see in the next couple months - the Honor 20, the Moto RAZR foldable, the OnePlus 7, and the Pixel 3a! It's all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded on May 3  ...
May 05, 2019•57 min•Ep 356•Transcript available on Metacast Joshua Vergara and Jaime Rivera are joined by Isa Rodriguez from Her GadgetMatch to talk about the event they traveled far to attend: IFA GPC! Yes, it is run by the same people who organize IFA in Berlin, but this Global Press Conference is an early look at what is coming later this September. While talking about the market research and product demos presented on stage at GPC, the gang also talks about the Samsung Galaxy Fold and its delay. Check out the timecodes below for the specific topics f...
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep 355•Transcript available on Metacast Special guest Cherlynn Low of Engadget joins Joshua Vergara and Jaime Rivera to give their thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy Fold and all of the... BREAKING news that has been happening this past week. After talking a little bit about Qualcomm and Apple and then Google and Amazon squashing some of their beef, Thunder E of Booredatwork jumps into the discussion and brings some fiery takes on the Fold and some of the coverage that it has gotten over this past week. It's all ahead on the Pocketnow Wee...
Apr 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep 354•Transcript available on Metacast Qualcomm announced more moves toward better AI and mid-range Snapdragon processors that bring top-tier gaming and camera features to potentially more affordable products. And then Samsung comes out of the post-Qualcomm gate with said processor and a MOTORIZED ROTATING CAMERA! Phones are getting weird, and in our final segment we have no better example of it than the 'claw controlled,' not-so-wide angle LG G8 ThinQ. Technical difficulties and tax season won't keep us from having a show on all the...
Apr 14, 2019•1 hr•Ep 353•Transcript available on Metacast A slower news week means that Joshua Vergara and guest Thunder E talk at length about a topic close to home - and by that, they mean YouTube. A deep-dive by Bloomberg this past week has our podcast panel looking back on the platform we all know and love (and perhaps use too much) and what can be done to protect viewers from some of the potentially harmful content that finds its way in. The conversation moves toward the general topic of digital wellness and how much of our attention we willingly ...
Apr 07, 2019•59 min•Ep 352•Transcript available on Metacast Apple's event was... interesting, to say the least. Did Hollywood come out in enough force to help their streaming service get enough attention? Not to be overshadowed, Huawei announced their latest flagship smartphone, the P30 and P30 Pro - but it did not come alone as many exciting accessories were launched right along side it. It’s all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through Apple , Goo...
Mar 30, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep 351•Transcript available on Metacast Joshua Vergara jumps down to San Diego to do an in-person podcast with Jaime Rivera and guest David Cogen (also known as TheUnlockr) to talk gaming - in the past week, Josh has seen and acquired the powerhouse Black Shark 2 gaming phone while Google has taken the veil off of their latest steaming venture, the cloud gaming platform called Stadia. The crew reacts to these new announcements while recapping the last few days spent with Qualcomm and their newly announced audio processing chip. It’s a...
Mar 23, 2019•49 min•Ep 350•Transcript available on Metacast The demise and de-escalation of several hardware and software projects in mobile technology over the past few weeks. Google has finally downed Allo and has gone further to shut down internal projects on tablets and laptops. Razer’s new profitability track has killed off the notion of a third phone. And RED, while not admitting defeat, has admitted defeat when it comes to the Hydrogen One. But where it will take its efforts next is anyone’s guess — patents take a long time to publish. We talk abo...
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep 349•Transcript available on Metacast Huawei dominates the conversation this week as we address the looming legal challenges the company faces against the United States and the world. But that won't stop us from talking about a new Huawei phone as we await word of the P30 — we check out the rumor mill. All that plus a Galaxy S10 check-in sandwiched right in the middle with our friend from Booredatwork , Enobong Etteh, on this episode of the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded at 11am Eastern on M...
Mar 09, 2019•56 min•Ep 348•Transcript available on Metacast It's the busiest Mobile World Congress we've had in several years! And we've had over two dozen phones from Energizer, the battery maker with a bunny as a mascot, an LG phone that makes you play puppeteer and plenty of jumping between halls at the Fira Gran Via. But of course, we have to talk about another folding phone: the Huawei Mate X. We've got Nicole Scott of Mobile Geeks and Adam Conway on to talk about that and our favorite things from this show on this episode of the Pocketnow Weekly. W...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep 347•Transcript available on Metacast This is Unpacked. The Galaxy S10 came out as we all expected and our hands-on experience lived up to every bit of it. The Galaxy S10 5G wasn't there in person, but it was there in spirit. And then there's that Galaxy Fold. Is this the bleeding edge of mobile technology? And if so, do we want to get everyone on it? Join Josh and Jaime after they've flown from San Francisco to Barcelona to talk all things Samsung this week! It’s all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video&...
Feb 23, 2019•54 min•Ep 346•Transcript available on Metacast Apple's laying off the hardware, but laying on content publishers hard to join its future single-stream subscription hubs and they don't like how much Cupertino wants. All the while, people are happy to spend more on apps. Plus, the truth on a Project Ara revival and Google's Pixel 4 and some 5G marketing inflation from AT&T. It’s all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded at 9pm Eastern on Feburary 14 or check out the high-quality audio version right...
Feb 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep 345•Transcript available on Metacast Our long-term Razer Phone 2 review is finished and while Jaime Rivera has said his peace, the rest of our team hasn't! The first terabyte phone came out of a Chinese company that isn't doing so well... plus T-Mobile pricing promises, a camera in your next Note's S Pen and emoji-fest 2019! It's all ahead on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded at 2pm Eastern on Feburary 8 or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through Apple , Google...
Feb 10, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep 344•Transcript available on Metacast It has been a bumpy week for Apple, what with news of its earnings sprawling out into think pieces as well as private app scuffles with Facebook and Google. Things have escalated so high, we’re going to have to break it all down. Plus, rumors from Sony, LG, Samsung and… Energizer? They’re making phones now? Okay. It’s the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded at 3pm Eastern on Feburary 1 or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through Apple , Google , Spo...
Feb 03, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Ep 343•Transcript available on Metacast Buttonless, portless phones? Do manufacturers need them at this point? Do consumers really even want them? We could probably ask the same thing of foldable phones especially given how crowded the race looks to be right now towards the first product. We take a look at all the news made this week and advance forward to our first big looks at MWC. It's all this week on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our YouTube companion video recorded at 1pm Eastern on January 25th or check out the high-quality audio...
Jan 26, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep 342•Transcript available on Metacast We're back for another week of CES recapping! We actually talk about the technology that we took a look at while in Las Vegas. We saved the actual talking, however, for after when we got across the California border. Join Jaime and Josh (plus a very sleepy Isa) for a carcast covering Razer hardware, the FlexPai, Huawei, LG TVs, Hisense, Fossil and a lot more! Check out our YouTube companion video recorded at 7pm Eastern on January 11th or check out the high-quality audio version right here or th...
Jan 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep 341•Transcript available on Metacast CES 2019 has come to an end and we have had fun bringing you our news and editorial coverage at Pocketnow. But it's not just strictly about the devices that make our mobile lives go. Join Joshua Vergara, Jaime Rivera, Isa Rodriguez, Mishaal Rahman, your host for this week, Jules Wang, and a gang of awesome colleagues for an exciting travelogue on the experience that is the Consumer Electronics Show! Keep an eye out for our YouTube companion video coming soon or check out the high-quality audio v...
Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep 340•Transcript available on Metacast There must be a sense of defeat permeating through Cupertino this week, nevermind this season. Even as we've seen the headwinds blow against Apple, it didn't seem possible that this corporation on a rocket to the moon could be stopped from constant growth. Well, perhaps it needs a break this winter. Or maybe it'll break down? Is this losing quarter just a sign of that the innovation engine is sputtering at the spaceship? We take on that discussion plus a tonnage of leaks from Nokia, Xiaomi, Sams...
Jan 05, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep 339•Transcript available on Metacast Twelve months of mobile technology have passed us by and we're here to remember the parts that you probably forgot, right? Because 2018 in politics, the economy, other news and miserable things. Why not talk about notches, batteries and fifteen cameras! We also figured that we'd pop out the drinks while we're at it. Hey, what do you want? We're not doing a New Year's Eve show. This is the best you'll get. It's best you can expect from the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the YouTube video posted at 2:00p...
Dec 31, 2018•2 hr 55 min•Ep 338•Transcript available on Metacast If we haven't made it clear already, even as it's the end of the year, we have so much to look forward to in 2019 — that's 11 days away! But until then, we're back on our BS again with another "Bendgate" scandal, more hopes of Touch ID coming back, eSIM headaches, HTC's mediocrity and the first new Snapdragon phone coming to a place where we can't get it. And a final farewell to Cydia, the jailbreaker's refuge. It's all this episode on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the YouTube video posted at 2:00...
Dec 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep 337•Transcript available on Metacast How could we have our Christmas episode two weeks early? Simple: we blew all of our writing talent on this one and refuse to revisit the matter for the next few weeks. But that doesn’t mean the rest of our content’s going to be all humbug. We’ve got gift suggestions to talk about, a new OnePlus phone to show off and a whole lot of interesting stuff from China on this very normal edition of the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the YouTube video posted at 2:00pm Eastern on December 14th or chec...
Dec 17, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep 336•Transcript available on Metacast Mahalo from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit — where 5G is abundant in the air. Well, most of that is just people talking about it. The chipmaker has a few new chips for the new age of connectivity, but there's plenty of molehills and letdowns to ply through. Joshua, Jaime and Android Authority 's David Imel chat Snapdragon on the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our video recorded 11:00pm Eastern on December 6th or check out the combined high-quality audio version right here or through Apple , Google...
Dec 08, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep 335•Transcript available on Metacast When Michael Fisher invites you to come along with him to test a hydrogen cell vehicle, you agree and bring all of your GoPro Hero 7 cameras, stick an stage performance headset on his bonce and start recording a podcast. Joshua Vergara goes over the year's top devices and looks forward to what 2019 might bring on this special episode of the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch our video recorded at 5:00pm Pacific on November 28th or you can also check out the high-quality audio version right here or through ...
Dec 01, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep 334•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know that our host, Joshua Vergara, took a one-day dance choreography course in South Korea this year? That’s a good demonstration of flex. What’s not a good demonstration of flex? Using the word “flex” in branding your folding smartphone. We’ll try to brainstorm something better in our show. Also, we pass or play on a few Black Friday deals and go through news of future flagships and mid-rangers from Motorola, HTC, Samsung and others! All of this with one of favorite techtubers, Nothing...
Nov 24, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep 333•Transcript available on Metacast Once all the stuff from Techtober's dried up, we're looking to the future. Actually, all the way out past CES. How long will it take Apple to move its iPhones to 5G? What will the Galaxy S10 look like? And will we be able to take a Kickstarter project and make a Mac Mini and iPad Pro usable together? Watch the YouTube video posted at 2:00pm Eastern on November 16th or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through Apple , Google , our RSS and wherever you get your podcasts. Talk ...
Nov 19, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep 332•Transcript available on Metacast We've come to a crease in the history books on smartphones. Samsung has brought about a new display that flexes so hard, you'll flip out and use only half of it! Well, those are two separate developments we'll get to as we take a look at some of the biggest stories of the week on the show. GeekSpin 's own Helena Stone joins us for the first time on this episode of the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the YouTube video posted at 2:00pm Eastern on November 9th or check out the high-quality audio version ri...
Nov 11, 2018•56 min•Ep 331•Transcript available on Metacast We end #Techtober with a last stand from OnePlus, Apple and RED. OnePlus moved its smartphone launch event up a day to avoid undue influence from Apple's three computers — and they ARE computers — while RED's review embargo for the Hydrogen One. How much of a success were each of these events? How many failures have we amassed. It's time for the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the YouTube video posted at 3:00pm Eastern on November 2nd or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through App...
Nov 03, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep 330•Transcript available on Metacast Xiaomi puts two phones to the fore: one with magnets and without bezels to speak of, another with two copper tubes and all the gaming might one could ask for. Where does that leave the Chinese manufacturer as we head out of 2018? A make-your-own-phone kit has received multiples of its minimum crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. And while it isn't an Android phone, there are valuable lessons to be had from the MAKERphone. But first, the specter of improper handling of sexual misconduct at Google ha...
Oct 27, 2018•2 hr 33 min•Ep 329•Transcript available on Metacast Watch the OnePlus 6T launch event livestream on October 29. In London town, Huawei has brought a legion tech junket to show off four phones, three wearable devices, a memory card and a whole lot more. And with all of that, we get all of the megapixels, too. What do we make of it? Well, we have five people tired out of their minds doing a podcast at two in the morning and then we have four people removed far away from Britain talking around the phone and going into some interesting tangents about...
Oct 22, 2018•2 hr 20 min•Ep 328•Transcript available on Metacast 
