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LG Unveils G Pad III 8.0, Features Full HD IPS Display and Marshmallow

Tim May 31, 2016 20

LG unveiled a new Android tablet this week, the G Pad III 8.0. Overlooking the usage of Roman numerals as well as Arabic numerals in the same name, the G Pad III 8.0 features an 8.0" Full HD IPS display, 1.5GHz octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 8MP rear-facing...

Google: Current Smartphones Unlikely to be Supported by Daydream VR Platform

Tim May 27, 2016 62

Google's overseer of Virtual Reality, Clay Bavor, states that folks looking to get into Daydream, the Android VR platform, should hold off on upgrading their smartphone for a couple of months. For anyone who wanted to upgrade within the next few weeks, if VR...

Droid Life Q&A Sessions: Volume 40 Answers

Tim May 27, 2016 15

We have gone over all of your submissions for Volume 40 of the Droid Life Q&A Sessions, and we now have answers for you. We received quite a few questions this week, ranging in topics from what we saw at Google I/O, to what's the best way to get started in...

Report: Samsung Pay Will Soon Move Into Online Payments too, on Both Android and iOS

Tim May 27, 2016 17

To help boost the amount of users making purchases through Samsung Pay, Samsung is reportedly working on an extension to the existing Samsung Pay platform that will be available to both Android and iOS devices, as well as online for desktop users. According to...

DEAL: Buy HTC 10, Receive Free RE Camera During Memorial Day Weekend

Tim May 27, 2016 11

A Memorial Day weekend sale from HTC can net you a free RE Camera with the purchase of a HTC 10. Currently, the HTC 10 is available via HTC's website for a whopping $699, but with that purchase, you get a free RE Camera, which has a current sale price of $80....

#TBT: Motorola Shadow, the Fake Phone of Everyone’s Dreams

Tim May 26, 2016 48

I was recently diving through many older Droid Life posts -- like, 2009 and 2010 posts -- and came across a device that everyone seemed very hyped about. At the time, the OG DROID was still a very popular device among Android owners, but many of them were...

Skype 7.0 Available for Android, Redesigned UI on Tablets and Better Multitasking

Tim May 26, 2016 7

Skype 7.0 is rolling out to Android users via Google Play with a ton of changes for users of the service. First thing you should notice immediately is a redesigned UI for Android tablets, bringing more of the Material Design hotness that Skype unveiled last...

Samsung Working on Dedicated Controller for Gear VR

Tim May 26, 2016 15

The one thing that the Gear VR experience is currently missing is, surprisingly, not content. There is actually plenty of that. In reality, Gear VR needs a controller, one that allows users to better interact with aforementioned Samsung and 3rd-party developer...