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yeah yeah samsung galaxy tab pro tablet reviews Windows Phone Cortana and camera questions and mulling the morality of smartphone leaks that's just a sample of the features that graced the dot-com side of the house this week so let's review them in five minutes or less I'm Michael Fisher and this is pocket now round up our first tablet reviews of 2014 are in the both reviews of samsung's galaxy tabpro devices but that's where the similarity ends find out why Taylor Martin is impressed with the performance of the Tab pro 8.4 while I find quite a bit lacking in that of the larger Tab pro 10.1 both reviews along with every feature mentioned in this video are linked in the description below as is a shortcut to thursday's pocket now weekly podcast which offers around 20 minutes of samsung tablet impressions and if you want more insight into some of the larger problems with google powered tablets that I think the tab pro 10 dot one lays bare be sure to catch my editorial on why large android slates still aren't quite ready for prime time shifting focus to attention monger of the month HTC we have a straggler editorial from last week that was published too late to make the last pocket now roundup deadlines in it Taylor Martin pleads with HTC not to cut corners on the mini version of the new HTC One is it so infamously did for the 2013 installment Taylor it makes a strong case that HTC has the opportunity here to create something special a pocketable high-end smartphone with a price tag that doesn't make your heart stop and speaking of the all new HTC One it's easily the most leaked smartphone of the year so far and maybe one of the most leaked ever but is leaking it morally wrong we touched a bit on this matter in our interview with ewa leagues on last week's podcast and this week adam doubt shares his thoughts on the murky mists of morality that the world of leaked info represents speaking of not that I'm currently playing halo 4 on the xbox 360 and while it's not my favorite game ever it has allowed me to get better acquainted with the character Cortana she's the basis for Microsoft's new voice assistant for Windows Phone in version 8.1 and if you don't pay close enough attention to the rumors surrounding her she might sound like just another Siri or Google now knock off well I wrote a piece on Monday referencing earlier pieces from Adam Lane and Adam doubt laying out the ways Cortana could really bring something compelling to the voice command space and speaking of Windows Phone the prolific Adam Dowd also wrote on the matter of our beloved Hardware camera button even though revised Microsoft minimum requirements don't mandate it Adams still fighting the good fight on behalf of all those who love the old dual-stage camera key and bringing us home for the week Joe Levi the Android guy he calls the launcher that ships with the nokia X a hideous half Windows monstrosity if you agree he provides a quick primer on just how to change it something that should come in handy for all you folks planning on purchasing one of Nokia's first Android phones and in a separate piece of early speculation surrounding the Nexus 6 Joe makes the case for and against using a curved screen for the next pure Google smartphone and he's currently moderating a fun debate over the merits of the curve down in the comments go join in while it's still civil many more features comparisons and news pieces are available at pocketnow.com folks but for now we're at a time check the description down below for links to all the stories mentioned in this roundup and there's a like button down there to please click it if you enjoyed this video follow us on social media so you can keep up with our nonsense but most importantly have a stunning weekend with whatever mobile devices in your pocket now better stay bright you sucka I'm gonna get you sucka how do we feel about the spray ping kinda sucks so who what that's just a sample of the pages that graced the editorial of the features of the pieces there are four lights don't know what to do about this framing soaks your face soaks your face and it works