Eric, Author at Droid Life

Open webOS Being Ported to Galaxy Nexus, Gives the OS a Whole New Life

Eric October 5, 2012 28

Around a year ago, webOS's demise was highly publicized and the culmination of the debacle was the massive fire sale of HP Touchpads as it was decided that webOS would no longer be developed on. Luckily for us, instead of killing off the OS, HP decided to go...

Google Play Hosting $2.99 Fall Music Sale, Great Albums for a Really Low Price

Eric October 5, 2012 13

If you haven't made the switch over to Google Music as your provider for music on your Android device, then today's sale might make you take the leap. Google Music is having a sale to celebrate great Fall albums and there are some pretty big names on the sale...

Vic Gundotra Posts Picture to Google+ Using Snapseed, Which Isn’t Out for Android Yet

Eric October 5, 2012 21

There must be a lot of perks to being a big wig at Google. One of which is using products that your company hasn't even publicly announced whenever you want. Lots of fuss was made when Google snatched up Snapseed, a popular iOS photo editing software, for use...

Sprint Tells T-Mobile ‘Not So Fast’, Wants to Bid on MetroPCS as Well

Eric October 4, 2012 39

T-Mobile and MetroPCS are not even finished celebrating their agreement to merge from yesterday and now another carrier wants in. Sprint, who tried to acquire MetroPCS for themselves earlier this year, is rumored to make another bid on MetroPCS. This new offer...

Motorola Mobility Acquires Viewdle, Bolstering Image and Gesture Recognition

Eric October 4, 2012 23

Now that Google owns Motorola Mobility, Moto seems to have taken on the strategy of acquiring businesses to make their products amazing. Today Motorola has announced that they are taking on the Ukraine company Viewdle to make use of their awesome image and...

Google Secures Patent for Augmented Reality Watch, Could Work with Google Glass

Eric October 3, 2012 19

Not content to own the device in your pocket and possibly the glasses you wear, Google is apparently looking at a Smart Watch to deck you out with as well. A recent patent filing shows Google is looking into a Smart Watch with a flip-up clear cover that could...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS Will Officially Merge, Ink $1.5 Billion Deal

Eric October 3, 2012 37

Well it didn't take long for T-Mobile and MetroPCS to work out the differences in their deal, as the two companies have reached an agreement today. For the low price of $1.5 billion, the parent company of T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, gains 74% of the shares in...

Motorola Withdraws Entire Suit Against Apple With ITC, We Wonder Why?

Eric October 2, 2012 73

This story about patent battles is unlike any that we have heard of yet. Motorola has suddenly decided to pull their claims against Apple in the International Trade Committee. There isn't much talk of why this happened just yet, but you have to think that...