Pocketnow Weekly 130: CES 2015 Wrap-Up! The best and worst of mobile tech from Las Vegas

An echo-filled hotel room, hosts with cracked voices and stuffy noses, and a rundown full of the hottest new mobile technology in the world. Those ingredients can spell only one thing: a CES 2015 wrap-up podcast straight from the heart of Las Vegas, hosted by your very own Pocketnow pixel pirates.

And we're not alone! Joining us on this two-hour mission to tame the wild ramparts of the mobile tech scene are two podcast guests near and dear to our hearts: Nicole Scott of MobileGeeks and Joshua Vergara of Android Authority. Together with our CES video host/producer Hayato Huseman, it makes for a mighty rambunctious roundtable whose enthusiasm hopefully helps temper the echo.

So if you're trying to pick up the pieces from CES like we are, join us for Pocketnow Weekly 130 below. It's an audio-only show so don't go looking for the YouTube embed; this one you'll have to devour through your ears. Not to worry though: we'll be back with our usual sound quality, Hangouts Q&A, and listener mail next week. To prepare, shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air – and enjoy this episode in the meantime.Pocketnow Weekly 130

Recording Date

January 8, 2014

Hosts

Michael Fisher

Jaime Rivera

Hayato Huseman

Guests

Nicole Scott (MobileGeeks)

Joshua Vergara (Android Authority)

Producer

Jules Wang

Podcast Rundown

Sponsor

(00:02:27)

Kickstart your new year and challenge yourself to learn something new with a free 10-day trial to lynda.com!  lynda.com is used by millions of people around the world and has over 3,000 courses on topics like web development, photography, visual design and business, as well as software training like Excel, Wordpress, and Photoshop.  All of their courses are taught by experts and new courses are added to the site every week.  Whether you want to invest in a new hobby, ask your boss for a raise, find a new job or improve upon your current job skills in 2015; lynda.com has something for everyone!

CES 2015: the great smartphones and smartwatch summation

(00:05:42)

LG G Flex 2 hands-on

Panasonic Lumix CM1: hands-on

YotaPhone 2 unboxing: hands-on

BLU Life One and Life One Xl hands-on

BLU Studo Energy hands-on

BLU Vivo Air: hands-on

Saygus V2 superphone: hands-on

Lenovo Vibe Xtension Selfie Flash hands-on

Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro hands-on

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy A5

Firefox Fx0 hands-on

HTC Desire 826 hands-on

Stainless steel Sony Smartwatch 3 hands-on

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, visit her YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here!

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Thanks for listening! See you next week!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An echo-filled hotel room, hosts with cracked voices and stuffy noses, and a rundown full of the hottest new mobile technology in the world. Those ingredients can spell only one thing: a CES 2015 wrap-up podcast straight from the heart of Las Vegas, hosted by your very own Pocketnow pixel pirates.

And we're not alone! Joining us on this two-hour mission to tame the wild ramparts of the mobile tech scene are two podcast guests near and dear to our hearts: Nicole Scott of MobileGeeks and Joshua Vergara of Android Authority. Together with our CES video host/producer Hayato Huseman, it makes for a mighty rambunctious roundtable whose enthusiasm hopefully helps temper the echo.

So if you're trying to pick up the pieces from CES like we are, join us for Pocketnow Weekly 130 below. It's an audio-only show so don't go looking for the YouTube embed; this one you'll have to devour through your ears. Not to worry though: we'll be back with our usual sound quality, Hangouts Q&A, and listener mail next week. To prepare, shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air – and enjoy this episode in the meantime.

Pocketnow Weekly 130

 

Recording Date

January 8, 2014

 

Hosts

Michael Fisher

Jaime Rivera

Hayato Huseman

 

Guests

Nicole Scott (MobileGeeks)

Joshua Vergara (Android Authority)

 

Producer

Jules Wang

 

Podcast Rundown

 

Sponsor

(00:02:27)

 

Kickstart your new year and challenge yourself to learn something new with a free 10-day trial to lynda.com!  lynda.com is used by millions of people around the world and has over 3,000 courses on topics like web development, photography, visual design and business, as well as software training like Excel, Wordpress, and Photoshop.  All of their courses are taught by experts and new courses are added to the site every week.  Whether you want to invest in a new hobby, ask your boss for a raise, find a new job or improve upon your current job skills in 2015; lynda.com has something for everyone!

 

CES 2015: the great smartphones and smartwatch summation

(00:05:42)

 

LG G Flex 2 hands-on

Panasonic Lumix CM1: hands-on

YotaPhone 2 unboxing: hands-on

BLU Life One and Life One Xl hands-on

BLU Studo Energy hands-on

BLU Vivo Air: hands-on

Saygus V2 superphone: hands-on

Lenovo Vibe Xtension Selfie Flash hands-on

Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro hands-on

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy A5

Firefox Fx0 hands-on

HTC Desire 826 hands-on

Stainless steel Sony Smartwatch 3 hands-on

 

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, visit her YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here!

•

Thanks for listening! See you next week!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.