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

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!
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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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Learn more –and support the De Rigueur campaign– at the Kickstarter page here: .
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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