Phil Tann — Soon after Google’s announcement that they planned to close down Google Reader on July 1, users swarmed to various other web-based RSS services in the hope of finding a suitable alternative that is simple and usable, offers comparable features, and ideally has a mobile interface that plays nicely with its web based counterpart. The clear...

Daniel Tyson — If you’ve owned a laptop in the last 20 years or so, you’ll be familiar with the Targus name – the company has made a name for itself with a range of mobile computing accessories over the years with a product portfolio stretching from mice through chargers to port replicators, laptop bags and cases. Targus...

Scott Plowman — With a strategy that seems to be unique to HTC, today in Taiwan HTC announced the HTC Butterfly S. This device is the successor to the HTC Butterfly which we reviewed less than favourably earlier in the year and as per the original Butterfly the specs of the S version are impressive. The HTC Butterfly...

Jason Murray — This is the 73st episode of the Ausdroid podcast. After taking a week off, this week we spent a while looking at the new products that have been announced (or in some cases, rumoured) by Samsung, HTC and Motorola. Production Note: We’ve had some issues with our audio recording again, and have had to use...

Joel Villis — When you think of crowd-funded, Android-powered games consoles, Gamestick may not be the first one to spring to mind, but their Kickstarter campaign still raised over $647,000 earlier this year, well above their goal of $100,000. Rather than going the traditional home console-style route of the Ouya, Gamestick have opted for a much smaller and...

Joel Villis — Another week, another manufacturer releasing a stock Android version of their flagship phone. Samsung and HTC have done it. Sony are about to do it too. Next in line is the Chinese-based Oppo Digital. Oppo took to their Google+ page a short time ago to ask the following question: One of our Ofans had this...

James Finnigan — We’ve written about the Humble Bundle before – you pay as little, or as much as you want to get a suite of sweet indie games. The Humble Bundle started out on the PC, but has since come across to Android, and you can get some really awesome games for a fantastic price. Even better,...

Jason Murray — It seems realistic that you can judge a phone’s market penetration by the number of accessories available for it. As you move around any shopping centre, you’ll find a couple of “mobile phone accessories” stores that will sell you any number of cute, cuddly, wacky or fun iPhone cases with any number of party piece...

Daniel Tyson — Huawei has just announced their newest Ascend smartphone – the Ascend P6 – at their press event in London. The Ascend P6 continues the road towards the premium end of the Smartphone range for Huawei, that they began with the Ascend P1. With the Ascend P6, Huawei have concentrated on the design, camera, and user...

Daniel Tyson — Captured in the wild only today, HTC has just made the Desire 200 official, releasing it on their website. It’s a very low end device but still includes Beats Audio, the Android version is hidden and is only listed as Android with HTC Sense. No LTE is on-board, only 2G/3G radios are included however with...

Daniel Tyson — As seen above, normally the images in Google Now are obscured by the search box or are replaced entirely now by the daily Google Doodle. But if you’ve ever wanted to see the full resolution of the wonderful illustrations from the backgrounds in Google Now, then now is your chance. Reddit user SameOlE tracked down...

Joel Villis — Chinese manufacturer Oppo Digital found minor success earlier this year in various markets with the Oppo Find 5, a 5-inch phone with a 1080p display. Rumours are now circulating that they’re about to have another go at the high-end smartphone market, with the Oppo Find 7. The Find 7, despite the name will retain the...

Adam Ricket — If you’ve been following the news regarding contactless mobile payments through NFC, you might have seen that Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have been working with some of the major banks to bring SIM-based contactless mobile payments to Australian customers, as well as some of the major banks trialing their own NFC payment systems. Well later...