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Verizon’s New Early Termination Fee Policy Makes You Pay a Full ETF Up to 8 Months

Kellen November 14, 2014 225

Verizon made a major policy change this morning to its customer agreement that directly relates to your Early Termination Fee (ETF), a change that makes it more expensive for you to cancel service with the carrier in the first 8 months of your a 2-year...

Google’s Project Tango Showed Up on Google Play Last Night

Kellen November 14, 2014 17

Google's Project Tango, the NVIDIA Tegra K1 powered tablet that is used to track and map 3D environments to "give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion," showed up on Google Play last night. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), you...

Motorola is Shipping Nexus 6 Orders Today, Arriving as Early as November 19 (Updated)

Kellen November 14, 2014 209

If you happened to order a Nexus 6 from Motorola before they sold out, be on the lookout for shipping confirmation emails that are going out this morning. At least one of our readers received shipping info within the last hour showing an estimated arrival date...

Nexus 6 Now Available From Sprint for $299

Kellen November 14, 2014 61

Add Sprint to the list of carriers now selling Google's Nexus 6. As of this morning, the Now Network opened up orders for this year's whale at a price of $299 on-contract. If paying $300 for a marine mammal doesn't interest you, Sprint will also sell it to you...

Nexus 6 and Lollipop

Kellen November 13, 2014 12

On today's episode 73 of the Droid Life Show, the crew gathers to talk through all things Nexus and Lollipop, since this week was packed full of nothing but Google devices and software. We have our Nexus 6 review to cover, availability of the new phone from...

AT&T Pushes OTA Update to Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, and Galaxy Mega

Tim November 13, 2014 36

AT&T is on an updating spree today, sending out updates to three additional devices, being the Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, and Galaxy Mega starting today. As for what's new in each update, we wish we could exactly tell you. As of this moment, each device's...

Deal: Limefuel LP200X 20,000mAh Dual USB Battery Pack for $34.99

Kyle November 13, 2014 15

The number of devices we carry around with us each day keeps growing, and what do they all have in common? A penchant for power. Even batteries with large capacities have their limits, which is why packs like Limefuel's LP200X (on sale for $34.99 on DL Deals) ...

AT&T Galaxy S4 Seeing Update to Android 4.4.4 With Knox 2.0, Added Bloatware

Kellen November 13, 2014 38

The AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is receiving an update today to Android 4.4.4 and build number UCUFNJ4. The update runs between 392MB and 488MB, and includes Samsung's Knox 2.0 security suite. Along with Knox 2.0, the update introduces...

Google Decides That Google Assistant Can Stick Around a Bit Longer, Pushes Gemini Switch to 2026

Kellen December 19, 2025 38

You may have forgotten the timeline, but Google was pushing to force all off of Google Assistant and onto Gemini by the end...

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What’s New in Android 16 QPR3 Beta: At a Glance, Flashlight, Navigation Buttons, More

Kellen December 18, 2025 38

Google may have released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 at the worst possible time of the day, but we're still going to dive into it...

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Android 16 QPR3 Beta Program Goes Live for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 38

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 released. Google shipped Android 16 QPR2 to stable channels this month as the December Pixel update,...

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Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices Get New December Update (Updated)

Kellen December 17, 2025 38

All of Google's still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug...

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Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change

Kellen December 17, 2025 38

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel...

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Samsung December Updates Continue Roll Out to All These Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 38

Samsung started sending December updates to a batch of devices earlier in the week, but they weren't quite done with 2025....

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Galaxy Z TriFold Sells Out Quick in South Korea, Even With High Price Tag

Tim December 12, 2025 38

We shouldn't be surprised, folks. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z TriFold this week in its home country of South Korea, with in...

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YouTube TV Will Offer 10 Genre-Specific Plans in 2026

Tim December 10, 2025 38

More choice and more flexibility. That's what everyone has been clamoring for lately. If you'll recall, YouTube TV used to be...

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 225

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 225

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 225

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 225

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 225

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 225

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 225

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 225

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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