Posts by Daniel Tyson

Daniel has been an avid Android fan since the arrival of the HTC Dream. He has been working in IT for the last 7 years and selling IT equipment for 10 years previous to that. He has been interested in Mobile Technology since his first Palm Pilot.

He has posted 192 articles and reviews on Ausdroid.

You can find him on Twitter, Google+ or contact him via email: daniel [at] ausdroid [dawt] net.

Google I/O 2012 Schedule released

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By Daniel Tyson on May 17, 2012 12:11 pm

Whilst no-one I know will be attending Google IO in person -Hint: Google Australia the Ausdroid crew's bags are packed and ready to go at any stage. The sessions held are usually very interesting, whilst IO doesn`t just cover Android, it usually shows features that Google wants to concentrate on in depth over the next year. Google does kindly Continue reading...

Events News

HTC Sensation, XL and XE set to receive ICS Update from Vodafone

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By Daniel Tyson on May 16, 2012 18:44 pm

Vodafone has announced on their blog that the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sensation, Sensation XE and Sensation XL is going to be rolling out to handsets from the 22nd of May which will take the handsets from Android 2.3.4 for the Sensation and Sensation XE and 2.3.5 for the Sensation XL Continue reading...

OS Update Phones

Google to expand Nexus program to multiple OEMs

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By Daniel Tyson on May 16, 2012 11:34 am

One of the things that Android and Google both cop flack over is the speed at which updates to the Android OS filter out to both new phones and as updates to older devices. One of the reasons specified previously by OEMs has been the fact that they don't receive access to the source code for the latest update until Google Continue reading...

Phones Rumours

Samsung Galaxy S III manual leaked

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By Daniel Tyson on May 16, 2012 11:13 am

You`ve pre-ordered the Galaxy S III but can't wait the 2 weeks till importers start shipping out the Galaxy S III to get your fix? Well how about you get a head start on reading up on your new toy and download the manual which has been found on-line at Samsung. You can start reading up on S Continue reading...

News

ASUS now offering Transformer Pad (TF-300T) in Australia

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By Daniel Tyson on May 16, 2012 11:00 am

Asus has put up a product page for the TF-300T Transformer Pad on their Australian website, the tablet has yet to show up in stores or online yet but their Facebook page lists the 32GB version being priced at $499 sans keyboard dock or $599 with the Keyboard dock and the tablet will be available at major retailers and resellers from Continue reading...

News Tablets

Philips Fidelio speaker docks coming next month

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By Daniel Tyson on May 9, 2012 10:30 am

At last years IFA trade show in Germany one of the most exciting things I personally saw, was the announcement from Philips of Android compatible speaker docks. We've seen just about every manufacturer release an iPhone dock but this is the first I've seen of a mainstream dock compatible with all Android phones. This has been a long time coming Continue reading...

Accessories News

N.O.V.A 3 from Gameloft coming this month

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By Daniel Tyson on May 9, 2012 09:26 am

I`m a pretty casual gamer, so my range of tastes go anywhere from basic fun games like Cut The Rope to full on immersive shoot 'em ups like the Modern Combat series. One of the games I've played thanks in part to their game sale earlier this year was the N.O.V.A 2(Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance) and Gameloft has recently Continue reading...

Apps News

Samsung Galaxy S III outright pricing battle begins – Updated

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By Daniel Tyson on May 7, 2012 21:45 pm

On Friday last week we saw the pricing from Mobicity put up for the 16GB version of the Galaxy S III and now we have pricing for the 16GB, 32GB & 64GB versions of the phone from Kogan and Mobicity. Both stores are offering a 12 month local warranty and the option of colours : Marble White or Continue reading...

News Phones

Register your interest in Samsung Galaxy products with Virgin Mobile

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By Daniel Tyson on May 7, 2012 20:52 pm

The day of the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III we saw pages where you could register your interest in Samsung Galaxy products with the three major carriers, nothing specifically stating the Galaxy S III disappointingly but it's a start. Now Virgin Mobile has tweeted a link to register your interest in Samsung Galaxy Products that they sell, Continue reading...

Carriers Phones

Getting the Samsung Galaxy S III in Australia

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By Daniel Tyson on May 4, 2012 11:38 am

The amount of hype that has built up around the Galaxy S III launch has been pretty big, I've had a number of people who have shown no interest in mobile phones previously asking me what the Galaxy S III would have hardware wise. So this morning, I was kind of expecting to see a signup page from each of Continue reading...

Carriers News Phones

Ice Cream Sandwich now on 4.9% of devices

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By Daniel Tyson on May 2, 2012 07:43 am

The most recent update from the Android Developers dashboard shows an increase in devices running Ice Cream Sandwich which access the Google Play Store has risen from 2.9% last month to 4.9%. Probably due in part to Samsungs continued rollout of 4.0.3 to it's Galaxy S II line of phones and also the recent release of the HTC Continue reading...

News

Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for Vodafone/3 Samsung Galaxy S II available from midday tomorrow

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By Daniel Tyson on May 1, 2012 15:37 pm

Vodafone has just tweeted an update advising that owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II from either 3 or Vodafone should start to see the Ice Cream Sandwich update available via FOTA(Firmware Over The Air) for their phone from midday tomorrow(May 2nd). The upgrade will be to Android 4.0.3 and as well as bug fixes Continue reading...

News OS Update Phones

Photo crops up claiming to be the Samsung Galaxy S III without the generic case

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By Daniel Tyson on April 27, 2012 20:30 pm

Phonearena has been sent this photo from a tipster claiming to be the final design sans generic box that Samsung has been reportedly using to test the internals for the hotly anticipated phone which will be launched next Friday morning our time. The phone in the photo appears to be very similar to the Galaxy Nexus Continue reading...