Eric, Author at Droid Life

Samsung’s Mobile Head Draws Line in the Sand, Will Not Settle With Apple

Eric November 14, 2012 36

Last week, Apple and HTC met for a 10-year licensing deal, which led us to wonder if any other Android OEMs would follow suit. Samsung wants to head that discussion off before it even starts with a short and to the point comment today. Samsung's Mobile Head JK...

Official GoPro App Launches for Android, Control Your GoPro Camera Right From Your Phone

Eric November 13, 2012 13

Owners of the go-anywhere and do-anything GoPro cameras will be excited for this news today. GoPro has launched their official application for Android that lets you do everything that you can on the camera, on your Android device. If your GoPro is Wi-Fi BacPac...

Sprint Announces Nine Cities To Receive New LTE Network

Eric November 13, 2012 25

Verizon might have a big lead in the race for 4G LTE coverage, but Sprint is doing their best to catch up in implementing their own network. Today, the Now Network announced that within the coming months, nine new markets would be getting some LTE love...

Google Looking to Sync Your Phone and TV With New YouTube Update

Eric November 13, 2012 36

Google has been trying to figure out how to invade your living room and big-screen TV for a while now, something they have proven by not letting Google TV die. The latest update to YouTube is aimed at making your switching between mobile and big-screen a...

Google Posts SDK for Android 4.2, Wants Developers to Use Shiny New Features

Eric November 13, 2012 30

It's been a big day for Android already and it's only getting bigger. Just a bit ago, the Android Developers team posted the Android 4.2 SDK to encourage other developers to take advantage of all of the new goodies that 4.2 has to offer. Along with increased...

Google Play Music Update Supports Gapless Playback, Other Nifty Features

Eric November 12, 2012 72

Android audiophiles can get a little excited today since Google decided to push out an update to their Play Music application. The biggest addition, something that it was previously lacking, is gaplass playback. No longer will there be an awkward pause between...

Samsung S-Memo Security Flaw Reminds Us of the Dangers of Rooting a Device

Eric November 12, 2012 19

A cautionary tale for you on this Monday, brought to you from XDA. A user was looking through his rooted Galaxy S3 system files the other day and decided to open up the S-Memo database in SQLlte. I'm not sure what he was looking for, but one thing he was...

President of NVIDIA Says a “Great Tablet is Better Than a Cheap PC”

Eric November 9, 2012 38

If you need any more evidence that we have moved into a post-PC era, the quote from NVIDIA President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang should be a clear indication for you. In a revenue conference call today, Huang said that consumers know that "a great tablet is better...