Oneplus One Watch, Waterproof One M8, & Facebook spying on your life | Pocketnow Weekly Podcast 107

Опубликовано 2 августа 2014, 2:03

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Round smartwatches, roundly terrifying TOS agreements, and roundtable smartphone discussion: 'round here, it doesn't take much more than that to get a mobile podcast together, and –assuming the Hangouts gods will it– we'll be proving it to you in less than four hours.

On today's episode, we're returning to a new favorite in the segments list, plumbing the depths of the podcast inbox to let you know what phone you should buy. We'll also tell you who won last week's smartphone giveaway and surprise you with a new one, and we'll pass the mic over to guest Stefan Constantinescu so he can take a shift on the newsdesk, sharing the hottest tabs of the week from TabDump. And somewhere in there, we'll find the time to answer your listener mail as well. Because a) ya'll write pretty letters, and b) we're courteous like that.

If that's the kind of podcast that Ec/s your Io, then the Pocketnow Weekly is the show for you! Join us for Pocketnow Weekly 107, and shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com if you just can't bear to wait for the Q&A.

Pocketnow Weekly 107

Recording Date

August 1, 2014

Hosts

Michael Fisher
twitter.com/captain2phones

Taylor Martin
twitter.com/caspertek

Stephen Schenck
twitter.com/stephenschenck

Stefan Constantinescu (TabDump)
twitter.com/whatthebit
twitter.com/tabdump

Producer

Jules Wang
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Podcast Rundown

Sponsor

(00:02:18)

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Announcements

(00:04:09)

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G LTE giveaway: we have (another) winner!

Pocketnow's $1000 Google Play giveaway

The evolution of the smartphone

Amazon Fire Phone review

News

(00:13:21)

Facebook Messenger is the only way to keep chatting (and how much privacy are/aren't you sacrificing for it?)

OnePlus Onewatch leaks with circular screen, sapphire crystal

HTC's new J Butterfly is the waterproof One M8 you've always wanted

HTC Windows Phone One M8 pops up in certification database?

Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1

Cortana keeps getting smarter: new questions supported

Top Tabs From TabDump
tabdump.com

(00:48:22)

A special segment featuring the best tabs of the week from our friends at the world's most minimalistic news destination.

What Phone Should I Buy?

(00:57:46)

A segment about making up your mind, featuring the most commonly-asked question from the podcast inbox.

Avishai Shvinesteiner

I have T-Mobile and I am ready for a new phone. I cant decide between the IPhone 5S, Galaxy S5, One M8, or the G Flex. Can you give me a recommendation?

Coach Carter

I am a first time smartphone buyer: should I wait for the one plus one invite or get a lumia 1520/1020?

1 thing im worried about each phone
1020: age
1520: size
One Plus One: availability

Ecosystem doesn't matter to me.

Thanks and have a nice day

Harsha Chandrashekar

Listener Mail

(01:29:49)

E-mailed submissions from Rex Cosmos, Dylan Colliss, and Christopher Creveling

Music

It may just sound like a ringtone to you, but our transition music track ("Radiation") is a real song, from a real album, by a real artist: Ali Spagnola. You can download that album, along with many others, at Ali's website here: alispagnola.com visit her YouTube page here: youtube.com/alispags, and follow her on Twitter here: twitter.com/alispagnola!

Thanks for listening! See you next week!

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Oneplus One Watch, Waterproof One M8, & Facebook spying on your life | Pocketnow Weekly Podcast 107
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