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Adam Ricket

Adam has been a massive fan of android since he got his hands on his first Android phone, the trusty HTC Desire. Adam has worked in IT Retail for the past 4 years, as well as studying multiple IT courses through TAFE and University. His passion of Android has led him into becoming an Android Developer, where he hopes to create a range of intuitive and unique applications.



Current Phone: Sony Xperia TX
Current Tablet: Sony Tablet S

Adam has posted 34 articles and reviews on Ausdroid.



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Reckon One – Cloud based modular Accounting for the Web, Android and iOS
When talking accounting software in Australia and New Zealand, one of the most recognisable names is Quickbooks or Quicken. The company behind this software, Reckon has been developing their accounting software products for the last 25 years. Reckon is currently rolling out their new modular accounting software package called Reckon One through a travelling trade [...]
Limited Edition Sony One-Touch Collection on sale for $1,499 from 10am AEST today
If you’re a bit of a Sony fan and you’ve had your eye on the Xperia Z or the yet to be released Xperia Tablet Z, you might be a little excited over this new limited edition offer from Sony Australia. As of 10am this morning Sony Australia will be launching a limited edition collection [...]
Kogan Selling the Black Xperia Z for $539 until Midnight
If you read our Sony Xperia Z Review back in February and thought “I like that phone, but I think it’s just a bit expensive at the moment”. Well here’s your chance to get a really good deal on Sony’s current flagship phone. Kogan sent out an email this morning advertising a brilliant offer for [...]
Google Drive introduces Application Data Folders
A couple of weeks ago Google announced real-time editing of files for Google Drive. Today the Google Drive development team, have added another useful feature specifically targeted at developers. Google has introduced Application data folders which allow developers to securely store application specific content on a user’s Google Account, preventing any possibility of the user [...]
Google release the Chrome Maze experiment
Have you ever sat at your desk and wondered, what if I could turn that website into a maze? Well it seems as though someone at Google has done just that. Google have today, released a new Chrome experiment called the World Wide Maze, a 3D maze game where you can convert your favorite website [...]
Falcon Pro resets tokens, raises price to $1.90
Following the recent news regarding Falcon Pro hitting Twitter’s 100,000 user token limit, developer Joaquim Vergès has announced that he’s releasing a new version – 1.6.7 – of the app to the Google Play store which will use a new application ID. You’ll have to log in to Twitter again once the app is updated, [...]
Asus Padfone Infinity and Fonepad magically appear at MWC
Through a very magical entrance performed by the one and only Marco Tempest. Asus Chairman Jonney Shih launched two new devices today at MWC, the Asus Padfone Infinity and the Asus Fonepad. Don’t get these two mixed up because they are very much two different devices, that combine the tablet and phone in two very [...]
Sony takes the Xperia Tablet Z global
Sony launched its new flagship phone, the Xperia Z, earlier this year at CES. Today Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, they announced that the phone’s sibling – the Sony Xperia Tablet Z which was first unveiled last month in Japan – will be released globally, but it’s not ready to talk about launch countries yet. [...]
Win a $25,000 Melbourne Grand Prix experience with Telstra and the new LG Optimus G
Telstra announced on their news account on twitter this morning, that if you pre-order the new LG Optimus G on Telstra between the 25th of February (Today) and 4th of March, you would go into the running to win a $25,000 F1 Experience pack at Melbourne’s Grand Prix in March. So one of you lucky [...]
Shifty Jelly will be releasing Pocket Casts on Android before iOS
Ever since Android’s initial launch in 2008, application developers have mostly chosen to develop an iOS app, before even considering development on the Android platform. What we are starting to see now is very much the opposite due to the increase in popularity of the Android platform, where a lot of developers who would normally [...]
First Impressions: Sony Xperia Z
We’re just under a week away from the Xperia Z’s official Australian launch on February 20. Many of the Ausdroid staff are excited to see what Sony’s cooked up for us, keen to see whether the phone lives up to our high standards and interested in how Sony’s adapted and customised Android Jelly Bean for [...]
Lookout adds “Lock Cam” feature. Takes a photo if the phone is incorrectly unlocked three times.
If you’ve been following previous articles that I have posted, you might see that i recommend Lookout quite often. The free version of Lookout will provide protection against Viruses, Malware and Spyware. Although now there is a new feature that has been added recently to the free version of Lookout that will help identify the [...]
16 GB Nexus 4 Out of Stock again on Australian Play Store
As we know by now, the LG Nexus 4 became available to purchase in the Australian Play Store again this morning. This afternoon, we noticed that the 16gb model has gone back to “Temporarily Out of Stock”. It’s lasted longer than 20 minutes this time, but still didn’t make it through a full day. If [...]