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Question: What Phone From Back in the Day Would You Buy in 2019 if They Updated the Specs?

Tim May 16, 2019

As a bit of a #TBT, I have a fun question for you.Let's say Motorola, Samsung, or whoever decided to re-release one of its old phones, but updated the internals to go along with what we have in 2019. For example, a Galaxy Nexus with a QHD display and...

#TBT: The Story of How the OG DROID Helped Save Three Companies

Tim May 2, 2019

In April of 2011, Wired published a brilliant piece on the original Motorola DROID, a phone that many of you may have owned back in the day. Well, as cool as we all know that phone is and was, did you know that the OG DROID helped save three companies? Oh,...

#TBT: Bask in the Beauty of the R2-D2 DROID2

Tim April 18, 2019

Last year, I shared the original R2-D2 DROID 2 wallpapers to celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4). Shortly after, I decided it would be cool to buy an R2-D2 DROID 2 off of eBay, only because I never got to own one back in the day. I'm so happy I did. It's not like...

#TBT: Razer’s $150 Forge TV Released in Mid-2015, Forgotten About by Year’s End

Tim November 16, 2017 10

Razer just launched its new Razer Phone (unboxing here) and it got us thinking -- when was the last time Razer launched an Android-powered product? Well, it wasn't too long ago, but it's easy to overlook because the product wasn't very popular. At CES in 2015,...

#TBT: The Funkiest Designed Android Phones in Recent Memory

Tim August 10, 2017 43

During last week's The Droid Life Show, I was reminded of the Samsung Continuum. You know, the phone from 2010 that had a ticker display below the capacitive buttons? Either way, it got me thinking, let's highlight a few of the Android devices that we would...

#TBT: The Top 5 Android Phones of 2013 as Declared by Us

Tim April 6, 2017 69

Each year we enjoy ranking the top Android devices. There's nothing scientific about it, it's just us providing our opinion, and each person has their own thoughts as to what device is best. This is the beauty of Android. Anyway, 2013 was an awesome year, one...

#TBT: Google Unveils Gmail Tap Keyboard, Powered By Dots and Dashes

Tim February 16, 2017 12

Each year for April Fools' Day, Google enjoys announcing fake products. Provided the company has what seems to be an unlimited budget for creating these silly, non existent products, they are always coupled with announcement posts and even product videos. ...

#TBT: TSF Shell and SBP Mobile Shell Were the 3D Launchers of the Future

Tim February 9, 2017 24

2011 through early 2012 was a time when "3D Launchers" were getting a lot of attention, but don't ask me why. They seemed janky, never running completely smooth on our underpowered Android smartphones, and for the most part, they were ridiculously expensive. ...