Samsung Galaxy Alpha, NFC tattoos, & a drool-worthy Moto X+1 leak | Pocketnow Weekly 106

PLEASE NOTE: Due to today's difficulties with Hangouts, the above video is not the ideal recording of today's Weekly episode. Download the edited, high-quality version at the podcast post here (which also features links to stories discussed on-air): /2014/07/25/galaxy-alpha-moto-x-1-leak

Podcast Rundown:

Hosts

Michael Fisher

Taylor Martin

Stephen Schenck

Jules Wang (Podcast Producer)

Podcast Rundown

Sponsor
(00:03:13)

Announcements
(00:03:51)

Amazon Fire Phone, HTC One E8, and Martian Notifier in the house: submit your Q&As!

AT&T LG G3 unboxing

OnePlus One invite giveaway 2 of 2: we have a winner!

Wrap Up: how well does the #SurfaceBalance?

A week with the Surface Pro 3

News
(00:12:20)

Microsoft acknowledges aborted Surface Mini launch

Samsung Galaxy Alpha shows off its metal trim

Motorola wants you to unlock your phone with an NFC tattoo

Latest Moto X+1 leak is looking pretty convincing

Gadgets in Hand
(00:39:15)

You’ve got questions; we’ve got gadgets. On this week’s installment, we take your queries concerning the Amazon Fire Phone, HTC One E8, and Martian Notifier smartwatch. If you’re watching the podcast live at 2pm Eastern, use the Q&A feature in Google Hangouts to submit your burning questions, and we’ll do our best to answer them live on the air!

Listener Mail
(01:25:12)

E-mailed submissions from Sahen Rai, Matt Lawrence, and Paul R.

Music

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha, NFC tattoos, & a drool-worthy Moto X+1 leak | Pocketnow Weekly 106

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[Pocketnow]

Sorry for the screwups, folks - Google Hangouts gave us a lot of trouble today. We'll post the download link shortly. If you'd like to watch the video anyway, the errors (mostly) clear up after the five-minute mark. Please up-vote this comment for visibility. Thanks! ^M

[audiogeek]

This podcast is always a highlight of my Friday! 

[deftmistake]

Stephen looks EXACTLY like the preacher from "There Will Be Blood". Great insight love the podcast.

[tincup]

Pocketnow gotta love the new feature of the pocketnow Rewind lol

[jgmusicman]

"it's important to me that you don't make me look stupid on the air" lol

[pcmacintyre]

The Corides Executive Desktop Cord Manager. $14.99. Honestly, I cant imagine needing such a thing.

[SuperBearsfan]

damn, forgot you were streaming today, well, time to start from the beginning

[logan_parker]

I love you for the Star Trek references.

[KingChevy]

I Love yalls podcast and i was wondering have you guys thought about recording the video along with the audio and making a really clear video podcast plus you could have complete control over everything and wouldnt have to work around hangouts limitations. it would be awesome. Google Hangouts are holding you guys back.  

[audiogeek]

Taylor should turn his volume up... pleaseee 

[kdog]

Taylor, I have the LG GPAD 8.3 GPE and it doesn't have the problems you have with battery life.

[kwadwoboadu]

Taylor Martin, you definitely have something wrong with your M8's battery life. As I easily get a day and a half usage out of mine with light to moderate use, every time! Also with it on extreme power saver mode on over night I lose between 3-5%.

[ramkrishna]

in your review of the one mini 2 you said that the sound was not as good, and the screen is lcd2 and also the colours are not as good as the m8.and even can you tell me the retail price of the mini 2? I did hold the matt grey htc e8 and it really felt great.

[harshitdroid]

3D perspective drains battery life ? Pocketnow

[RahulShahAwesome]

Question - Doesn't NFC Tattoo have the same problems as FingerPrint sensors? People can unlock your device while you are asleep/unconscious.

[MrPenriquez]

I agree with the fact that Amazon should have priced it like they did with the Fire tablets because they were selling it for you to have a way to get to their services and buy from them and then they would make that money anyway. They should have stuck with that in my opinion. I still think it's interesting but not interesting enough for the price.

[CBaskins]

So are you going to post a review with your take on the surface pro 3 Michael. What version is it is it the one with the I 35 or i7 and is it worth shelling out over a grand for the device with the better processor

[nathanmitchell]

Do you think the Moto X+1 will come with Android L out of the box?

[SCtester]

Its too bad about the surface mini... I was exited.

[JonathanMichael]

Michael's internet seems to stutter maybe due to latency. Is that TWC or Comcast?