Tim Cook takes his ball and goes home | Pocketnow Weekly 187

Опубликовано 11 февраля 2016, 21:32

Alcatel One Touch might be shipping the new Idol smartphone in Virtual Reality packaging, iPhone error 53 is frustrating users who have had their home buttons repaired, and Tim Cook takes his ball and runs home after people tweet mean things about his Super Bowl photo. Another week of mobile technology news has passed, and we’re going to talk about all of it, on episode 187 of the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video broadcast from 2:15pm Eastern on February 3 (click here for your local time), or check out the high-quality audio version the Monday after we broadcast. And don't forget to shoot your listener mail to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air!

Pocketnow Weekly 187

Recording Date

February 11, 2016

Hosts

Juan Bagnell

Stephen Schenck

Michael Fisher

Producer

Jules Wang

Podcast Rundown

 

Sponsor

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News

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Devices

24 hours with the ASUS ZenFone Zoom

LG introduces Quick Cover for LG G5

Galaxy S7 edge battery tips scales

Another AOT leak reveals cool VR packaging

HTC One M10 expected Stateside in May, One Watch a little earlier

Developments

Apple's Error 53 pours gasoline on the iPhone/anti-iPhone flame war

Tim Cook tweets hilariously shoddy Super Bowl pic

Qualcomm ushers in next generation of wearables with 2100 SoC

Twitter becomes Facebook (but there's a way out)

iOS-to-Windows 10 app port video has us impressed

Why UHD video looks better than Full HD video (even on a 1080p screen)

 

Listener Mail

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E-mailed submissions from Paul, Damon, and Gaj

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Tim Cook takes his ball and goes home | Pocketnow Weekly 187
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