Gallant gadgeteers give great guidance | Pocketnow Weekly 158

Опубликовано 24 июля 2015, 19:10

True story from +Michael Fisher: 

As a high schooler spending the night in a new house, I awoke one morning to find my kitchen flooded with water due to a plumbing problem. My parents were out of town and the family friends who were house-sitting were frantically trying to find the shutoff valve ... but due to my terrible academic tardiness record I couldn't stay to help them find it. To ensure I wasn't required to repeat my senior year, I had to leave my family friends struggling to save my house from flooding while I sped off to school. I felt terrible. But, they stopped the water. And I graduated from high school. And to this day, both the house and myself are still standing.

I guess that's the long way of saying that Motorola is gonna be just fine despite all these leaks. We'll cover the crazy in-depth details of the new Moto G and the new Moto X before moving on to cover Samsung's all-but-certain early launch of the Galaxy S6 Plus and Galaxy Note 5, and then we'll touch on LG, Apple and the usual characters before resurrecting an old favorite of a segment, What Gadget Should I Buy?

All that plus your listener mail ahead on episode 158 of the Pocketnow Weekly! So fire up your Powerbook 5300 and open up jollyroger.gif, because this alien ship needs to be hacked and it's not waiting around forever. Watch the video broadcast from 1:00pm Eastern on July 24 (click here for your local time), or check out the high-quality audio version here. 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 158

Recording Date

July 23, 2015

Hosts

Michael Fisher

Stephen Schenck

Hayato Huseman

Producer

Jules Wang

Podcast Rundown

 

Sponsor

(00:02:00)

MOD

The Pocketnow Weekly podcast is brought to you by MOD in a Box! The brainchild of former Pocketnow editor Taylor Martin, MOD in a Box is a monthly subscription service that sends you materials to make three useful, awesome DIY projects that can be made with tools you probably already own. MOD in a Box is part of a movement to get you away from your texts, sexts, and Xbox, and get you back to using your hands and making stuff. You know, like our ancestors did. To get started, pay them a visit at MODinabox.com to see what they can help you make this month – and tell 'em Pocketnow sent you!

 

News

(00:05:00)

Windows 10 Mobile OTA date leaked, along with midrange / high-end Lumia details

Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge Plus photographed / launch date confirmed

OnePlus Two leaked by TENAA

LG CEO promises "super premium phone" for later in the year

LG Display builds new South Korea factory for flexible screens

High-end Xperia S60 and S70 rumored for pre-IFA

Sony shares details on new stripped-down UI

This is the 2015 Moto X with selfie flash

Moto G retailer promo surfaces early / Carrier leak too / and yet another / whoa nelly

Apple Q3 earnings set new records, driven by Apple Watch

Which Gadget Should I Get?

A segment about giving back to the listeners the only way we know how – with the power of purchasing advice. Sahen Rai needs some input on a big-battery, stock-Android phone for Verizon Wireless; Razaq wants to know if the Moto 360 is still a good buy; and Nikita van Staveren needs advice on his own two-phone lifestyle!

Listener Mail

(01:00:00)

E-mailed submissions from Ujomah Taylor, Gaj B, and Grant Butler

See you at 1pm ET!

Subscribe: bit.ly/pocketnowsub
pocketnow.com

Follow us:
flipboard.com/@Pocketnow
facebook.com/pocketnow
twitter.com/pocketnow
google.com/+pocketnow
instagram.com/pocketnow

About us:
Pocketnow has been a key source of mobile technology news and reviews since its establishment in 2000. With offices on three continents, Pocketnow offers round-the-clock coverage of the mobile technology landscape, from smartphones to tablets to wearables. We aim to be your number-one source for mobile tech news, reviews, comparisons, and commentary. If you love mobile as much as we do, be sure to subscribe!

Gallant gadgeteers give great guidance | Pocketnow Weekly 158
youtube.com/watch?v=0DecsO7hh1...

PocketNow
youtube.com/pocketnow