May 23, 2013
This is the 70th episode of the Ausdroid podcast, where we promise to feel the week’s Android news at you. This week we had James join us to discuss his review of the Samsung Galaxy S 4, along with the purported “Google edition” that everyone’s hoping won’t just be restricted to the US later next [...]
May 21, 2013
Yahoo-owned Flickr, a mainstay of online picture-sharing services for many years, today launched a redesigned website and Android app, alongside an announcement that all users will now get 1 TB of space in which to store their photos. The new website puts a greater focus on photos and does away with the traditional (read: old) [...]
May 21, 2013
We’ll be recording episode 70 of the Ausdroid Podcast tonight, featuring Lucas Burnett, Buzz Moody, James Finnigan and Jason Murray. Topics for this week include a post-Google-I/O followup, some of the latest Samsung and HTC news as well as other Android news from Australia and abroad. Come back at 9.30pm to join the live chat! [...]
May 17, 2013
This is a special edition of the Ausdroid podcast dealing with the news from Google’s 2013 I/O keynote. With so many news items flooding out in one day, we thought we should get everyone together to hear their thoughts and opinions while everything’s fresh in our minds. In a stark contrast to last year’s event, [...]
May 16, 2013
Google announced a number of enhancements to Google Play Services at their 2013 I/O keynote today. These new features will roll out to all Android devices running Froyo and above, today. Location APIs Play Services is rolling out three new location-specific APIs today. Fused Location Allows the use of whatever available sensors to get the [...]
May 15, 2013
It was the night before I/O, and all through the Drive, not a creature was stirring not even Jony Ive. The phone cases were hung by the tablets with care, in the hope that Sergey Brin’s skydiving Glass team soon would be there. The leadup to I/O is somewhat like Christmas, so we decided to [...]
May 7, 2013
As Australia recovers from the shock of two flagship launches in the space of a week, and with Google I/O looming next week, noteworthy news was a little light on the ground this week. Instead, we decided to discuss the rumours around Google I/O and the Motorola “X-FON”. Featuring: Jason Murray, Geoff Fieldew and Dan [...]
May 6, 2013
There’s been much speculation recently that Google is planning to overhaul the gaming infrastructure available to Android devices using Google services, now it looks like there’s fire to that smoke. Speculation has been fueled in the past few weeks by the discovery of real-time multiplayer code discovered in the Google Glass APK, followed quickly by [...]
April 30, 2013
HP has confirmed that its budget-conscious Slate 7 tablet is heading to Australian shelves mid-May. As previously suggested, the devices will appear from mid-May. Retailers confirmed by HP today include Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys and Radio Rentals. Pricing has been confirmed at $199 for the 8 GB model and $249 for the [...]
April 24, 2013
This week’s podcast was dominated – and displaced by a day – by the biggest flagship device launches of 2013. We published our review of the HTC One (spoiler, it’s awesome!) and went through some of the details we know about the looming launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S 4. Featuring: Jason Murray, Phil Tann and [...]
April 24, 2013
For Samsung, tonight’s Galaxy S 4 launch event seemed as much a show of force as it was a smartphone launch. While its competitors seem to like to hold device launches at the Museum of Contemporary Art, there’s a certain statement made by launching at the Opera House. It’s the Sydney Opera House. It’s world-famous. [...]
April 22, 2013
HP’s Slate 7, its first entrant into the Android tablet market, is almost ready for its Australian debut, with both the silver anded editions available for preorder on HP’s site for $199. Ausdroid reader @miracleboi received a promotional email from HP’s Australian online store this afternoon. By following this link, you’ll be able to see [...]
April 20, 2013
While Ouya has been shipping their Android-powered consoles to Kickstarter backers for a couple of weeks now, they’ve also been steadily advancing toward general availability of the device at US retail stores starting on June 4. An important step in this process is obtaining the approval of the US Federal Communications Commission, better known by [...]
