Kyle, Author at Droid Life

Deal: Motorola Extends Moto X Sale a Week, $70 Off All Models Until February 22

Kyle February 17, 2014 109

Although Motorola may have a new owner, that doesn’t mean the company has ceased promoting its existing product line. In fact, Motorola on Friday extended the $70 sale on all Moto X variants until February 22. That’s another whole week to contemplate...

PSA: LTE Nexus 7 2013 Available for Purchase Through Verizon

Kyle February 13, 2014 85

Today marks the end of a ridiculous saga: the LTE-enabled Nexus 7 2013 is available for purchase through Verizon. It only took six months, but the Google-branded tablet has finally been "approved" to work on Big Red's network. Talk about a thorough...

BBM 2.0 Update for Android and iOS Brings Free Voice Calls, Dropbox Integration, and Location Sharing

Kyle February 13, 2014 25

Are you one of the millions of former BlackBerry users that couldn’t, for whatever reason, let BlackBerry Messenger go? You probably have the BBM app for iOS and Android installed on your devices, then, and will be delighted to hear that an update with new...

Honest Android Games, a Directory of Apps Without Obnoxious In-App Purchases

Kyle February 12, 2014 29

In-app purchases are too often abused by greedy developers. Some like to hide essential functionality and content behind paywalls with the intention of extracting cash, a practice that tends to suck the fun right out of otherwise enjoyable games. It isn’t...

Android 4.4.2 Soak Test Beginning for Sprint Moto X Users

Kyle February 12, 2014 33

The T-Mobile Moto X variant may have been the first to receive the Android 4.4.2 update, but Sprint’s edition isn’t far behind. That’s according to two tipsters, who both received an e-mail from the Motorola Feedback Network regarding a new “preview software...

Flappy Bird Developer Speaks Out, Says Game Became “Too Addictive”

Kyle February 11, 2014 89

I'm sure many of you were in shambles when Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen decided to pull Flappy Bird from app stores earlier this week. Many speculated overwhelming publicity led the game maker to pull the plug, but in an interview with Forbes, Nguyen says...

Could This be Our First Look at the Galaxy S5 Design?

Kyle February 11, 2014 163

Sonny Dickson, an Aussie with a solid reputation of leaking iPhone and iPad info before release, has published what appears to be an early design render of the Galaxy S5 from Samsung. It's difficult to gleam much from the pic, but the measurements do suggest...

Sprint Rolls Out Spark to Customers in Philadelphia and Baltimore

Kyle February 11, 2014 10

Sprint's legacy network may not be the fastest, but the carrier is taking steps to improve it. Today, the Now Network announced it has begun rolling out Spark, the carrier's tri-band 4G LTE designed to improve speeds in congested markets, to customers in...