Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Deal: Galaxy Gear on Sale at Woot! For $159

Kyle April 8, 2014 25

The Samsung Galaxy Gear is a flawed product. Its limited compatibility, average battery life, and odd styling made its debut price of $349.99 very hard to justify. Now that Woot! has the Gear for 46 percent off at $159.99, though, I'd argue it's a little more...

US Cellular to Expand 4G LTE Coverage in 13 States

Kyle April 8, 2014 11

These days, every wireless carrier is practically begging for your business with attractive deals and competitive pricing, and it's not just the incumbent giants who are joining in the frenzy. US Cellular only yesterday announced that it will pay your ETF to...

HTC Q1 Losses Climb to $62 Million, but March Revenue Improves

Kyle April 7, 2014 88

HTC posted its Q1 2014 financials today, and they are decidedly mixed. The company's profits were less than investors expected, but one-month revenue rose incrementally after 28 consecutive months of declines. The company's first-quarter loss was NT$1.88...

S-OFF Achieved on All Variants of HTC One (M8)

Kyle April 7, 2014 20

That was fast. Merely two weeks after the handset's initial release, the talented Firewater development team has managed to achieve S-OFF ("security off") on all variants of the HTC One (M8). For those who aren't familiar, S-OFF disables HTC's proprietary low-...

Samsung Expects Bendable Electronics With Graphene Breakthrough

Kyle April 4, 2014 53

Flexible electronics have always seemed like an unobtainable piece of science fiction, but Samsung announced today that it has developed a process which may speed the development of such devices. The key, apparently, is graphene. Graphene has long been touted...

Sprint Promo: Save Up to $650 By Switching Your Number to a Framily Plan

Kyle April 4, 2014 26

The carrier pricing war shows no sign of abating, and that's a good thing for customers looking to economize. Sprint's the latest to launch a pricing promotion, promising to save customers who switch a wireless number to a Sprint Framily plan up to $650. The...

SwiftKey Update Brings Google+, Evernote Personalization

Kyle April 3, 2014 37

If you use SwiftKey and are as horrible a touch typist as I am, you'll be extremely pleased to hear that the makers of the venerable third-party keyboard for Android are rolling out features to improve typing predictions and autocorrect. Updated...

Xiaomi’s New Product is a Clone of Kickstarter Project Pressy

Kyle April 2, 2014 62

Remember Pressy, the one-button controller for Android phones that raised nearly $700,000 on Kickstarter last October? Looks like Xiaomi didn't, because the company today revealed a nearly identical product. Functionally similar to Pressy, Xiaomi's accessory...