Eric, Author at Droid Life

System Monitor Is the Most Beautiful Way to Keep Track of Your Phone’s Vital Signs

Eric March 26, 2013 32

If you are the type that loves to keep an eye on how much work your phone is doing during the day, you are going to have to check out System Monitor. The name doesn't say a lot, but this Holo-inspired app is an incredibly versatile tool for keeping track of...

Video: Dashclock Creator Teases Upcoming Android 4.2 Daydream Support

Eric March 25, 2013 18

One of the most underused features of Android 4.2 since it launched would be Daydream. A mode that allows your phone to sit idle and show you news and information sounds interesting, but only for people who have 4.2 and a dock for their device or use it while...

HTC Killing “Quietly Brilliant” Tagline, Taking a Step in a New Marketing Direction

Eric March 25, 2013 60

There are many factors that go into a company's success, but one constant we can look at in the difference between Samsung's success and HTC's lack of would be the marketing. Samsung has been the king of advertising over the last couple of years, even managing...

Samsung Reportedly Planning on Large AMOLED Screen for Their Next Galaxy Tab

Eric March 21, 2013 36

Even though Samsung has their Galaxy Note devices that include a tablet with a 10.1" screen, it seems they don't want to let their Galaxy Tab line die quite yet. SamMobile has information from their sources that says the next iteration of the Galaxy Tab is...

Google Launches Google Keep, Cloud-Based Note Taking App With Holo Style

Eric March 20, 2013 94

There are a plethora of note taking apps in Google Play as we speak, but today Google launched their own official app into the fray. Google Keep looks to merge the awesome usefulness of sticky notes with Google's Holo style into an app that will help you...

XDA Finds That the HTC One’s “HTC” Button Can Be Mapped with Custom Kernel

Eric March 19, 2013 53

One of the more curious quirks of the HTC One is the fact that it only has two capacitive buttons for navigation, back and home, with an unclickable HTC logo in the middle of them. Leave it to XDA devs, however, to tinker until they find a way to unlock it....

Some Samsung CyanogenMod Devs Skipping the Galaxy S4, Will Someone Else Develop an AOSP ROM?

Eric March 19, 2013 79

Early this morning, a CyanogenMod maintainer that works on some of the Samsung devices took to XDA to respond to the question of whether or not the Galaxy S4 would be seeing any development. XpLoDWilD said that no one on Team Hacksung plans to buy it or...

HTC One Delayed Because Suppliers Think HTC “is No Longer a Tier-One Customer”?

Eric March 19, 2013 131

HTC's financial numbers have been less than spectacular for the last few quarters despite putting out pretty decent smartphones. The company is trying to turn things around with the HTC One, but it seems that the company might have lost their trust with parts...