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Video: Quick Software and Hardware Tour of the Asus Transformer Prime

Kellen December 21, 2011 66

The Asus Transformer Prime is set to launch some time within the next couple of weeks, although a firm date has continued to avoid us. We have seen some pre-orders get the green light from major retailers like Amazon, while others were left with cancellation...

Kellen December 21, 2011 263

New LTE and 3G radios have been leaked within the last few hours along with a new bootloader for the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. It'll be tough to tell with Big Red's 4G network having issues across the country, but these should help to improve your signal...

Kellen December 21, 2011 399

We are just crawling out of bed here on the west coast, but according to the massive amount of unread emails in our inbox, a nationwide 4G LTE outage happened last night around 2AM. It's tough to tell if the network is still down as all seems groovy here, 4G...

Kellen December 20, 2011 164

Remember the mysterious 5.9.901 update that popped up for the DROID Bionic this morning, confusing everyone? Well, we have the official changelog for it - a massive one at that. Seems odd that we would see such a big update so soon after the phone just...

Tim December 20, 2011 2402

It is now Day 7 of DL and NVIDIA's Two Weeks of Holiday Tegra. Everyone has just 4 days left to win themselves some tegra-powered tablet goodness. So far we have given away 6 tablets and still have 4 more to go. So let's keep it going with the Samsung Galaxy...

Kellen December 20, 2011 79

The folks at Asus were kind enough to send us over a Transformer Prime to play with just before launch, so before we get into all of the goodness that it is capable of, we thought we would toss out a quick gallery and our first impressions. As you all know,...

Kellen December 20, 2011 47

Even if you picked up a Galaxy Nexus, Rezound or DROID RAZR some time in the last few weeks, I'm sure you wouldn't say "no" to a free phone, would you? Motorola kicked off a new contest that will reward 6 people on Twitter with a shiny new white DROID RAZR as...

Droid Life’s Top 25 Android Apps Of 2011

Tim December 20, 2011 112

As we draw closer to the end of year, we wanted to reflect on some of the apps that seemed to have taken 2011 by storm. It was only a year ago that the Android Market hit the 200,000 apps milestone, and now we are talking 10 billion app downloads and beyond....

Android 17 Beta 1 is Releasing “Soon”

Kellen February 10, 2026 112

Google surprised the Android world this afternoon by announcing that Android 17 Beta 1 is arriving "soon." Yeah, Android 17,...

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Galaxy Unpacked 2026 Scheduled for February 25

Tim February 10, 2026 112

Samsung has booked the date at which they will unveil the Galaxy S26 series. February 25 is the day, 10am PT (1pm ET) is the...

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AT&T’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen February 10, 2026 112

For those looking for the best AT&T unlimited plan, the choices are pretty simple to narrow down, thanks to AT&T only...

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Verizon’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen February 10, 2026 112

2026 is going to be a big year for Verizon. After appointing a new CEO and then laying off a huge chunk of staff, they will...

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T-Mobile’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen February 10, 2026 112

Both T-Mobile and AT&T have seen several years in a row of steady customer growth, likely because of improvements to...

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YouTube Music Lyrics Feature Now Behind Premium Paywall

Tim February 9, 2026 112

Bad news, non-Premium subscribers who use YouTube Music -- the lyrics tab is officially behind a paywall. The feature, if you...

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ChatGPT Gets Ads Starting Today

Tim February 9, 2026 112

If you caught the "Big Game" last night, you might've seen a few ads that teased the fact that OpenAI will begin testing ads...

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Buzzkill: Galaxy S26 Ultra Won’t Have Built-in Magnets

Tim February 5, 2026 112

Leading up to today, the general consensus was that the entire Galaxy S26 lineup would feature built-in magnets, bringing the...

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

Kellen May 6, 2025 66

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 66

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 66

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 66

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 66

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 66

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 66

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 66

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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Video: Quick Software and Hardware Tour of the Asus Transformer Prime

Download: New EK06 and EK04 Radios and Bootloader for the Galaxy Nexus

Another Nationwide Verizon 4G LTE Outage Happening Now? (Updated)

Here is the Changelog for the Mystery DROID Bionic 5.9.901 Update

Contest: Two Weeks of Holiday Tegra #7 – Win a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi (Updated: Winner Picked!)

Quick Gallery: Hands-on with the Asus Transformer Prime

Motorola Handing Out 6 White DROID RAZRs From Now Through X-mas

Droid Life’s Top 25 Android Apps Of 2011